PERSON

Shāh Qiyād (Qubād) ibn ʿAbd al-Jalīl al-Ḥārithī al-Badakhshī

Name (arabic)

شاه قياد (قباد) بن عبد الجليل الحارثي البدخشي

Name (translit)

Shāh Qiyād (Qubād) ibn ʿAbd al-Jalīl al-Ḥārithī al-Badakhshī

Alias

Diyāntihi Ḫan

Died

1083H/1672J

Lived in

Patron of

Notes

An Amīr of the court of Aurengzeib (r. 1658-1707), the sixth Mughal emperor, who reigned for some 49 years. Two copies of works dedicated to him are Kamāl al-Dīn al-Fārisī's Tanqiḥ al-manāẓir's (a commentary on of Ibn al-Haytham's work); and a collection of treatises on music.

ismi_id

500556

References

King, David A. 1980. “A Handlist Of The Arabic And Persian Astronomical Manuscripts In The Maharaja Mansingh Ii Library In Jaipur”. Journal For The History Of Arabic Science 4: 81-86.

P. 82, no. 2.

Rieu, Charles. 1894. Supplement To The Catalogue Of The Arabic Manuscripts In The British Museum. London: Longmans & co. [etc.].

P. 558, no. 823.