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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).