Munibur Rahman
- AŠRAF GĪLĀNĪ
AŠRAF GĪLĀNĪ (اشرف گیلانی), SAYYED AŠRAF-AL-DĪN ḤOSAYNĪ QAZVĪNĪ, poet and leading journalist of the Constitutional era. Born in Qazvīn in…
- FAYŻĪ, ABU’L-FAYŻ
FAYŻĪ, ABU’L-FAYŻ (b. Agra, 5 Šaʿbān 954/24 September 1547 [Dīvān, f. 78b]; d. Lahore, 10 Ṣafar 1004/15 October 1595), Mughal…
- FAQĪR DEHLAVĪ, MĪR ŠAMS-AL-DĪN
FAQĪR DEHLAVĪ, MĪR ŠAMS-AL-DĪN (also called Maftūn), Persian poet from the Indian sub-continent (fl. 12th/18th century). He was born in…
- ʿEŠQĪʿAẒĪMĀBĀDĪ, SHAIKH MOḤAMMAD WAJĪH-AL-DĪN
ʿEŠQĪʿAẒĪMĀBĀDĪ, SHAIKH MOḤAMMAD WAJĪH-AL-DĪN, 18th-19th century poet and writer in Persian and Urdu (d. after 1223/1808). He was a native…
- ʿEŠQ, shaikh ḡolām moḥyĪ-al-dĪn MOBTALĀ
ʿEŠQ, shaikh ḡolām moḥyĪ-al-dĪn MOBTALĀ, 18th-19th century author writing in Persian and Urdu. He was born in Meerut, in present…
- ʿEBRAT, Sayyed MOḤAMMAD-QĀSEM
ʿEBRAT, pen name of Sayyed MOḤAMMAD-QĀSEM, author of ʿEbrat-nāma, a history of the reigns of Awrangzēb’s successors, namely Bahādoršāh (d….
- EBRĀHĪM B. JARĪR
EBRĀHĪM B. JARĪR (or Ḥarīr?), author of a general history called Tārīḵ-e ebrāhīmī or Tārīḵ-e homāyūnī. Nothing is known about…
- ADĪB PĪŠĀVARĪ
ADĪB PĪŠĀVARĪ, poetic name of SAYYED AḤMAD B. ŠEHĀB-AL-DĪN RAŻAWĪ. He was born near Peshawar ca. 1260/1844 and claimed descent…
- ADĪB-AL-MAMĀLEK FARĀHĀNĪ
ADĪB-AL-MAMĀLEK FARĀHĀNĪ, MOḤAMMAD ṢĀDEQ B. ḤOSAYN, poet and journalist, b. 1277/1860 in the village of Kāzarān near Solṭānābād in ʿErāq-e…
- GOLBADAN BĒGOM
GOLBADAN BĒGOM (b. ca. 929/1522-23, d. 6 Ramażān 1011/17 Feb. 1603), daughter of Ẓahir-al-Din Moḥammad Bābor (d. 937/1530, q.v.), founder…
- ḠAZĀLĪ MAŠHADĪ
ḠAZĀLĪ MAŠHADĪ (b. Mašhad, 933/1526-27, d. Ahmadabad, Gujarat, 27 Rajab 980/3 December 1572), poet laureate in Persian (malek-al-šoʿarāʾ) at the…
- ḠĀLEB, Mīrzā ASAD-ALLĀH Khan
ḠĀLEB, Mīrzā ASAD-ALLĀH Khan, one of the greatest poets of Muslim India who wrote poems in both Persian and Urdu…