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FRYER, JOHN
Michael J. Franklin
(b. ca. 1650; d. 1733), British travel-writer and doctor. His writings display a lively curiosity, which, sharpened by his scientific training, produces accurate observations in geology, meteorology, and all aspects of natural history.
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ASIA INSTITUTE, BULLETIN OF THE
Richard N. Frye
originally Bulletin of the American Institute of Persian Art and Archaeology from July 1931; and the first issue was edited by Arthur Upham Pope, director of the Institute.
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ADERGOUDOUNBADES
R. N. Frye
a kanārang (eastern border margrave) appointed by the Sasanian king Kavād (r. 488-531 A.D.).
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ASAD B. SĀMĀNḴODĀ
C. E. Bosworth
ancestor of the Samanid dynasty.
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AḤMAD B. ASAD
C. E. Bosworth
(d. 250/864), early member of the Samanid family and governor of Farḡāna under the ʿAbbasids and Taherids.
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ANDRAGORAS
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Seleucid satrap of Parthia and Hyrcania, known primarily from his coins.
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OUPHARIZES
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(Greek name or appellative Wahriz), general of cavalry in the time of Ḵosrow I.
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BĀZRANGĪ
Richard N. Frye
the family name of a dynasty of petty rulers in Fārs overthrown during the rise of the Sasanians.
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ABŪ ṢĀLEḤ MANṢŪR (I) NŪḤ
C. E. Bosworth
(350-66/961-76), Samanid ruler in Transoxania and Khorasan and successor of his brother ʿAbd-al-Malek after the latter’s death in Šawwāl, 350/November, 961.
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ANDARZBAD
M. L. Chaumont
Sasanian administrative title meaning “chief advisor” for a city.