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ʿABBĀS II
Rudi Matthee
Safavid king of Iran (1052-77/1642-66). The expedition to Kandahar, which had been lost to the Mughals under Shah Ṣafi I, counts as Shah ʿAbbās II’s main military venture.
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ʿABBĀS III
R. M. Savory
son of Shah Ṭahmāsp II, roi fainéant of the Safavid dynasty (1732-40).
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ʿABBĀS MĪRZĀ QAJAR
H. Busse
son of Fatḥ-ʿAlī Shah and father of the line of Qajar rulers from Moḥammad Shah on (1789-1833).
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ʿABBĀS, ḤĀJĪ
J. W. Allan
Signature found on a number of pieces of metalwork from Iran.
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ʿABBĀS-QOLĪ KHAN
D. M. Lang
persian viceroy in eastern Georgia (1099-1105/1688-94), under the Safavid shahs Solaymān and Solṭān Ḥosayn.
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ʿABBĀS-QOLĪ MĪRZĀ QAJAR
H. Busse
a grandson of Fatḥ-ʿAlī Qajar (d. 1824 or 1825).
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ʿABBĀSĀBĀD
Kamran Ekbal
The fortress built in 1810 by ʿAbbās Mīrzā on the northern bank of the Araxes river; it commanded the passage of the Araxes and was of special strategic importance for the defense of the Naḵjavān khanate.
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ʿABBĀSĀBĀD Caravan Station
W. Kleiss
Flourishing caravan station of the Safavid period.
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ʿABBĀSĪ
P. Avery, B. G. Fragner, J. B. Simmons
A name first applied to the principal gold and silver coins issued by the Safavid king ʿAbbās I (1581-1629); it continued in use until the beginning of the 20th century.
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ʿABBĀSĪ GOJARĀTĪ
Y. Richard
Indian literary figure who wrote in Persian (d. 1048/1638).
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ʿABBĀSĪ RABENJANĪ
Dj. Khaleghi-Motlagh
10th century Samanid poet.
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ʿABBĀSĪ, ŠAYḴ
R. Skelton
Apart from an apparently early work in the standard Isfahan style of the second quarter of the 17th century (Cristie’s 10 July 1975, lot 197), Šayḵ ʿAbbāsī departed from the established conventions of Safavid painting and embarked upon an eclectic manner in which European and Indian elements played an important role.
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ʿABBASID CALIPHATE
C. E. Bosworth
the third dynasty of caliphs who built their capital in Baghdad after overthrowing the Umayyad caliphs in Damascus.
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ABD, ABDĪH
Cross-Reference
“marvel, wonder” in Middle Persian. See MIRACLES i. In Ancient Iranian Tradition.
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ʿABD-AL-ʿALĪ BAḤR-AL-ʿOLŪM
F. Robinson
A leading Indian theologian of the Ḥanafī school (18th century).
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ʿABD-AL-ʿALĪ BĪRJANDĪ
D. Pingree
(or BARJANDĪ) Islamic astronomer, said to have died in 934/1527-28.
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ʿABD-AL-ʿALĪM NAṢRALLĀḤ KHAN
Hameed ud-Din
“QAMAR,” government official, historian, biographer, translator, and grammarian in British India (19th century).
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ʿABD-AL-ʿAẒĪM AL-ḤASANĪ
W. Madelung
Shiʿite ascetic and transmitter buried in the main sanctuary of Ray (9th century).
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ʿABD-AL-ʿAZĪZ B. ʿABD-AL-VAHHĀB
D. Duda
painter of the Safavid period employed in the royal workshops of Tabriz who lost his nose under mysterious and debated circumstances. According to the historian Qāẓī Aḥmad, both father and son were excellent painters from Kāšān.
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ʿABD-AL-ʿAZĪZ B. NAḎR MOḤAMMAD
M. H. Siddiqi
Toghay-Timurid (Janid) dynast of the Uzbeks in Bukhara (r. 1647-80).
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ʿABD-al-ʿAZĪZ ḤEKĪMBĀŠĪ
T. Yazici
Ottoman physician and translator (d. 1782-83).
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ʿABD-AL-ʿAZĪZ MOḤADDEṮ DEHLAVĪ
Azduddin Khan
Sunni theologian and mystic (1746-1824).
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ʿABD-AL-ʿAZĪZ QARA ČELEBIZĀDA
T. Yazici
Ottoman historian and translator (1591-1658).
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ʿABD-AL-ʿAZĪZ SOLṬĀN
Yu. Bregel
Shaibanid ruler of Bokhara (d. 1550).
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ʿABD-AL-BAHĀʾ
A. Bausani, D. MacEoin
epithet assumed by ʿAbbās Effendi, the eldest son of Bahāʾallāh, founder of the Bahaʾi movement. The epithet means “servant of the glory of God” or “servant of Bahāʾallāh.”
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ʿABD-AL-BĀQĪ LAʿLĪZĀDA
T. Yazici
(d. 1746 A.D.), Ottoman scholar, son of Shaikh Laʿlī Meḥmed, the grandson of Sarı ʿAbdallāh, a commentator on the Maṯnavī.
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ʿABD-AL-BĀQĪ NAHĀVANDĪ
Hameed ud-Din
Mughal noble and biographer.
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ʿABD-AL-BĀQĪ TABRĪZĪ
ʿAbd-al-ʿAlī Kārang
religious scholar and notable of Azerbaijan (d. 1039/1629-30).
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ʿABD-AL-BĀQĪ YAZDĪ
P. P. Soucek
Safavid official and poet skilled in calligraphy, killed at the battle of Čālderān in Raǰab 920/August 1514.
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ʿABD-AL-BARĪ
F. Robinson
early 20th century Indian scholar and pīr of the Ferangī Maḥal family.
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ʿABD-AL-FATTĀḤ GARMRŪDĪ
H. Algar
(ca. 1200-64/1786-1848), a scribe and minor author of the mid-Qajar period.
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ʿABD-AL-FATTĀH ḤOSAYNĪ
M. B. Badakhshani
Indian scholar of Persian and Arabic.
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ʿABD-AL-ḠANĪ KHAN
M. Baqir
Indian literary scholar and a poet in Persian and Urdu (d. 1916).
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ʿABD-AL-HĀDĪ ŠĪRĀZĪ
H. Algar
(1305-82/1888-1962), a Shiʿite scholar of Naǰaf, highly regarded for his learning and piety.
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ʿABD-AL-ḤAMĪD B. ABUʾL-ḤADĪD
W. Madelung
Muʿtazilite scholar and man of letters (13th century).
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ʿABD-AL-ḤAMĪD B. AḤMAD
C. E. Bosworth
vizier of the Ghaznavids in the late 5th/11th to early 6th/12th century. He is described as serving Sultan Ebrāhīm b. Masʿūd (451-92/1059-99).
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ʿABD-AL-ḤAMID b. AḤMAD b. ʿABD-AL-ṢAMAD ŠIRĀZI
C. E. Bosworth
long-serving vizier to the Ghaznavid sultans Ebrāhim b. Masʿud (r. 451-92/1059-99) and his son Masʿud III (r. 492-508/1199-1215).
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ʿABD-AL-ḤAMĪD B. ʿĪSĀ
G. C. Anawati
physician, theologian, philosopher, and jurist (580-652/1184-1254).
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ʿABD-AL-ḤAMĪD B. VĀSEʿ
D. Pingree
mathematician, often referred to as Ebn Tork, who apparently flourished at the beginning of the 2nd/9th century.
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ʿABD-AL-ḤAMĪD B. YAḤYĀ
W. N. Brinner
an important figure in the development of Arabic epistolary style, especially in the stablishment of chancery style during the Umayyad period (d. 132/750).
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ʿABD-AL-ḤAMĪD LĀHŪRĪ
R. M. Eaton
17th-century Indo-Persian historian and author of the Pādšāh-nāma, the official account of the reign of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahān (1037-67/1628-57).
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ʿABD-AL-ḤAMĪD MALEK-AL-KALĀMĪ
P. P. Soucek
calligrapher, poet, and government official (d. 1949).
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ʿABD-AL-ḤAQQ DEHLAVĪ
N. H. Zaidi
noted Mughal traditionist, historian, essayist, and biographer of saints (16th century).
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ʿABD-AL-ḤAYY AWRANGĀBĀDĪ
M. Baqir
administrator, poet, and biographer (1729-82).
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ʿABD-AL-ḤAYY, ABŪ’L-ḤASANĀT
F. Robinson
(1264-1304/1848-86), Indian theologian from the distinguished Farangī Maḥall family.
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ʿABD-AL-ḤAYY, ḴᵛĀJĀ
P. P. Soucek
miniaturist (late 8th/14th century).
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ʿABD-AL-JABBĀR
D. Duda
calligrapher at the Safavid court in Isfahan in the time of Shah ʿAbbās I (17th century).
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ʿABD-AL-JABBĀR ASTARĀBĀDĪ
D. Duda
calligrapher of the taʿlīq script and bookpainter.
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ʿABD-AL-JABBĀR AZDĪ
D. M. Dunlop
Governor of Khorasan, executed in 142/759.
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ʿABD-AL-JABBĀR B. AḤMAD
W. Madelung
prominent theologian of the late Muʿtazilite school (10th century).