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ʿALIDS
W. Madelung
OF ṬABARESTĀN, DAYLAMĀN, AND GĪLĀN. From its beginnings in 250/864 until the early Safavid age, ʿAlid rule in the coastal regions south of the Caspian Sea was based chiefly on Zaydī Shiʿite support.
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ʿALĪKOŠ
F. Hole
an archeological site dating to the 8th millennium B.C. in southwestern Iran, near the modern town of Deh Lorān.
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ʿALĪŠĀH BOḴĀRĪ
D. Pingree
7th/13th century astronomer.
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ʿALĪŠĀH, TĀJ-AL-DĪN
B. Spuler
vizier of the two Il-khans Ölǰeytü (r. 703-17/1304-16) and Abū Saʿīd (r. 717-36/1317-35).
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ʿALĪTIGIN
C. E. Bosworth
the usual name in the sources for ʿALĪ B. ḤASAN or HĀRŪN BOḠRA KHAN, member of the Hasanid or eastern branch of the Qarakhanid family, ruler in Transoxania during the early 5th/11th century (d. 425/1034).
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ALIZADEH, Ghazaleh
Ḥasan Mirʿābedini
(1947-1996), noted novelist and short story writer.
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ʿALLĀF
Cross-Reference
See ABU’L-HOḎAYL.
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ALLĀH-QOLĪ KHAN ĪLḴĀNĪ
A. Amanat
Qajar notable (ca. 1236-1309/1820-1892).
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ALLAHABAD
Z. A. Desai
Major city and headquarters of a district of the same name in Uttar Pradesh, India at the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers.
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ALLĀHDĪĀ ČEŠTĪ
G. Sarwar
Mughal author of Sīar al-aqṭāb, a biography of the masters of the Ṣāberī Češtī Sufi order (17th century).