Bādhil Mashhadī, Mīrzā Muḥammad Rafīʿ (d. 1123/1711), was an emir, literary figure and Persian poet of India. His lineage is traced back to Khʷājah Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad Juwaynī, financial administrator (ṣāḥib dīwān) under Abāqā Khān (q.v.), the second ruler of the Mongol Īlkhānid dynasty in Iran and the surrounding countries (r. 663–681/1265–1282). Bādhil’s father, Mīrzā Maḥmūd, moved to India from Mashhad during the reign of the Mughal emperor Awrangzīb (Aurangzeb Alamgir, r. 1068–1118/1658–1…
Bādhil Mashhadī (1,488 words)
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Ali Mir-Ansari and Translated by Daryoush Mohammad Poor, “Bādhil Mashhadī”, in: Encyclopaedia Islamica, Editors-in-Chief: Farhad Daftary. Consulted online on 06 June 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1875-9831_isla_COM_00000023>
First published online: 2015
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