AMĪNĀ-YE QAZVĪNĪ, MĪRZĀ MOḤAMMAD AMĪN B. ABI’L-ḤOSAYN (ḤASAN), also known as MĪRZĀ AMĪNA or AMĪNA-YE MONŠĪ, Mughal historian and poet…

ʿALĪ-MOḤAMMAD KHAN BAHĀDOR, MĪRZĀ MOḤAMMAD-ḤASAN, historian of the Mughals and author of Merʾāt-e Aḥmadī (ca. 1111/1700-1177/1763). His ancestors had moved…

AḤMAD YĀDGĀR, 10th/16th century historian of the Afghans in India. The details of his life are not known. The only…

AḤMAD B. BAHBAL KANBŌ, Mughal historian and author of a Persian work, Maʿdan-e aḵbār-e Aḥmadī, also known as Maʿdan-e aḵbār-e…

ABŪ ṬĀLEB ḤOSAYNĪ ʿARĪZĪ, Mughal scholar chiefly famous for his alleged discovery of Malfūẓāt-e Tīmūrī or Wāqeʿāt-e Tīmūrī, an autobiographical…

ABHARĪ, MAḴDŪM ʿABD-AL-ʿAZĪZ MOḤADDEṮ, traditionist. A native of Herat, he migrated to Sind ca. 918/1512 to escape Safavid persecution of…

ʿABD-AL-RAZZĀQ AWRANGĀBĀDĪ (full name, MĪR ʿABD-AL-RAZZĀQ B. MĪR ḤASAN-ʿALĪ ḤOSAYNĪ ḴᵛĀFĪ AWRANGĀBĀDĪ), titled NAVVĀB ṢAMṢĀM-AL-DAWLA ŠĀHNAVĀZ KHAN ṢAMṢĀM JANG, Mughal…

ʿABD-AL-RAḤMĀN ČEŠTĪ, 17th century Mughal saint and biographer. He belonged to the Ṣāberī branch of the Češtī order (selsela), which…

ʿABD-AL-BĀQĪ NAHĀVANDĪ, Mughal noble and biographer. He was born in 978/1570 at Julak near Nahāvand, which his ancestors had held…

ʿABD-AL-ʿALĪM NAṢRALLĀḤ KHAN “QAMAR,” government official, historian, biographer, translator, and grammarian in British India. He was born at Ḵorǰa near…