This volume of Encyclopaedia Islamica is the first of a projected 16-volume publication, consisting of an abridged and edited translation of the Persian Da irat al-Maarif-i Buzurg-i Islami, one of the most comprehensive sources on Islam and the Muslim world. One unique feature of this work of reference lies in the attention it gives to Shii Islam and its rich and diverse heritage, which makes it complementary to other encyclopaedias. In addition to providing entries on important themes, subjects and personages in Islam generally, it offers the western reader an opportunity to appreciate the various dimensions of Shii Islam, the Persian contribution to Islamic civilisation, and the spiritual dimensions of the Islamic tradition.
A - Abu Hanifa
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Aba Ababil Abadah Abadan Aban b. Abd al-Hamid al-Lahiqi Aban b. Taghlib Abaqa Khan Abarquh Abasa Mahdi Muti' (Farzin Negahban) Abaskun Al-Abbadi, Abu Asim Abbadi, Mu affar Abbadids Abbas I, Shah Abbas II, Shah Al-Abbas b. Abd al-Mu alib Abbas b. Abi al-Futuh Al-Abbas b. al-Ahnaf Al-Abbas b. Ali Al-Abbas b. Amr al-Ghanawi Abbas b. Firnas Abbas Hilmi II Al-Abbas b. Mirdas Abbas Mirza Abbas Pasha Abbasa (a woman of the Abbasid court) Abbasa (a city in eastern Egypt) Al-Abbasi, Abd al-Rahim Abbasids Abbasiyya Abd Allah b. Abd al-Mu alib Abd Allah b. Ahmad b. Hanbal Abd Allah b. Ali Abd Allah b. Amir b. Kurayz Abd Allah b. Amr b. al-As Abd Allah Bukhari Abd Allah b. Dhakwan Abd Allah b. Han ala Abd Allah b. Hasan, Abu Muhammad Abd Allah b. Jafar Abd Allah b. Jahsh Abd Allah b. al-Kawwa Abd Allah b. Khazim Abd Allah b. Lahia Abd Allah b. Maymun al-Qaddah Abd Allah b. Muawiya Abd Allah b. Musa b. Nusayr Abd Allah b. Muskan Abd Allah b. Mu i Abd Allah b. Rawaha Abd Allah b. Sad Abd Allah b. Salam Abd Allah Shirazi Abd Allah b. Sinan Abd Allah b. Ubayy Abd Allah b. Umar Abd Allah b. Wahb al-Rasibi Abd Allah b. al-Zubayr Abd al-A im al-Hasani Abd al-Aziz b. Abi Rawwad Abd al-Aziz Uthmani Abd al-Dar, Banu Abd al-Ghani al-Azdi Abd al-Ghani al-Maqdisi Abd al-Hakam Abd al-Hamid I (Abdülhamid) Abd al-Hamid b. Yahya (al-Katib) Abd al-Haqq Amanat Khan Abd al-Karim Khwarazmi Abd al-Karim Munshi Abd al-La if Abd al-Majid I (Abdülmecit) Abd al-Malik b. Marwan Abd al-Malik I Abd Manaf Abd al-Mu alib b. Hashim Abd al-Nabi Abd al-Qadir b. Muhyi al-Din al-Jaza iri Abd al-Quddus Ganguhi Abd al-Rahim Khan-i Khanan Abd al-Rahim Khwarazmi Abd al-Rahman b. Abi Layla Abd al-Rahman b. Awf Abd al-Rahman Khwarazmi Abd al-Rahman b. Mahdi Abd al-Samad Shirazi Abd Shams Abd al-Wahid b. Zayd al-Basri Abda b. al- abib Abdal Abdal Beg Abdal Chishti Abdali Abdan Al-Abdari, Abu Abd Allah Muhammad Abdi Pasha (Abdi Pasa) (1) Abdi Pasha (Abdi Pasa) (2) Abhar Al-Abi, Abu al-Mahasin Nasir al-Din Al-Abi, Abu Sad Mansur b. al-Husayn Abiward Al-Abiwardi Abjad Abjadi Abkhazia (Abkhaz) Al-Ablah al-Baghdadi Abna Abr Abraha Abraham Abrang Al-Abrar Abri Al-Ab ah Abu al-Abbas al-Isfarayini Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi Abu al-Abbas al-Saffah Abu al-Abbas al-Sayyari Abu Abd Allah al-Alawi Abu Abd Allah al-Basri Abu Abd Allah al-Shii Abu Abd Allah al-Zanjani Abu Abd al-Rahman al-Sulami Abu Ahmad al-Askari Abu al-Ala A a b. Yaqub Ghaznawi Razi Abu al-Ala Bihishti Abu al-Ala al-Maarri Abu Ali Ardistani Abu Ali Balkhi Abu Ali al-Daqqaq Abu Ali al-Farisi Abu Ali al-Farmadi Abu Ali Miskawayh Abu Ali Simjur Abu al-Aliya Abu Alqama Abu Ammar Abu Amr b. al-Ala Abu Amr al-Dani Abu Amr b. Nujayd Abu Amr al-Shaybani Abu al-As Abu al-Aswad al-Du ali Abu al-Aswar Shawur Abu al-Atahiya Abu Awana Abu Awn Abu al-Ayna Abu Ayyub al-Ansari Abu Ayyub al-Muriyani Abu Bakr Abu Bakr b. Ahmad al-Marwazi Abu Bakr b. Ayyash Abu Bakr Hasiri Abu Bakr b. Hazm Abu Bakr al-Khwarazmi Abu Bakr Quhistani Abu Bakr al-Sijistani Abu Bakr ihrani Abu Bakr al-Warraq Abu Bakra Abu al-Baqa al-Kaffawi Abu al-Baqa al-Ukbari Abu al-Barakat Abu Barza Abu Basir Abu al-Bayan Abu Dahbal al-Jumahi Abu al-Darda Abu Dawud al-Sijistani Abu Dharr al-Ghifari Abu Dharr al-Harawi Abu Dhu ayb al-Hudhali Abu Du ad al-Iyadi Abu Dulaf al-Ijli Abu Dulaf (Mosque) Abu Dulaf, Misar b. Muhalhil Abu al-Dunya Abu al-Fadl Allami Abu al-Fadl al-Sarakhsi Abu al-Fadl Sawaji Abu al-Fadl al-Tamimi Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani Abu al-Faraj al-Maghribi Abu al-Faraj b. Masud al-Runi Abu al-Faraj b. al- ayyib Abu al-Fath Bahadur Khan Zand Abu al-Fath al-Busti Abu al-Fath al-Daylami Abu al-Fath Gilani Abu al-Fath Husayni Abu al-Fath al-Isfahani Abu al-Fath Khan Bakhtiyari Abu al-Fath Khan Jawanshir Abu al-Fida Abu Firas Abu Fudayk Abu al-Futuh al-Ijli Abu al-Futuh al-Razi Abu Ghanim al-Khurasani Abu al-Ghayth al-Qashshash Abu al-Ghazi Bahadur Khan Abu Hafs al-Haddad Abu Hafs Umar al-Ballu i Abu Hamid al-Gharna i Abu Hamid al-Isfarayini Abu Hamza al-Khariji Abu Hamza al-Thumali (the dua of ) Abu Hamza al-Thumali Abu Hanifa