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• ABDĀL ČEŠTĪ

  M. Imam

  described by Jāmī as the foremost among the shaikhs of Češt. He was born in 260/874.

• ABDĀL, QARA ŠEMSĪ

  T. Yazici

  (1244-1303/1828-86), a Turkish poet who also wrote poetry in Persian.

• ABDĀLĪ

  C. M. Kieffer

  ancient name of a large tribe, or more particularly of a group of Afghan tribes, better known by the name of Dorrānī since the reign of Aḥmad Šāh Dorrānī (1747-72). 

• ʿABDALLĀH

  L. Mackie

  Name appearing on four diverse, high-quality silks of the first half of the 17th century.

• ʿABDALLĀH (2)

  I. H. Siddiqi

  Author of Tārīḵ-e Dāʾūdī, fl. early 17th century.

• ʿABDALLĀH ANṢĀRĪ

  S. de Laugier de Beaureceuil

  Outstanding commentator of the Koran, traditionist, polemicist, and spiritual master (5th/11th century).

• ʿABDALLĀH B. AḤMAD

  Cross-Reference

  See EBN AL-BAYṬĀR.

• ʿABDALLĀH B. ʿĀMER

  J. Lassner

  Arab general and governor active in Iran, b. in Mecca in 4/626.

• ʿABDALLĀH B. EBRĀHĪM

  C. P. Haase

  Timurid khan (k. 1451).

• ʿABDALLĀH B. ʿĪSĀ

  L. Richter-Bernburg

  Medical author (early 5th/11th century).

• ʿABDALLĀH B. ḴĀZEM

  D. M. Dunlop

  Arab military leader, governor of Khorasan (d. 691-92).

• ʿABDALLĀH B. MAYMŪN AL-QADDĀḤ

  H. Halm

  Legendary founder of the Qarmatian-Ismaʿili doctrine and alleged forefather of the Fatimid dynasty.

• ʿABDALLĀH B. MOʿĀVĪA

  D. M. Dunlop

  Rebel in western Iran in 744-47.

• ʿABDALLĀH B. MOBĀRAK

  P. Nwyia

  Traditionist (736-97).

• ʿABDALLĀH B. NAJĀŠĪ

  ʿA. N. Monzavī

  Shiʿite governor of Ahvāz under the caliph Manṣūr (8th century).

• ʿABDALLĀH B. ʿOMAR

  ʿA. Ḥabībī

  Author of an Arabic monograph on the city of Balḵ (d. after 610/1213).

• ʿABDALLĀH B. ŠĀKER

  D. Pingree

  Expert in geometry (d. 1174-75).

• ʿABDALLĀH B. ṬĀHER

  C. E. Bosworth

  Governor of Khorasan (9th century).

• ʿABDALLĀH BAYĀNĪ

  Cross-Reference

  See ʿABDALLĀH MORVĀRĪD.

• ʿABDALLĀH BEHBAHĀNĪ

  H. Algar

  Theologian, prominent leader of the constitutional movement (1840-1910).