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Marwazi (other)
Marwazi () or al-Marwazi () is a nisba (onomastics), nisba meaning "from Merv", a historical city in (early Greater Khorasan, Khorasan and present day Central Asia), near today's Mary, Turkmenistan, Mary in Turkmenistan. It may refer to: * ʿĪsā al-Marwazī (fl. 9th century), Syriac lexicographer * Habash al-Hasib al-Marwazi (died after 869), Persian astronomer, geographer, and mathematician who described trigonometric ratios * Ibn Qutaybah or Abū Muhammad Abd-Allāh ibn Muslim ibn Qutayba al-Dīnawarī al-Marwazī (828–885), Islamic scholar * Abu'l-Abbas Marwazi, 9th-century Persian poet * 'Abdallah ibn Muhammad ibn Yazdad al-Marwazi (died 875), senior Persian official of the Abbasid Caliphate in the mid-9th century * Yusuf ibn Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Marwazi, 9th-century governor of Adharbayjan and Arminiyah for the Abbasid Caliphate * Kisai Marvazi, 10th-century Persian poet * Shams al-Dīn al-Marwazī, (, 1077 – ), medieval astronomer * Abu Tahir Marwazi, 12th-century promin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nisba (onomastics)
In Arabic names, a ' ( ', "attribution"), also rendered as ' or ', is an adjective surname indicating the person's place of origin, ancestral tribe, or ancestry, used at the end of the name and occasionally ending in the suffix ''-iyy'' for males and ''-iyyah'' for females. , originally an Arabic word, has been passed to many other languages such as Turkish language, Turkish, Persian language, Persian, Bengali language, Bengali, Hindi language, Hindi and Urdu language, Urdu. In Persian, Turkish, and Urdu usage, it is always pronounced and written as '. In Arabic grammar, Arabic usage, that pronunciation occurs when the word is uttered in its construct state#Arabic, construct state only. The practice has been adopted in South Asian Muslim names. The to a tribe, profession or a town is the most common form of surname in Arabic. Original use A "relation" is a grammatical term referring to the suffixation of masculine -''iyy'', feminine ''-iyyah'' to a word to make it an adjecti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merv
Merv (, ', ; ), also known as the Merve Oasis, was a major Iranian peoples, Iranian city in Central Asia, on the historical Silk Road, near today's Mary, Turkmenistan. Human settlements on the site of Merv existed from the 3rd millennium BC until the 18th century AD. It changed hands repeatedly throughout history. Under the Achaemenid Empire, it was the center of the satrapy of Margiana. It was subsequently ruled by Hellenistic Period, Hellenistic Kings, Parthians, Sasanian Empire, Sasanians, Arabs, Ghaznavids, Seljuk Turks, Seljuqs, Khwarazmian dynasty, Khwarazmians and Timurids, among others. Merv was the capital city of several polity, polities throughout its history. In the beginning of the 9th century, Merv was the seat of the caliph al-Ma'mun and the capital of the entire Abbasid caliphate, Islamic caliphate. It served later as the seat of the Tahirid dynasty, Tahirid governors of Greater Khorasan, Khorasan. In the 11th–12th centuries, Merv was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greater Khorasan
KhorasanDabeersiaghi, Commentary on Safarnâma-e Nâsir Khusraw, 6th Ed. Tehran, Zavvâr: 1375 (Solar Hijri Calendar) 235–236 (; , ) is a historical eastern region in the Iranian Plateau in West Asia, West and Central Asia that encompasses western and northern Afghanistan, northeastern Iran, the eastern halves of Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, western Tajikistan, and portions of Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan. The extent of the region referred to as ''Khorasan'' varied over time. In its stricter historical sense, it comprised the present territories of Khorasan Province, northeastern Iran, parts of Afghanistan and southern parts of Central Asia, extending as far as the Amu Darya (Oxus) river. However, the name has often been used in a loose sense to include a wider region that included most of Transoxiana (encompassing Bukhara and Samarqand in present-day Uzbekistan), extended westward to the Caspian Sea, Caspian coast and to the Dasht-e Kavir southward to Sistan, and eastward to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Asia
Central Asia is a region of Asia consisting of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. The countries as a group are also colloquially referred to as the "-stans" as all have names ending with the Persian language, Persian suffix "-stan" (meaning ) in both respective native languages and most other languages. The region is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the southwest, European Russia to the northwest, China and Mongolia to the east, Afghanistan and Iran to the south, and Siberia to the north. Together, the five Central Asian countries have a total population of around million. In the pre-Islamic and early Islamic eras ( and earlier) Central Asia was inhabited predominantly by Iranian peoples, populated by Eastern Iranian-speaking Bactrians, Sogdians, Khwarezmian language, Chorasmians, and the semi-nomadic Scythians and Dahae. As the result of Turkic migration, Central Asia also became the homeland for the Kazakhs, Kyrgyzs, Volga Tatars, Tatars, Turkmens, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary, Turkmenistan
Mary (; Cyrillic: Мары) is a city on an oasis in the Karakum Desert in Turkmenistan, located on the Murgab River. It was founded in 1884 about from the ruins of the ancient abandoned great city of Merv and was actually named Merv until 1937. Mary is the capital city of Mary Region. In 2022, Mary had a population of 167,000, up from 92,000 in the 1989 census. Etymology Atanyýazow notes that the name "Muru" appears in Zoroastrian texts alongside the toponyms Sogd (Sogdia) and Bakhti (Bactria), and that the name "Margiana" appears carved into rocks at Behistun, Iran, dating back 2,500 years. Atanyyazow adds, "the name was used in the form Merv-ash-Shahizhan", with subsequent forms including Muru, Mouru, Margiana, Marg, Margush, Maru, Maru-shahu-jahan, Maru-Shahu-ezan, Merv, and Mary, and that some scholars interpret the word ''marg'' as "green field" or "grassland", noting that in Persian ''marg'' can mean a source of livestock. History The ancient city of Merv was an o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ʿĪsā Al-Marwazī
In Islam, Jesus (), referred to by the Arabic rendering of his name Isa, is believed to be the penultimate prophet and messenger of God and the Messiah being the last of the messengers sent to the Israelites () with a revelation called the (Evangel or Gospel). In the Quran, Jesus is described as the Messiah (), born of a virgin, performing miracles, accompanied by his disciples, and rejected by the Jewish religious establishment; in contrast to the traditional Christian narrative, however, he is stated neither to have been crucified, nor to have been resurrected, rather, he is depicted as having been miraculously saved by God and as having ascended into heaven. The Quran places Jesus among the greatest prophets and mentions him with various titles. The prophethood of Jesus is preceded by that of Yaḥyā (John the Baptist) and succeeded by Muhammad, the coming of latter of whom Jesus is reported in the Quran to have foretold under the name Ahmad. Christians view Jesus Chr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Habash Al-Hasib Al-Marwazi
Ahmad ibn 'Abdallah al-Marwazi, known as Habash al-Hasib (, died 869) was a Persian astronomer, geographer, and mathematician from Merv in Khorasan, who discovered the trigonometric ratios tangent, and cotangent. Al-Biruni who cited Habash in his work, expanded his astronomical tables. Habash al-Hasib flourished in Baghdad, and died a centenarian some time between 864 and 874 possibly in Abbasid Samarra. The title "Habash" (Abbyssian) may refer to dark skin color. He worked under two Abbasid caliphs, al-Ma'mun and al-Mu'tasim. Habash al-Hasib developed a trigonometric algorithm to solve problems related to parallax, which was later rediscovered by Johannes Kepler in 1609 and it is now known as Kepler's equation. Habash is the father of the astronomer Abu Ja'far ibn Habash. Work Habash Hasib made astronomical observations from 825 to 835, and compiled three '' zijes'' (astronomical tables): the first were still in the Hindu manner; the second, called the "tested" tables ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ibn Qutaybah
Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muslim ibn Qutayba al-Dīnawarī al-Marwazī better known simply as Ibn Qutaybah (; c. 828 – 13 November 889 CE/213 – 15 Rajab 276 AH) was an Islamic scholar of Persian people, Persian descent. He served as a qadi, judge during the Abbasid Caliphate, but was best known for his contributions to Arabic literature.Abd Allah Abu Muhammad Abd Allah ibn Muslim al-Dinwari Ibn Qutaybah from The Oxford Dictionary of Islam. Oxford Reference, Copyright © 2013.Christopher Melchert, "Qur'anic Abrogation Across the Ninth Century." Taken from ''Studies in Islamic Legal Theory'', pg. 80. Ed. Bernard G. Weiss. Volume 15 of Studies in Islamic law and society / Studies in Islamic law and society. Leiden: Brill Publishers, 2002. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abu'l-Abbas Marwazi
Abu'l-Abbas Marwazi () was an early Persian poet. Muhammad Aufi Sadīd ud-Dīn Muhammad Ibn Muhammad 'Aufī Bukhārī (; ), also known under the laqab Nour ud-Dīn, was a Persian historian, philologist, and author. Biography Born in Bukhara, Aufi claimed descent from Abd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿAwf (d. 654) a c ... considers him the first Persian poet. His works are lost. He lived in 8th century in Marv and along Persian, he was also fluent in Arabic. Aufi quoted four couplets of him in his book, but modern scholars cast doubt on whether these couplets are from Marwazi or not, since their language doesn't resemble other early Persian poems. Albert Kazimirski de Biberstein believed that these couplets are from 7th or 8th AH because of the presence of many Arabic loanwords in them. References {{authority control Persian-language poets 8th-century Iranian people People from Khorasan People from Merv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
'Abdallah Ibn Muhammad Ibn Yazdad Al-Marwazi
Abu Salih Abdallah ibn Muhammad ibn Yazdad al-Marwazi (; died 875) was a senior Persian official of the Abbasid Caliphate in the mid-9th century. He briefly served as vizier (Arabic: ''wazir'') during the caliphate of al-Musta'in (r. 862–866). Biography Ibn Yazdad's family originally came from the city of Marw in Khurasan; his great-grandfather was a Zoroastrian convert to Islam. His father, Muhammad ibn Yazdad al-Marwazi, had been an official in the caliphal bureaucracy, and had served as the final secretary for the caliph al-Ma'mun prior to the latter's death in 833. Ibn Yazdad likewise chose a career in the civil service and became a government secretary (''katib''), working under the caliphs in Samarra. In 859 he is mentioned as being in charge of the Department of Control of Estates ('' diwan zimam al-diya''), which oversaw the administration of state lands. In 862, at the beginning of al-Musta'in's caliphate, he was posted in Fars, but was soon after recalled back to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yusuf Ibn Muhammad Ibn Yusuf Al-Marwazi
Yusuf ibn Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Marwazi () was a ninth century governor of Adharbayjan and Arminiyah for the Abbasid Caliphate, serving there from 851 until early 852, when he was killed during an Armenian revolt. Career Yusuf was the son of Abu Sa'id Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Marwazi, a Khurasani army commander. Following Muhammad's death in June 851, the caliph al-Mutawakkil assigned Yusuf his father's offices as head of security and governor of Adharbayjan and Arminiyah. Yusuf accordingly set out for Arminiyah and dispatched his administrative officials throughout the province. Upon his arrival in Arminiyah, Yusuf was forced to deal with the rebellion of the Armenian prince Bagrat II Bagratuni, who sought to gain control of the country. He was able to neutralize Bagrat by seizing and sending him to the caliph in Samarra, but this act greatly angered the Armenian '' patrikioi'' who swore to kill him in retaliation. The ''patrikioi'' proceeded to wipe out the garrisons that Yusuf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kisai Marvazi
Kisa'i Marvazi (; March 6, 953 – c. 1001 CE) was a 10th-century Persian poet known for his religious and moralistic poetry. He was among the earliest Persian poets to incorporate Islamic themes into Persian poetry, distinguishing him from his contemporaries. Biography His full name was probably Abu’l-Hasan (or Abu Ishaq) Majd al-Din ʿAli ibn Muhammad Kisāʾi (or Kasāʾi) Marvazi, as mentioned by Ali al-Bakharzi in ''Dumyat al-Qasr''. He was born on March 6, 953 CE, in Merv, a significant cultural and intellectual center of the Islamic world at the time. His birth date is explicitly mentioned in one of his poems: *"The year reached three hundred forty-one, On a Wednesday, three days before the end of Shawwal."* Initially, Kisa'i Marvazi composed poetry in praise of the Samanid rulers, particularly Nuh II ibn Mansur, and later shifted his allegiance to the Abbasids and Ghaznavids, notably Mahmud of Ghazni. His poetry reflects the changing political landscapes of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
