ʿALĪ-QOLĪ KHAN WĀLEH DĀḠESTĀNĪ (1124-69/1712-56), Persian poet at the Mughal court. He belonged to a noble family from Dāḡestān; his…

AFŻAL BEG KHAN QĀQŠĀL, south Indian taḏkera writer. Little is known about his early life or the Indian members of…

ĀFARĪN LĀHŪRĪ, SHAH FAQĪRALLĀH, Panjabi Persian poet (b. ca. 1070/1660, d. 1154/1741). Born in Lahore where he passed his whole…