Sheafīʿa Yazdi

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Shafīʿa Yazdi (d. 1670 ) was as Dānishmand Khān a high-ranking commander in the military and a minister in the administration of the Mughal Empire .

Life

Schafīʿa Yazdi came from Yazd in Persia (hence the nickname) and received his education there. He later went to the Mongul Empire and initially stayed in Ahmednagar , where he worked as a trader. He later entered the army service under Shah Jahan , where he held higher ranks. He received the title 'Dānishmand Khān' (dānishmand = scholar, sage ) in 1654/55 as the ruler's appreciation for his extraordinary intellectual abilities. Subsequently he held an office as minister (Mīr Bakshī) in the central administration under the rule of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb .

The knowledge of the work of Shafīʿa Yazdi is due to a number of letters from François Bernier , who also emphasized his erudition and great interest in Western science. The Italian traveler and adventurer Niccolò Manucci also confirmed Bernier's view of Yazdi.

literature

  • M. Athar Ali: Article Schafīʿa Yazdi in: Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd Ed., Volume 4, Brill: Leiden 1994, p. 181
  • Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ Kanbu: ʿAmal i-Sāliḥ , III. output
  • Athar Ali, M .: S h AFI ' ā Yazdi . In: P. Bearman, Th. Bianquis, CE Bosworth, E. van Donzel, WP Heinrichs (eds.): Encyclopaedia of Islam . 2nd Edition. 2012, doi : 10.1163 / 1573-3912_islam_SIM_6742 (English, brillonline.com ).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kaveh Yazdani: The Persianate Intelligentsia in Precolonial India . In: Iran Nameh . tape 30 , no. 4 , 2016, p. CXXVI-CXLIV (English, irannameh.org ).
  2. ↑ Masashi Haneda: Emigration of Iranian Elites to India during the 16-18th centuries . In: Cahiers d'Asie centrale . tape 3/4 , October 1, 1997, ISSN  2075-5325 , p. 129-143 (English, revues.org ).
personal data
SURNAME Sheafīʿa Yazdi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dānishmand Khān
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Officer and Minister of the Mughal Empire
DATE OF BIRTH 16th century or 17th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Yazd (Persia)
DATE OF DEATH 1670