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• 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.