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• ABŪ YAʿQŪB JORJĀNĪ

  J. van Ess

  disciple of Ebn Karrām (d. 255/869).  

• ABŪ YAʿQŪB SEJESTĀNĪ

  P. E. Walker

  one of the most important of the early Ismaʿili dāʿīs.

• ABU YAZĪD BESṬĀMI

  Cross-Reference

  See BESṬĀMĪ, BĀYAZĪD.

• ABŪ YŪSOF QAZVINI

  W. Madelung

  Muʿtazilite scholar and author of an immense Koran commentary, born Šaʿbān, 393/June, 1003 (according to another report 391) in Qazvīn.

• ABŪ ZAYD B. MOḤAMMAD KĀŠĀNĪ

  O. Watson

  perhaps the single most important luster potter of Kāšān known to us. More signed and dated works (from 587/1191 to 616/1219) are known by him than by any other potter, and his signature occurs on a greater variety of wares, including both tiles and vessels.

• ABŪ ZAYD BALḴĪ

  W. M. Watt

  noted scholar in both Islamic and philosophical disciplines, but now known chiefly as a geographer. He was born in the village of Šāmestīān, near Balḵ in Khorasan, ca. 235/849 and died there in Ḏu’l-qaʿda, 322/October, 934. 

• ABŪ ZAYD KĀŠĀNĪ

  O. Watson

  a potter who signed a ceramic bowl in the enameled (mīnāʾī) technique dated 4 Moḥarram 582/26 March 1186.

• ABŪ ZAYN KAḤḤĀL

  L. Richter-Bernburg

  author of the medical text Šarāyeṭ-e ǰarrāḥī; its dedication to the Timurid Šāhroḵ (r. 807-50/1404-47) provides the only context for his life.

• ABU'L-KHAYRIDS

  Yuri Bregel

  name used for the dynasty that ruled the khanate of Bukhara in 906-1007/1500-99. Until recently, this dynasty was incorrectly called in Western literature “Shaybanids” (or “Shibanids”).

• ABŪZAYDĀBĀD

  E. Yarshater

  Oasis village of the province of Kāšān, called Būzābād for short and Bīzeva in the local dialect. It is situated 30 km to the east and slightly to the south of the city of Kāšān.