Bakhtāvar Khān - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE - مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Bakhtāvar Khān - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Rathee, Vikas

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1060875
Doc. NO	:	ALei1272
Main Entry	:	Rathee, Vikas
Title & Author	:	Bakhtāvar Khān - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Rathee, Vikas
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(1,316 words)
Abstract	:	Bakhtāvar Khān was a Kashmiri eunuch who entered the service of Awrangzīb in 1065/1654. He served as a secretary and confidante assisting the prince—later, the emperor ʿĀlamgīr (r. 1068–1118/1658–1707)—in his military and political endeavours. As a partisan of Awrangzīb in the war to succeed Shāh Jāhān (r. 1037–68/1627–58), he pursued Dārā Shikūh after the battle of Sāmūgaṛh (1068/1658); served as whisk-bearer during Awrangzīb’s second and more elaborate coronation, in 1069/1659; was titled Khān, in 1069/1659; and,
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei1272.pdf