R. D. McChesney
Articles by R. D. McChesney
- FAYŻ MOḤAMMAD KĀTEB
FAYŻ MOḤAMMAD KĀTEB, Afghan court chronicler and secretary to the amir Ḥabīb–Allāh Khan (q.v.; r. 1319-37/1901-19). Fayż Moḥammad was born…
- BARḴᵛARDĀR TORKMĀN
BARḴᵛARDĀR TORKMĀN, MĪRZĀ, author of Aḥsan al-sīar,a history of Shah Esmāʿīl Ṣafawī, completed in either 930/1523-24 (Williams, 1916, p. 298)…
- BADĪʿ-AL-ZAMĀN MĪRZĀ
BADĪʿ-AL-ZAMĀN MĪRZĀ, by most accounts the last of the Chaghatay/Timurid rulers of Badaḵšān. He was either the grandson (by a…
- ABU’L-ḤASAN GOLESTĀNA
ABU’L-ḤASAN B. MOḤAMMAD AMĪN GOLESTĀNA, vizier of Kermānšāhān and chronicler of post-Afsharid Iran. He was a member of a family…
- ʿABD-AL-QODDŪS B. SOLṬĀN MOḤAMMAD
ʿABD-AL-QODDŪS B. SOLṬĀN MOḤAMMAD B. SOLṬĀN PĀYANDA MOḤAMMADZĀY SARDĀR, called ŠAGASĪ, prominent Afghan military and political figure of the late…
- ʿABD-AL-MOʾMEN B. ʿABDALLĀH
ʿABD-AL-MOʾMEN B. ʿABDALLĀH B. ESKANDAR B. JĀNĪ BEG B. ḴᵛĀJĀ MOḤAMMAD B. ABU’L-ḴAYR, ABU’L-FATḤ, generally reckoned as the eleventh khan…
- JUYBĀRIS
JUYBĀRIS, a prominent Bukharan family dynasty, whose leading social position in Bukhara lasted more than 500 years. One of the…
- JOWZJĀNI, MIR JUJOK
JOWZJĀNI, MIR JUJOK, a late 16th century literary figure given the title malek al-šoʿarāʾ at Balkh by the Shibanid (Šaybānid)…
- MOḤAMMAD-AYYUB KHAN
MOḤAMMAD-AYYUB KHAN, born Amir Šēr-ʿAli Khan, a prominent Afghan political figure of the Moḥammadzi clan (1857-1914). He was the third…