J. R. Perry
Articles by J. R. Perry
- ARMY iv. Afšar and Zand Periods
ARMY iv. Afšār and Zand (ca. 1142-1205/1730-90) The successor states to the Safavid empire were conceptually and administratively a direct…
- ḎU’L-FAQĀR KHAN AFŠĀR
ḎU’L-FAQĀR KHAN AFŠĀR, governor (ḥākem) of Ḵamsa province (ca. 1177-94/1763-80) under the Zand dynasty. Of the Imīrlū clan of Afšārs,…
- ĀZĀD KHAN AFḠĀN
ĀZĀD KHAN AFḠĀN (d. 1195/1781), a major contender for supremacy in western Iran after the death of Nāder Shah Afšār…
- ASTARĀBĀDĪ, MAHDĪ KHAN
ASTARĀBĀDĪ, MĪRZĀ (MOḤAMMAD) MAHDĪ KHAN B. MOḤAMMAD-NAṢĪR, court secretary and historiographer to Nāder Shah Afšār (r. 1148-60/1736-47). Despite his position…
- ARG
ARG (or ARK), the inner fortress or citadel of a walled city. The arg may also serve as the residence…
- ALLĀHYĀR KHAN ABDĀLĪ
ALLĀHYĀR KHAN ABDĀLĪ, a chieftain of the important Afghan tribe of the Abdālī (later known as the Dorrānī). Elected leader…
- ʿALĪ-MORĀD KHAN ZAND
ʿALĪ-MORĀD KHAN ZAND (r. 1195-99/1781-85), fourth of the Zand rulers. After the death of ʿAlī-Morād’s father, Qayṭas Khan of the…
- ʿALAM KHAN
ʿALAM KHAN ʿARAB-E ḴOZAYMA, AMIR, viceroy of the Afsharid state of Khorasan, 1161-68/1748-54. The son of Esmāʿīl Khan, one of…
- AKBAR KHAN ZAND
AKBAR KHAN ZAND (d. 1196/1782), youngest son of Zakī Khan Zand. Cruel and ambitious, Akbar never rose to primacy, but…
- ĀḠĀ MOḤAMMAD KHAN QĀJĀR
ĀḠĀ MOḤAMMAD KHAN QĀJĀR (r. 1203-12/1789-97), founder of the Qajar dynasty (q.v.). He was born about 1155/1742, the eldest son…
- AFSHARIDS
AFSHARIDS, a dynasty (1148-1210/1736-96; Table 16) founded by Nāder Shah Afšār upon the abolition of the Safavid dynasty in 1148/1736. What…
- ʿĀDEL SHAH AFŠĀR
ʿĀDEL SHAH AFŠĀR, the royal title of ʿAlī-qolī Khan, r. 1160-61/1747-48, nephew and successor of Nāder Shah. The eldest son…
- ABU’L-FATḤ KHAN BAḴTĪĀRĪ
ABU’L-FATḤ KHAN BAḴTĪĀRĪ, a chieftain of the Haft Lang branch of the Baḵtīārī and paramount chief (īlḵānī) of the tribe….
- ʿABD-AL-RAZZĀQ BEG
ʿABD-AL-RAZZĀQ BEG B. NAJAF-QOLĪ KHAN DONBOLĪ (1176-1243/1762-63 to 1827-28), literary biographer, poet, and historian of the early Qajar period. ʿAbd-al-Razzāq…
- KĀBOLI
KĀBOLI, the colloquial Persian spoken in the capital of Afghanistan, Kabul, and its environs. It has been a common and…
- ČERĀḠ-E HEDĀYAT
ČERĀḠ-E HEDĀYAT (“lamp of guidance”), a monolingual Persian dictionary by the Indo-Muslim poet and scholar Serāj-al-Din ʿAli Khan Ārzu. Its…