ʿAbd al-Rashīd b. ʿAbd al-Ghafūr

by Mahmoodi-Bakhtiari, Behrooz

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ʿAbd al-Rashīd b. ʿAbd al-Ghafūr (d. c. 1077/1666) was a noted Indian lexicographer whose contribution to the knowledge of the Persian and Arabic languages is worthy of note. Little is known about Abd al-Rashīd's life. His date of birth is not certain, but it is known that he was born in Thatta, Sind, and was attached to the court of the Mughal ruler Shāh Jahān (r. 1037–68/1627–58). In the preface to his Farhang-i rashīdī (“The dictionary of bravery/of Rashīd”), he

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ʿAbd al-Rashīd b. ʿAbd al-Ghafūr (d. c. 1077/1666) was a noted Indian lexicographer whose contribution to the knowledge of the Persian and Arabic languages is worthy of note. Little is known about Abd al-Rashīd's life. His date of birth is not certain, but it is known that he was born in Thatta, Sind, and was attached to the court of the Mughal ruler Shāh Jahān (r. 1037–68/1627–58). In the preface to his Farhang-i rashīdī (“The dictionary of bravery/of Rashīd”), he

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  • Publisher(s):Brill
  • Language:eng

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eng Islam

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Mahmoodi-Bakhtiari, Behrooz

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