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Āk̲h̲und-Zāda

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Author(s): Brands, H.W.
, mīrzā fatḥ ʿalī (1812-78) was the first writer of original plays in a Turkish idiom. The son of a trader who hailed from Persian Ād̲h̲arbayd̲j̲ān, he was born in 1811 (according to Caferoǧlu) or 1812 (according to the Soviet Encyclopaedia , 1950) in S̲h̲ēkī, the present-day Nūk̲h̲ā. Thanks to the assistance of a relative he was able to avail himself of a good literary and philosophical education, which brought him into closer touch with liberal ideas than the actual calling which he intended to follow, that of an ¶ Islamic theologian. After instruction from a…

Ḏh̲ākir

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Author(s): Brands, H.W.
, Kāṣīm Bey , the foremost Ād̲h̲arbāyd̲j̲ānī poet and satirist in the first half of the 19th century. He was born probably in 1786, at Penāhābād in the K̲h̲ānate of Ḳarabāg̲h̲ (now S̲h̲ūs̲h̲a, Nagorno-Karabak̲h̲skay̲a̲ Avtonom. Oblast). He belonged to the clan of Ḏj̲awāns̲h̲īr, a renowned family of beys . In his satirical poetry he relentlessly castigated the religious fanaticism of the Mollās as well as corruption and all kinds of abuses by the …

Āk̲h̲und-zāda

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Author(s): Brands, H.W.
, Mīrzā Fatḥ ʿAlī (1812-1878) fut le premier compositeur de pièces de théâtre originales en langue turque. Né en 1811 (selon Caferoğlu) ou en 1812 ( Encyclopédie Soviétique 1950), il était le fils d’un marchand originaire de l’Ād̲h̲arbayd̲j̲ān turc établi à S̲h̲ēkī (auj. Nūk̲h̲ā). Grâce à l’aide d’un parent, il reçut une formation littéraire et philosophique qui le rapprocha plus des idées libérales que de la profession de théologien musulman à laquelle on le destinait. Après avoir suivi les leçons d’un théologien à Ganğa…

Ḏh̲ākir

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Author(s): Brands, H. W.
, Ḳāsi̊m Bey, le plus grand poète et auteur satirique d’Ād̲h̲arbayd̲j̲ān dans la première moitié du XIXe siècle. Il naquit probablement en 1786 à Penāhābād dans le k̲h̲ānat de Ḳarabāg̲h̲ (maintenant S̲h̲ūs̲h̲a, Nagorno-Karabak̲h̲skaya Avtonom. Oblast). Il appartenait au clan des Ḏj̲awāns̲h̲īr, famille célèbre de

The Road to Baghdad: The United States and the Persian Gulf

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Author(s): Brands, H. W
Bibliographic entry in Chapter 26…

India and the United States: The Cold Peace

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Bibliographic entry in C…

T.R.: The Last Romantic

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Author(s): Brands, H. W
Bibliographic entry in Chapter 9: The Un…
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