ḤASAN GĀNGU (Kāngu or Kānku), ʿALĀ ʿ-AL-DIN ḤASAN BAHMANŠĀH (r. 748-59/1347-57), a Khorasani adventurer at the court of Delhi, who…

EMĀMṢĀḤEB, two archeological sites in Afghanistan. 1. A village near the south bank of the Amū Daryā (q.v.), about 50…

KASHMIR   v. Persian Influence on Kashmiri Art  The Iranian influence on the art and architecture of Kashmir is indirect,…

FATḤ JANG, EBRĀHĪM KHAN (or Mīrzā Ebrāhīm), a Mughal official (d. 1033/1623-24). According to the Maʾāṯer al-omarā ([Calcutta] I, p….

DAYR-E GAČĪN (lit., “gypsum hospice”), Sasanian caravansary situated in the desert halfway between Ray and Qom, on the ancient route from…

DĀRZĪN, a village (29° 11´ N, 58° 09´E) on the road between Kermān and Bam on the site of a…

ḠĪĀṮ BEG (Ḡīāṯ-al-Dīn Moḥammad Tehrānī), ʿEʿTEMĀD-AL-DAWLA, prime minister of the Mughal emperor Jahāngīr and father of the emperor’s wife, Nūr…