Print
EmailBrowse All
| All (1297) | Subject Entries (810) | Biographies (432) | Chaptered Works (14) | Primary Sources (41) | Images & Maps (293) |
 Previous |
Next |
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Displaying: aa - abu
Aa Gym (Biography)
Abdullah Gymnastiar ( b. 1962 ) is an Indonesianpreacher popularly known as Aa (elder brother) Gym. Despite minimal orthodox religious education, Gymnastiar attained national ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World
Abarquh (Subject Entry)
Iranian town in northern Fars province. A prosperous center in medieval times, by the 10th century it was fortified with a citadel and had ...
Source: The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture
Abarshahr (Subject Entry)
See Nishapur . ...
Source: The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture
Abbasid (Image)
Muqarnas vault in the so-called Abbasid palace, Baghdad, early 13th century; photo credit: Sheila S. Blair and Jonathan M. Bloom ...
Source: The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture
Abbasid (Subject Entry)
Islamic dynasty that ruled from several capitals in Iraq between 749 and 1258 . The Abbasids traced their descent from al-῾Abbas, the uncle of ...
Source: The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture
῾Abd al-Hayy (Biography)
( fl. c. 1374 ; d. Samarkand , 1405 ). Illustrator and painter . According to the Safavid chronicler Dust Muhammad, ῾Abd al-Hayy trained ...
Source: The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture
῾Abd al-Jalil Čelebi (Biography)
See Levni . ...
Source: The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture
Abd al-Rahman, Aisha (Biography)
(b. 1913 ) Also known as Bint al-Shati . Egyptian writer and professor of Arabic language and literature and Quranic studies. Wrote more than ...
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Islam
῾Abd al-Samad (Biography)
( b. before 1517 ; fl. c. 1535 – 1600 ). Iranian miniature painter , calligrapher and courtier , active also in India. Trained ...
Source: The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture
῾Abdallah Khan (Biography)
( fl. c. 1810 – 50 ). Persian painter and architect. Trained in the apprentice system in royal workshops, he rose through the ranks, ...
Source: The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture
῾Abdallah Sayrafi (Biography)
( b. ?Tabriz; fl. 1310 – 44 ). Calligrapher . The son of Khwaja Mahmud Sarraf al-Tabrizi, he was a pupil of Haydar , ...
Source: The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture
Abdülcelil Çelebi (Biography)
See Levni . ...
Source: The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture
Abedin, Zainul (Biography)
( b. Kishorganj , East Pakistan [now Bangladesh] , 18 Nov. 1914 ; d. Dhaka , 28 May 1976 ). Bangladeshi painter and printmaker ...
Source: The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture
῾Abid (Biography)
( fl. c. 1615 – 58 ). Indian miniature painter, son of Aqa Riza (i) and brother of Abu῾l-Hasan (ii) . Both his father ...
Source: The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture
Abu (Subject Entry)
See Aswan . ...
Source: The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture
Abu al-Tayyib Ahmad ibn al-Husayn (Biography)
See Mutanabbi, al- ...
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Islam
Abu ῾Ali Muhammad ibn ῾Ali ibn Muqla (Biography)
See Ibn muqla . ...
Source: The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture
Abu Dhabi (Subject Entry)
See under United arab emirates . ...
Source: The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture
Abu῾l-Hasan (ii) (Biography)
( b. 1588 ; fl. 1600 – 30 ). Indian painter . In 1619 the Mughal emperor Jahangir ( r. 1605 – 27 ) ...
Source: The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture
Abu῾l-Qasim (Biography)
( fl. c. 1816 ). Persian painter . His only known work is a long composition depicting Fath ῾Ali Shah Qajar ( r. 1797 ...
Source: The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture
| Previous |
Next |
