Hafiz Tanish
Hafiz Tanish ibn Mir Muhammad Bukhari (c. 1549–after 1598) was a Bukharan historian and poet in the court of Abdullah Khan II. He is best known as the author of Sharaf-nama-yi Shahi, a Persian-language historiography and official biography of Abdullah Khan II. The Sharaf-nama-yi Shahi, also known as the Abdullah-nameh, was described by historian Yuri Bregel as "one of the major works of Central Asian historiography and the most important historical source for the S̲h̲aybānī period."
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Hafiz Tanish
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- Hafiz Tanish حافظ تنیش
- Born
- c. 1549
- Birthplace
- Bukhara, Khanate of Bukhara
- Died
- after 1598
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Hafiz Tanish ibn Mir Muhammad Bukhari (c. 1549–after 1598) was a Bukharan historian and poet in the court of Abdullah Khan II. He is best known as the author of Sharaf-nama-yi Shahi, a Persian-language historiography and official biography of Abdullah Khan II. The Sharaf-nama-yi Shahi, also known as the Abdullah-nameh, was described by historian Yuri Bregel as "one of the major works of Central Asian historiography and the most important historical source for the S̲h̲aybānī period."
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• Name — Hafiz Tanish حافظ تنیش • Born — c. 1549 • Birthplace — Bukhara, Khanate of Bukhara • Died — after 1598
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- 1.Baymatov, Luqman. Encyclopaedia Islamica.
- 2.Bregel. Yu. Yuri Bregel. 10. Ḥāfiẓ Tani̊s̲h̲.
- 3.Hâfız Teniş. Budak. Mustafa.
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- McChesney, Robert D. Persian Historiography: A History of Persian Literature. I.B. Tauris. X. 503–530. 2012. 978-1845119119.
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