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- ĀḠĀJĪ BOḴĀRĪ
ĀḠĀJĪ (or ĀḠĀČĪ) BOḴĀRĪ, ABU’L-ḤASAN ʿALĪ B. ELYĀS, Samanid amir and poet; he served at the courts of Manṣūr b….
- ĀḠĀJĪ
ĀḠĀJĪ (or AḠĀJĪ, ĀḠAJĪ, ĀḠĀČĪ), title of a court official in the administrations of the Ghaznavids and Saljuqs; it apparently…
- EDUCATION v. THE MADRASA IN SHIʿITE PERSIA
EDUCATION v. THE MADRASA IN SHIʿITE PERSIA Foundation and expansion. After the introduction of the institutionalized madrasa by Neẓām-al-Molk in…
- CHOBANIDS
CHOBANIDS (Chupanids, Pers. Čūpānīān), a family of Mongol origin descended from the amir Čobān (or Čūpān, Ar. Jūbān) Noyan. Its…
- BOKAYR B. MĀHĀN
BOKAYR B. MĀHĀN MARVAZĪ, ABŪ HĀŠEM, a leading ʿAbbasid propagandist (dāʿī). Towards the end of the Omayyad caliphate he was…
- IRAQ ii – iii. FROM THE MONGOLS TO THE SAFAVIDS
IRAQ ii. FROM THE ʿABBASIDS TO THE MONGOLS. See BAGHDAD. iii. FROM THE MONGOLS TO THE SAFAVIDS The Mongol capture…
- BAGHDAD ii. From the Mongol Invasion to the Ottoman Occupation
BAGHDAD ii. From the Mongol Invasion to the Ottoman Occupation. Baghdad on the eve of the Mongol invasion. The Mongol…