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• AMĪR NEẒĀM

  A. Amanat

  (AMĪR-E NEẒĀM), the holder of the military and administrative office of emārat-e neẓām in the Qajar period.

• AMĪR NEẒĀM GARRŪSĪ

  A. Amanat

  known also as Sālār-e Laškar (1236-1317/1820-1900), officer, diplomat, statesman, and literary figure of the Qajar period. 

• AMĪR NEẒĀM, MOḤAMMAD-RAḤĪM KHAN

  Cross-reference

  (d. 1299/1882), notable of the Qajar tribe and holder of high offices under Nāṣer-al-dīn Shah. See ʿALĀʾ-DAWLA.

• AMĪR PĀDEŠĀH

  Cross-Reference

  See MOḤAMMAD AMĪR B. MAḤMŪD.

• AMIR PĀZVĀRI

  Habib Borjian and Maryam Borjian

  semi-legendary poet of Māzandarān.

• AMĪR ŠAHĪD

  Cross-Reference

  (AMĪR-E ŠAHĪD). See ABŪ NAṢR AḤMAD.

• AMĪR SAYYED ʿALĪ

  Cross-Reference

  See ʿALĪ AL-AʿLĀ.

• AMĪR TŪMĀN

  J. Calmard

  (AMĪR-E TŪMĀN) commander of 10,000 men, a military rank originally used by the Il-khanids in the 7th/13th century.

• AMĪR-AL-MOʾMENĪN

  Cross-Reference

  See ʿALĪ B. ABĪ ṬĀLEB.

• AMĪR-AL-OMARĀʾ

  C. E. Bosworth, R. M. Savory

  literally, “commander of commanders,” hence “supreme commander,” a military title found from the early 4th/10th century onwards, first in Iraq and then in the Iranian lands.