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Power, Politics and Religion in Timurid Iran Beatrice Forbes Manz Index More Information Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-86547-0 - Power, Politics and Religion in Timurid Iran Beatrice Forbes Manz Index More information Index Aba Bakr b. Amıransh ah, Mırza 18–19, 35, AbuplQasim Babur b. Baysunghur, Mırza61, 119–20, 124–25, 127, 157 102–03, 127, 150–51, 239, 241, 246, 252, Aba Bakr b. Muh. ammad Juki, Mırza 26, 115, 262–65, 267–73, 275, 280 247, 259, 260–61 relation to religious figures 234 Aba Bakr Khazin, kotwal 159–60 Abu Muslim (Khorasani, of Marw) 122, Abarquh 29, 32, 116, 123, 124, 125, 149, 152, 185, 220 156, 163, 249, 253, 256, 268 Abu Muslimnama 122 qAbbasid revolution 185, 189 Abu Nar Mishkan (Ghaznavid vizier) 68 qAbd al-qAzız b. Ulugh Beg, Mırza 246, 248, AbuSa qıd, Ilkhan (r. 1317–35) 101 265–66 AbuSa qıd, Sult.an (r. 1451–69) 55, 58, 61, 81, qAbd al-Khaliq b. Khudayd ad H. usaynı27 99, 100, 103, 120, 127, 191–93, 204, 215, qAbd Allah b. Ibrah ım Sult.an, Mırza 46, 47, 225, 246, 265, 267, 270, 275 115, 127, 246, 249, 256, 261, 265, 266–67, relation to religious figures 215 270, 275 AbuSa qıd b. Abıpl Khayr (shrine, qAbd Allah b. Muqawiyya, also shrine of Mayhana) 209, 239 185, 189 AbuSa qıd b. Qara Yusuf Qaraqoyunlu 42 qAbd Allah Lisan, Mawlan a 213 Afghanistan 40, 45 qAbd al-Lat.ıf b. Ulugh Beg 47, 246–47, 248, afrad 186 257, 269, 275 agriculture 85, 95, 169, 171, 194 in succession struggle 246, 263–68 promotion 116 qAbd al-Muqt.ı, shaykh 236 destruction 2, 263, 275 qAbd al-Qadiriyya Madrasa, see Yazd Ah. mad b. qUmar Shaykh, Mırza (d. 828/1435) qAbd al-Rah. man b. Ulugh Beg 267 23, 26, 29, 32 qAbd al-Rah. man, brother of Pırzad Ah. mad Chupan 255, 257 Bukhar ı 271 Ah. mad Dapud, vizier, see Kalar, Ah. mad Dapud qAbd al-Rah. man (nephew of Qad .ıImam Ah. mad Jalayir, Sult.an 101, 106 al-Dın Fad. l Allah) 257 Ah. mad-i Jam, Shaykh (Zhinda Pil; qAbd al-S. amad b. H. ajj ı Sayf al-Dın, emir d. 536/1141) 187, 224, 226–28, 235 (d. 835/1432) 22, 23, 24, 39, 45, 115, 254 Ah. mad Janb az Moghul, emir 261–62, 271 qAbd al-Wahhab b. Jalal al-Dın Ish. aq, see Ah. rar, Khwaja qUbayd Allah (d. 896/1490) 2, Samarqandı, qAbd al-Wahhab 73, 78, 189, 193, 195, 202, 203, 205, 215, abdal 183, 186 223, 229, 232, 233, 236–37 Abiward 230 Ahristan district, see Yazd Abıwardı family of Yazd 171, 175 akh ı 122 Abıwardı, H. ajj ıS. adr al-Dın 172, 173–74 qAlap al-Dawla b. Baysunghur, Mırza (d. 865/ Abıwardı, Shams al-Dın 171 1460) 47, 48, 66, 92, 93, 99, 211, 213, 241, Abıwardı, Zayn al-Dın b. S. adr al-Dın 174 246–48, 251, 252, 256, 267, 269, 270 Abu Bakr, caliph 208, 212 qAlap al-Dın Bakhtishah 62 Abu Ish. aq b. Bab aH . ajj ı 134 qAlıb.AbuT . alib (shrine at Mazar-i Sharif) Abu Ish. aq Inju (r.1343–57) 101, 154 192, 209 Abupl Khayr Khan Uzbek (r. 1429–68) qAlı b. Kamal al-Dın b. Qawam al-Dın Mar 45, 267 qashı, Sayyid (Sayyid qAlıSar ı) 137–41 296 © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-86547-0 - Power, Politics and Religion in Timurid Iran Beatrice Forbes Manz Index More information Index 297 qAlı b. Qawam al-Dın Marqashı, Sayyid At.har al-wuzarap of Sayf al-Dın H. ajj ı b. Niz. am (qAlı Amul ı) 139–40 qUqaylı68–69 qAlıIs.fahan ı 147 qAtıq Allah 108 qAlı Muh. ammadshah 83 qAttar, qAlap al-Dın, shaykh (d. 802/ qAlıS. afı 129 1399–1400) 64, 203, 205, 218, 234, 237 qAlı Tarkhan b. Ghiyath al-Dın Tarkhan, emir qAttar, Khwaja H. asan b. qAlap al-Dın, shaykh 22, 38–39, 44, 98 (d. 826/1423) 193, 237 qAlıka Kukeltash b. Aduk, emir (d. 844/1440) Awba 70, 125, 182 36, 39, 46–47, 60, 66–67, 82, 85, 92, 102, Awbahı, Jalal al-Dın Yusuf 58–59, 204, 215, 115, 116, 212 216–17, 233 madrasa, see Herat awbash 47, 97, 155 relations with religious classes 59, 221 Awghan 127 amır (title) 70 qayan-am ır system 3–4, 117, 147, 280 amır al-umarap 81–82, 131 qayyar , qayyar un 121, 122 amır dıwan 23, 36, 39, 43, 44, 45, 81–82 Azarbaijan 14, 18–19, 29, 34–35, 52, 54, 124, Amır Baraka 115, 243 131, 141, 156, 160, 164, 177, 251, 252, 274 Amır Jaqfar b. Mans.ur, s.ah. ib dıwan 105 first campaign 37, 40, 42, 43, 102, 123, Amır Nas.ir al-Dın Qurpaysh 270 125, 130 Amır Shah ı 83, 175 second campaign 44, 83, 134, 142–43 Amır Zayn al-qAbidın Mır-i Mıran, third campaign 46, 53, 60, 134, 143 sayyid 272 qAzız Allah, see Jam ı, qAzız Allah Amırak Ahmad, see Ahmad b. qUmar Shaykh . Amıransh ah b. Temur¨ (d. 810/1408) 17, 18–19, Bab a Akhı, see Jami, Bab a Akhı 34, 119, 226 Bab aH . ajj ı b. Shaykh H. ajj ı Muh. ammad qIraq ı descendants of 14, 17, 24, 30, 132, 156, 177, 133–34 225, 265 Bab a Masqud, nephew of Amır qAlıka 212 amır-i tumen¨ 81, 125 Badakhshan 25, 36, 39, 108, 113, 281 Amul 138–41 Badghis 127, 183, 194, 232 Anar, Malik Shams al-Dın Muh. ammad 96 Baghdad 8, 101, 185, 229, 230, 250, 252 Anatolia 7, 9 Baghlan 22, 43, 114, 260 Andijan 24, 26, 33, 47 Bahram ı family of Simnan 102, 103–04 Andkhud 28, 38, 95, 114, 115, 261 Bahramsh ah, relative of Jalal Islam 107 Ando, Shiro 214 Bakharz 65, 69, 106, 108, 224 Anıs al-t.alib ın wa quddat al-salik ın,ofS. ala Bakharz ı, Sayf al-Dın, Shaykh 74 al-Dın Mubarak Bukhar ı76 Bal ıcha family of Simnan 90, 102–03, 104 Ans.ar ı, qAbd Allah, shaykh (d. 481/1089) 208 Bal ıcha Simnan ı, Jalal al-Dın Mah. mud 102 shrine 219–20 Bal ıcha Simnan ı, Mu` izz al-Dın Malik H. usayn Aqqoyunlu 35, 242 (d. 847/1433) 86, 103, 104, 249, 250 Aqtemur¨ 22 Bal ıcha Simnan ı, Niz. am al-Dın Ah. mad b. Arab (tribes in Iran) 126–27, 145, 242 Jalal al-Dın Mah. mud 102 arbaqın (see also chilla) 199 Bal ıcha Simnan ı, Shams al-Dın qAlı b. Jalal Ardabil 131–32, 231 al-Dın Mah. mud 88, 102 Ardabılı, S. adr al-Dın, shaykh 228, 230, 231 Bal ıcha Simnan ı, Sharaf al-Dın qAlı b. Jalal Ardistan 256 al-Dın Mah. mud 90, 105 Arghunshah, emir 36, 62 Bal ıcha Simnan ı, Wajıh al-Dın Ismaqıl b. Jalal Arghun tribe 265 al-Dın Mah. mud 102, 105 Arhang 247, 259 Balkh 20, 26, 92–93, 114, 116, 192, 248, 260, Arlat tribe 38, 269 265, 266, 270 artisans 2, 10, 118, 119, 122, 123, 263, 282 governance 26, 33 Arzinjan 133 religious classes and activity 61 Ashpara 83 Baluch 126, 127 ashraf , see sayyids Bam 149 As.ıl Beg, Amır 161 Banu Tamım, tribe 148, 151 As.ıl al-Dın qAbd Allah Waqiz., sayyid (d. 883/ Barab ad 96 1478–79) 70–71 baraka 183–84 Astarabad 36, 55, 138, 141, 259, 261, 268, 270 Baraka, Amır, see Amır Baraka Astarab ad ı, Fad. l Allah 188, 254 Baram an madrasa, see Herat qAtap Allah Shıraz ı, vizier 267 Baraq of Blue Horde 42, 121, 135 © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-86547-0 - Power, Politics and Religion in Timurid Iran Beatrice Forbes Manz Index More information 298 Index Barlas tribe 41, 43, 52, 115, 260, 265, 266 Calicut 191 Barmakids 106, 108 caliphate 8, 156, 190 Barsın 127 cathedral mosque or Friday mosque, Barzishab ad ı, Sayyid qAbd Allah 240 see individual cities Bashir, Shahzad 240 Central Asia 4, 5, 7, 8, 47, 49, 73 Bas.ır, Nur al-Dın, shaykh 193 Chaghadai, son of Chinggis Khan 8 Baward ı, Khwaja Zayn al-Dın qAlı 151 Chaghadayid dynasty, see eastern Baydu Arlat 46 Chaghadayid khanate Bayqarab. qUmar Shaykh, Mırza (d. 826/1423) Chaghatay, ethnic group 8, 15, 22, 36, 59, 29, 31–32, 44, 134, 156, 163–64 111, 114, 117, 119, 120, 123, 134, 140, Baysunghur b. Shahrukh, Mırza (d. 837/1423) 159, 206, 241 33, 35, 37, 40, 46, 81, 83, 87, 91–92, Chaharmin ar district, see Yazd 98, 102, 114, 127, 134, 212, 213, 246, Chaharshanba, emir 36 251, 252 Chakir, emir 131 his dıwan 102 Chakirlu lineage 131–33, 135 governorship 32, 113, 252 Cham-i Taft, see Yazd patronage 32, 41, 65–65, 105 Chaqmaq Sham ı, Jalal al-Dın, emir 32, 39, sons of 263, 267 53, 103, 116, 171, 175, 250, 253, 256, bazaar 47, 118, 120, 121, 122–23, 143, 154, 163, 259, 261, 271, 273 171, 194, 205 building activity, see also Yazd 37 Bedouin 126 cultural patronage 168–72 Berkey, Jonathan 217 origins 37 BıbıFat.ima, wife of Amır Chaqmaq Chaqmaq, Sult.an, Mamluk (r. 842–57/ 168–69, 172 1438–53) 191 Bıbı Satirkuh, see Bıbı Sitti Chashma-i Ayub, see Bukhara Bıbı Sitti, mosque of 122, 220, 244 Cheku¨ Barlas, emir (d. 785–86/1383–84), Birdi Beg, emir, brother of Shaykh family of 32, 43, 82, 114, 133, 260 Nur al-Dın 21 cherik 123, 256 Birjandı, Shihab al-Dın Ah.
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