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AMĪR AṢLĀN KHAN
Cross-Reference
See MAJD-AL-DAWLA.
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AMĪR BAHĀDOR, ḤOSAYN PĀŠĀ KHAN
Cross-Reference
See BAHĀDOR JANG, AMIR.
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AMĪR ḤARAS
C. E. Bosworth
(AMĪR-E ḤARAS) “commander of the guard,” the official at the court of the ʿAbbasid caliphs and at certain of its provincial successor states who was directly responsible for policing the palace and for carrying out the caliph’s wishes.
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AMĪR ḤASAN DEHLAVĪ
Cross-Reference
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AMIR KABIR PUBLISHERS
EIr
Major Persian publishing house active from 1949 to 1979.
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AMĪR KABĪR, MĪRZĀ TAQĪ KHAN
H. Algar
(1222-68/1807-52), also known by the titles of Atābak and Amīr-e Neẓām; chief minister to Nāṣer-al-dīn Shah for the first four years of his reign and one of the most capable and innovative figures to appear in the whole Qajar period.
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AMĪR ḴORD
K. A. Nizami
Indo-Muslim author of the Sīar al-awlīāʾ (8th/14th century).
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AMĪR ḴOSROW DEHLAVĪ
A. Schimmel
(651-725/1253-1325), the “Parrot of India,” the greatest Persian-writing poet of medieval India.
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AMĪR LAŠKAR
J. Calmard
(AMĪR-E LAŠKAR) military rank equivalent to general granted during Reżā Khan’s rise to power.
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AMĪR MOFAḴḴAM BAḴTĪĀRĪ
Cross-Reference
See BAḴTĪĀRĪ.