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

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" Āzād Khān Afghān - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Tucker, Ernest

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1063319
Doc. NO	:	ALei3716
Main Entry	:	Tucker, Ernest
Title & Author	:	Āzād Khān Afghān - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Tucker, Ernest
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(794 words)
Abstract	:	Āzād Khān Afghān (d. 1195/1781) was an important participant in the struggle to determine who should rule western Iran after the death of Nādir Shāh (d. 1160/1747, r. from 1149/1736 until his death), the ruler and conqueror who created an Iranian empire that stretched from the Indus River to the Caucasus Mountains. Āzād was a member of the Ghilzay Pashtūn Afghān tribal confederation from Kabul. He became a member of Nādir Shāh’s army, probably after the fall of Kabul, in 1151/1738, and participated in his
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei3716.pdf