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ʿABD-AL-RAZZĀQ SAMARQANDĪ
C. P. Haase
Historian and scholar (1413-82).
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ʿABD-AL-REŻĀ KHAN
M. Bayat
(d. 1249/1833), deputy-governor and powerful noble of Yazd.
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ʿABD-AL-REŻĀ KHAN EBRĀHĪMĪ
D. MacEoin
fifth head of the Kermānī branch of the Šayḵī school of Shiʿism.
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ʿABD-AL-ṢAMAD B. AFŻAL MOḤAMMAD
M. Baqir
Mughal editor and author (17th century)
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ʿABD-AL-ṢAMAD ḤAMADĀNĪ
M. Bayat
Faqīh, author, and well-known Sufi master of the Neʿmatallāhī order (d. 1216/1801).
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ʿABD-AL-ṢAMAD KHAN
S. Maqbul Ahmad
North Indian politician, administrator, and patron of the arts (17th-18th century).
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ʿABD-AL-ṢAMAD ŠĪRĀZĪ
P. P. Soucek
A painting recently in the art market bears an inscription stating it was painted by ʿAbd-al-Ṣamad during his 85th year, despite failing health, as a keepsake for his son (Moḥammad) Šarīf. Still active in 1008/1600, he appears to have died before the accession of Jahāngīr in 1014/1605.
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ʿABD-AL-SATTĀR LAHŪRĪ
A. Camps
author and translator in the reigns of Akbar and Jahāngīr.
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ʿABD-AL-VĀḤED (Potter)
O. Watson
A potter whose signature is found on a blue and black underglaze painted dish dated 971/1563.
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ʿABD-AL-VĀḤED (Author)
D. Pingree
8th/14th century author.
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ʿABD-AL-VĀḤED B. ZAYD
P. Nwyia
(d. 177/793), Sufi, the leading personality among the ascetics trained in the school of Ḥasan Baṣrī.
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ʿABD-AL-VĀḤED HAMADĀNĪ
T. Yazici
Son of a Naqšbandī shaikh, author (d. 1547).
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ʿABD-AL-VĀḤED JŪZJĀNĪ
D. Pingree
Pupil of Ebn Sīnā (980-1037).
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ʿABD-AL-VĀḤED MAŠHADĪ
F. Cağman and P. P. Soucek
The style of nastaʿlīq favored by ʿAbd-al-Vāḥed is closely connected with that used by Solṭān-ʿAlī Mašhadī and other calligraphers active in Iran during the 9th/15th century, a fact that suggests that he was indeed trained in Iran.
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ʿABD-AL-VAHHĀB BOHRĀ
P. Saran
chief judge (qāżī) in the reign of the Mughal emperor Awrangzēb.
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ʿABD-AL-VAHHĀB MAŠHADĪ
P. P. Soucek
a calligrapher of the 10th/16th century who lived most of his life in Mašhad.
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ʿABD-AL-VAHHĀB MOʿTAMAD-AL-DAWLA
H. Javadi
“NAŠĀṬ,” Qajar official and poet (1759-1829).
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ʿABD-AL-VAHHĀB SAČAL
A. Schimmel
Sindhi mystical poet (18th-early 19th century).
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ʿABD-AL-VĀSEʿ JABALĪ
Ẕ. Ṣafā
Persian poet, d. 555/1160.
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ABDADĀNA
M. Dandamayev
Region in western Media, mentioned in Neo-Assyrian royal inscriptions and annals.