DHĀRVĀL or DHĀR, QĀŻĪ KHAN BADR MOḤAMMAD (or Ḥosayn) DEHLAVĪ, 15th-century Persian lexicographer in India, so named because he settled…

DARGĀHQOLĪ KHAN ḎU’L-QADR, also known as Moʿtaman-al-Dawla Moʿtaman-al-Molk Sālār-Jang Ḵān-e Dawrān Nawwāb (b. Sangamnēr, Deccan, 1122/1710, d. Awrangābād, 18 Jomādā…

DĀʿĪ-AL-ESLĀM, SAYYED MOḤAMMAD-ʿALĪ, Per­sian scholar, preacher, and lexicographer, born 1295/1878 at Lārījān. After receiving his early educa­tion at Āmol and…