MAḤĀSEN EṢFAHĀN  (محاسن اصفهان, The beauties of Isfahan, Figure 1), a book extolling Isfahan, written by Mofażżal b. Saʿd Māfarruḵi…

MALEKŠĀH, JALĀL-AL-DAWLA MOʿEZZ-al-DONYĀ WA’L-DIN ABU’L-FATḤ b. Alp Arslān, the Great Saljuq sultan (r. 465-85/1072-92), during whose reign the Saljuq empire…

KAMĀL-AL-DIN EṢFAHĀNI, (b. ca. 568/1172-73; d. ca. 635/1237), poet from Isfahan, noted for his mastery of the panegyric. His full…

ḴOJANDIS OF ISFAHAN, a prominent family of Šāfeʿi ulema, who were settled in Isfahan by the Saljuq grand vizier Neẓām-al-Molk. …