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• ʿABBĀD B. SALMĀN

  W. Madelung

  (or SOLAYMĀN), Muʿtazilite theologian of the 3rd/9th century.

• ʿABBĀS (I)

  R. M. Savory

  Shah Abbas, Safavid king of Iran (996-1038/1588-1629). Styled "Shah ʿAbbās the Great," he was the third son and successor of Solṭān Moḥammad Shah.

• ʿABBĀS (II)

  R. M. Savory

  Safavid king of Iran (1052-77/1642-66).

• ʿABBĀS (III)

  R. M. Savory

  Son of Shah Ṭahmāsp II, roi fainéant of the Safavid dynasty (1732-40).

• ʿABBĀS AḤVAL

  D. M. Dunlop

  Leader of an Arab invasion of the lower Euphrates region in which the Savād of Iraq was ravaged, in about A.D. 589, toward the end of the reign of Hormozd IV.

• ʿABBĀS B. ʿALĪ B. ABŪ ṬĀLEB

  J. Calmard

  Half brother of Imam Ḥosayn, who fought bravely at the battle of Karbalā. According to most traditions, he was killed on the day of ʿĀšurā (10 Moḥarram 61/10 October 680) while trying to bring back water from the Euphrates river to quench the unbearable thirst of the besieged Ahl-e Bayt (holy family).

• ʿABBĀS B. ḤOSAYN

  C. Cahen

  Buyid vizier, d. 362/973.

• ʿABBĀS B. REŻĀ-QOLĪ KHAN NŪRĪ

  P. P. Soucek

  Calligrapher and civil servant, d. 1255/1839-40.

• ʿABBĀS EFFENDI

  Cross-Reference

  The eldest son of Bahāʾallāh and founder of the Bahaʾi movement. See ʿABD-AL-BAHĀʾ.

• ʿABBĀS MĪRZĀ QAJAR

  H. Busse

  Son of Fatḥ-ʿAlī Shah and father of the line of Qajar rulers from Moḥammad Shah on (1789-1833).

• ʿABBĀS, ḤĀJĪ

  J. W. Allan

  Signature found on a number of pieces of metalwork from Iran.

• ʿABBĀS-QOLĪ KHAN

  D. M. Lang

  Persian viceroy in eastern Georgia (1099-1105/1688-94), under the Safavid shahs Solaymān and Solṭān Ḥosayn.

• ʿABBĀS-QOLĪ MĪRZĀ QAJAR

  H. Busse

  A grandson of Fatḥ-ʿAlī Qajar (d. 1824 or 1825).

• ʿABBĀSĀBĀD

  Kamran Ekbal

  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.

• ʿABBĀSĀBĀD Caravan Station

  W. Kleiss

  Flourishing caravan station of the Safavid period.

• 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.

• ʿABBĀSĪ GOJARĀTĪ

  Y. Richard

  Indian literary figure who wrote in Persian (d. 1048/1638).

• ʿABBĀSĪ RABENJANĪ

  Dj. Khaleghi-Motlagh

  10th century Samanid poet.

• ʿABBĀSĪ, ŠAYḴ

  R. Skelton

  A Safavid miniature painter, whose known works include seventeen signed and dated examples executed between the years 1060/1650 and 1095/1683-84.

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• ABBASID CALIPHATE

  C. E. Bosworth

  the third dynasty of caliphs who built their capital in Baghdad after overthrowing the Umayyad caliphs in Damascus.