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This study examines the life and cult of a Muslim "saint" (wali) and mystic active in Central Asia and Mughal India during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Khwaja Khawand Mahmud (1557-1642) emigrated to India from Central Asia and became an important leader of…

This thesis explores the Khaterat (Memoirs) written by Taj as-Saltane (1884-?), a Qajar princess who was a daughter of Naser ad-Di n Shah (1848-1896) and a sister of Mozaffar ad-Di n Shah (1896-1906). These Memoirs, which were probably written in the 1920's, belong to a traditio…