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ABŪ ʿOṮMĀN RABĪʿA
L. A. Giffen
often called RABĪʿAT-AL-RAʾY, important lawyer of the ancient school of Medina and transmitter of Traditions from Companions of the Prophet, died 136/753.
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ABŪ RAJĀʾ ḠAZNAVĪ
Cross-Reference
See ḠAZNAVĪ, ABŪ RAJĀʾ.
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ABŪ RAŠĪD NĪSĀBŪRĪ
D. W. Madelung
Muʿtazilite scholar. He was probably born not later than 360/970.
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ABŪ SAʿD TOSTARĪ
S. D. Goitein
businessman and quasi-vizier in Fatimid Egypt, d. 439/1047.
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ABŪ SAHL ḤAMDOWĪ
Ḡ. Ḥ. Yūsofī
Ghaznavid official of the 4th-5th/11th century.
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ABŪ SAHL ḴOJANDĪ
C. E. Bosworth
vizier of the Ghaznavids in the 5th/11th century.
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ABŪ SAHL KŪHĪ
D. Pingree
(also QŪHĪ), mathematician and astronomer.
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ABŪ SAHL LAKŠAN
Ḡ. Ḥ. Yūsofī
official under the Ghaznavid amirs Maḥmūd (388-421/998-1030) and Masʿūd (421-32/1031-41).
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ABŪ SAHL NAWBAḴT
D. Pingree
2nd/8th century astrologer and author.
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ABŪ SAHL NAWBAḴTĪ
W. Madelung
a prominent member of the Nawbaḵtī family and noted Imamite leader and scholar.