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  • ADAB ii. Adab in Arabic Literature

    Ch. Pellat

    In modern Arabic usage the term adab (plur. ādāb) denotes “literature,” but in classical Islam it was applied only to a limited range of literary works.

  • ĀDĀB AL-ḤARB WA’L-ŠAJĀʿA

    C. E. Bosworth

    (“The correct usages of war and bravery”), a treatise in a straightforward Persian prose style in the “Mirror for Princes” genre, written by Faḵr-al-dīn Moḥammad b. Manṣūr Mobārakšāh, called Faḵr-e Modabber.

  • ADAB AL-KABĪR

    I. Abbas

    an Arabic work by Ebn al-Moqaffaʿ dealing largely with Persian manners and court etiquette.

  • ADAB AL-KĀTEB

    C. E. Bosworth

    (“Manual for secretaries”), a work composed by the celebrated Baghdad scholar probably of Khorasanian mawlā origin, Ebn Qotayba (213-76/828-89).

  • ĀDĀB AL-MAŠQ

    M. Dabīrsīāqī

    (“Manual of penmanship”), a short essay on writing the nastaʿlīq hand by the noted Safavid calligrapher Mīr ʿEmād (961-1024/1553-54 to 1615-16).

  • ADAB AL-ṢAḠĪR

    I. Abbas

    an Arabic book of wisdom and advice, based on Middle Persian works.

  • ADAB NEWSPAPER

    L. P. Elwell-Sutton

    title of several Persian periodicals.

  • ʿADĀLAT

    L. P. Elwell-Sutton

    (“Justice”), name of several periodicals.

  • ADAM, GUILLAUME

    J. Richard

    14th-century traveler.

  • ĀDAMĪ

    A. Gorjī

    late 3rd/9th century Shiʿite traditionist.

  • ĀDAMĪYAT

    L. P. Elwell-Sutton

    (“Humanity”), name of two Iranian periodicals.

  • ĀDAR

    Cross-Reference

    See ĀDUR.

  • ĀḎAR

    Cross-Reference

    See ĀDUR.

  • ʿADAS

    A. Parsa and N. Ramazani, A. Parsa

    "lentils."

  • ADĀT

    Ḵ. Faršīdvard

    “particle,” Arabic word corresponding to the Persian abzār which is used as a technical term in logic (manṭeq), grammar (dastūr), and rhetoric (maʿānī o bayān).

  • ADDĀ

    W. Sundermann

    one of the earliest disciples of Mani.

  • ʿĀDEL SHAH AFŠĀR

    J. R. Perry

    the royal title of ʿAlī-qolī Khan, r. 1160-61/1747-48, nephew and successor of Nāder Shah.

  • ʿĀDELŠĀHĪS

    R. M. Eaton

    A dynasty of Indo-Muslim kings who governed the city-state of Bijapur from 895/1490 to 1097/1686.

  • ADERGOUDOUNBADES

    R. N. Frye

    kanārang (eastern border margrave) appointed by the Sasanian king Kavād (r. 488-531 A.D.).

  • ADHAM, MĪRZĀ EBRĀHĪM

    W. Thackston

    11th/17th century poet.