Mahmudul Hasan Siddiqi
- ĀRZŪ
ĀRZŪ, SERĀJ-AL-DĪN ʿALĪ KHAN, major Indo-Muslim poet, lexicographer and litterateur (b. at Gwalior or Agra 1099/1687-88 or 1101/1689-90; see Storey,…
- ĀZĀD BELGRĀMĪ
ĀZĀD BELGRĀMĪ, MĪR ḠOLĀM-ʿALĪ B. MOḤAMMAD NŪḤ ḤOSAYNĪ WĀSEṬĪ, major eighteenth century Indo-Muslim poet, biographer, and composer of chronograms, also…
- ABU’L-FARAJ RŪNĪ
ABU’L-FARAJ B. MASʿŪD RŪNĪ, an early Persian poet. Nothing is known about his birth and early life, except that he…
- ʿABD-AL-JALĪL BELGRĀMĪ
ʿABD-AL-JALĪL BELGRĀMĪ, major 17th/18th century Indo-Muslim litterateur. He was born at Belgram in 1071/1661. His father, Mīr Aḥmad, was a…
- BAHĀRESTĀN-E ḠAYBĪ
BAHĀRESTĀN-E ḠAYBĪ, a detailed history in Persian of Bengal and Orissa for the period 1017-34/1608-24 composed by Mīrzā Nathan ʿAlāʾ-al-Dīn…
- ʿABDALLĀH KHAN UZBEK
ʿABDALLĀH KHAN UZBEK, 10th/16th century Mughal noble and general and also briefly an autonomous ruler. His mother, ʿĀyeša Solṭān Be…
- ʿABD-AL-ʿAZĪZ B. NAḎR MOḤAMMAD
ʿABD-AL-ʿAZĪZ B. NAḎR MOḤAMMAD, Toghay-Timurid (Janid) dynast of the Uzbeks, r. 1057-91/1647-80 in Bokhara. His father held Balḵ and Badaḵšān,…