Index Pages with illustrations are indicated in boldface type;tables are indicated in italic type. Abarqu, 39 Abbasid caliphate, 6–7, 20, 39, 148n10 Abd al-Malek, 4 Abd al-Qader Gilani, 113 Abdollah b. Abu Nasr Afzari, 80 Abdullah b. Joneid b. Ruzbeh Kathki, Mo’in al-Din, 110–11 Abdullah b. Khafif Sheikh-e-Kabir, 11 Abdullah Kathki, Sheikh Mo’in al-Din, 113 Ab-e-Rokni, 9, 55 Abesh bint Sa’d b. Abu Bakr, 14, 20–23, 76, 145n5 Abi Zare’ Ardebili, 11 Abu al-Hosein Ahmad (Beiza’i family), 126–27 Abu al-Mo’ali Ja’far b. Hosein b. Zeid b. Hosein b. Zeid Asud, 88, 155n47 Abu al-Vaqt Sajari-Haravi, 129, 162n18 Abu Bakr Allaf, Sheikh, 44 Abu Bakr b. Omar Barkâ, Sheikh, 114 Abu Bakr b. Sa’d (Salghurid family): and Abu Mo’ali, 126; administrative officials, 16, 80, 82–83, 153n22; and Amdi al-Din, 144n20; buildings/ fountains, 65–66, 150n16; death, 18; grave of Ahmad b. Musa, 7; and Mongol rulers, 13–14; seyyeds, 87, 107; taxation, 71–72 Abu Eshaq (Inju family): administrative officials, 75, 76–78, 80, 153n22; buildings, 43–44, 149n19; capture/ death, 37–38; conflicts and rule, 30– 31, 33–36, 88–90, 100–101, 147n4, 147n6; and Majd al-Din, 152–53n7; support of arts, 121 Abu Eshaq Kazeruni, Sheikh, 160n73 Abu Hafs Omar Dinavari, 129 Abu Kalijar Deilami (Buyid family), 52 Abu Kalijar Marzuban (Buyid family), 11 Abu Mo’ali Mozaffar b. Mohammad (Baghnovi family), 126–27, 150–51n19 Abu Nasr b. Abu Mohammad Abdollah (Afzari family), 80 Abu Sa’eb Shami, Sheikh, 11 Abu Sa’id Bahador, Il-Khan, 25, 26–27, 76, 146n14 Abu Yazid (Mozaffari family), 41, 148n15 Abu Zare’ Ardabili, Sheikh, 126 academics, 108–12 Achemenian dynasty, 3, 4 Adib-Salehani family, 96, 135 administrative structure, 96–97; judges, 79–86; ministers, 76–79; neighborhood organizations, 89–91; patrician families, 92–96; rulers, 74–76; seyyeds, 87–89; sheikhs al-eslams, 91–92 Afzari family, 16, 80, 82, 93, 96, 136, 153–54n26 Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar, 150n10 agriculture, 4, 8, 66–68, 69 Ahmad b. Abu al-Kheir (Zarkub family ): education, 52, 108–9, 127; gravesite, 45, 149n21; writings of, 28, 114, 145n6, 146n22, 147n6 Ahmad b. Ali Bishapuri, 9–11 Ahmad b. Musa (Shah-e-Cheragh), 7, 14, 16, 44, 102, 104, 108, 143n8, 154n41 Ahmad Khasseh, 156n10 Ahmad Va’ez, 130 Ala al-Din (Fali-Sirafi family), 128 Ala al-Din Khojandi, 129 Ala al-Din Mohammad Khwarezmshah, 13 Ala al-Dowleh (Atabek of Yazd), 20, 144n17 Alavi-Mohammadi family, 87, 89, 96, 107, 126, 129–30, 134, 154n41, 158n40. See also Asil al-Din Abdullah (Alavi family) Ali, Najib al-Din (Bozghash family), 93, 110, 111, 114–15, 145n8, 159n47 Ali b. Hamzeh b. Musa Kazem, 7, 9 Ali b. Isa, 68–69 Ali Kolah, Sheikh Zein al-Din, 104 Ali Laban, Sheikh, 104 Allahu Akbar Gorge, 45 Amid al-Din Abu Nasr As’ad (Afzari family), 16, 65, 111, 128, 144n20, 151n22, 154n35 Amidiyeh seminary, 65 Amin al-Din Abu Hasan Banjir Kazeruni, 14, 16 Amin al-Din Baliyani Kazeruni, 75, 91, 109, 115, 117, 158n26 Amru Leith the Saffarid, 8, 58 Arabshah-Hoseini family, 137 Arberry, A. J., 119, 161n88 Arghun Khan, 22, 23 aristocratic families (generally), 92– 96, 111, 114–15, 121–23, 125–26, 156n66, 158n41. See also specific families, e.g. Baghnovi family Arran, 39 arts, 115–19, 160n79 asabiyat, 99–101 Asar-e-Rasul, 11 ascetism, 104–6 Asil al-Din Abdullah (Alavi family): and Abu Bakr, 14, 87, 107; and Baghnovi family, 127; education, 111, 129; Jame’ Atiq mosque, 150–51n19; and Najib al-Din, 110; tomb, 162n20 At’ameh, Sheikh, 51, 67, 112 Awaref al-Ma’aref, 108, 159n47 Azarbaijan region, 39, 70, 148n11 Azod al-Din Abd al-Rahman Iji, 34, 36, 75, 80, 116, 147n3, 161n84 Azod al-Din Mohammad (Salghurid family), 18–19 Azod al-Dowleh Deilami (Buyid family), 9, 11, 65, 69, 126, 155n47 Azodiyeh Hospital, 151n22 Baba al-Din Ali b. Abu Bakr Badal, 45 Baghdadi mosque, 127 Baghdad Khatun, 76 Bagh-e-Now district, 14, 54, 89, 126, 150n18 Bagh-e-Now mosque, 126 Bagh-e-Qotlogh district, 151n23 Baghnovi family, 54–55, 91, 92, 125– 27, 131, 155–56n64; genealogical chart, 131; Jalal-al-Din Mas’ud, 106, 158n33; Joneid, 54, 58, 92, 114, 119, 127; Mozaffar, 93, 111, 126–27, 150–51n19, 159n46; Rokn...