Richard M. Eaton
- BENGAL i. Persian Muslim elements in the history of Bengal
Bengal, the deltaic region of the Ganges, Brahmaputra, and Meghna rivers, is the easternmost haven of Indo-Iranian culture on the…
- BAḤRĪ, MAḤMŪD
BAḤRĪ, MAḤMŪD B. BĀQER QĀDERĪ, Sufi and poet of the Deccan who flourished in the late 11/17th century. The son…
- AKBAR-NĀMA
AKBAR-NĀMA, the official history of the reign of the Mughal Emperor Akbar (964-1015/1556-1605), including a statistical gazetteer of sixteenth century…
- ʿĀDELŠĀHĪS
ʿĀDELŠĀHĪS, a dynasty of Indo-Muslim kings who governed the city-state of Bijapur from 895/1490 to 1097/1686. The city and its…
- BARĪDŠĀHĪ DYNASTY
BARĪDŠĀHĪ, a dynasty of Indo-Muslim kings of the Deccan plateau that ruled from 897/1491-92 to 1028/1619 in one of the…
- ABU’L-FAŻL ʿALLĀMĪ
ABU’L-FAŻL ʿALLĀMĪ, historian, officer, chief secretary, and confidant of the Mughal emperor Akbar I. Born on 6 Moḥarram 958/14 January…
- ʿABD-AL-ḤAMĪD LĀHŪRĪ
ʿABD-AL-ḤAMĪD LĀHŪRĪ, 17th-century Indo-Persian historian and author of the Pādšāhnāma, the official account of the reign of the Mughal emperor…
- BORHĀNPŪRĪ, BORHĀN-AL-DĪN
BORHĀNPŪRĪ, BORHĀN-AL-DĪN (d. 1089/1678), an Indo-Persian Sufi of the Šaṭṭārī order. Born in a village in the northern Deccan, Borhān-al-Dīn…
- BOḴĀRĪ, JALĀL-AL-DĪN
BOḴĀRĪ, SHAIKH JALĀL-AL-DĪN (707-85/1308-84), popularly known as Maḵdūm-e Jahānīān and Jahāngašt, a celebrated Indo-Persian Sufi of Uch in the southern…
- INDIA vi. Political and Cultural Relations (13th-18th centuries)
INDIA vi. POLITICAL AND CULTURAL RELATIONS: FROM THE 13TH TO THE 18TH CENTURIES Relations between peoples of the Iranian plateau…
- GISU-DARĀZ
GISU-DARĀZ (or Gēsu-darāz; b. Delhi, 4 Rajab 721/30 July 1321; d. Gulbarga, 16 Ḏu’l-qaʿda 825/1 November 1422), the popular title…