AḴESTĀN, Jalal-al-dīn Abu’l-Moẓaffar b. Manūčehr b. Farīdūn, also called Ḵāqān-e Kabīr. one of the rulers of the Šervānšāh dynasty and…

ABU’L-ʿALĀʾ GANJAVĪ, NEẒĀM-AL-DĪN MAḤMŪD, 6th/12th century poet at the court of Ḵāqān Faḵr-al-dīn Manūčehr Šervānšāh. He is also referred to…

ʿABD-AL-RĀFEʿ HERAVĪ, ŻĪĀ-AL-DĪN B. ABU’L-FATḤ, poet, grammarian, and physician, first attached to the court of Ḵosrow Malek (555-82/1160-76), the last…