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ʿABD-AL-RAḤMĀN B. ʿOMAR ṢŪFĪ
P. Kunitzsch
astronomer, especially well versed in knowledge of the fixed stars (10th century).
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ʿABD-AL-RAḤMĀN B. SAMORA
M. G. Morony
Arab general who campaigned in Sīstān (d. 50/670).
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ʿABD-AL-RAḤMĀN B. SOYŪNJ
R. D. MacChesney
an Uzbek amir in Balḵ (17th century).
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ʿABD-AL-RAḤMĀN ČEŠTĪ
Hameed ud-Din
Mughal saint and biographer (17th century).
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ʿABD-AL-RAḤMĀN KHAN
Cross-Reference
Emir or ruler of Afghanistan, and member of the Bārakzay tribe of the Dorrāni tribal confederation, who unified the kingdom after the second Anglo-Afghan war (r. 1297-1319/1880-1901). See AFGHANISTAN x. Political History, BĀRAKZI, and DORRĀNI.
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ʿABD-AL-RAḤMĀN KᵛĀRAZMĪ
P. P. Soucek
calligrapher specializing in nastaʿlīq, active during the middle decades of the 9th/15th century.
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ʿABD-AL-RAḤMĀN SAMARQANDĪ
Y. Bregel
late 19th century secretary (mīrzā). A Tajik, he was a native of Samarqand.
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ʿABD-AL-RAḤMĀN SARAḴSĪ
I. Abbas
a Hanafite jurist (d. 1047).
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ʿABD-AL-RAḤMĀN ŠAYZARĪ
H. H. Biesterfeldt
Syrian author and contemporary of Saladin (d. 589/1193).
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ʿABD-AL-RAŠĪD DAYLAMĪ
P. P. Soucek
calligrapher and poet who served the Mughal ruler Shah Jahān (1037-58/1628-58).