Islam3 An akhoond akhund or akhwand ref cite web url http www.namesdir.com F Akhwand title Akhwand Names Directory publisher Namesdir.com date accessdate 2011 08 20 ref lang fa is a Persian language Persian name for a Muslim cleric, common in Iran , Afghanistan and Azerbaijan . The Dungan people Dungani word for imam ahond , in Mandarin Chinese Mandarin zh , used in particular by the Dungans Hui people , also derives from this term. Duty Akhoonds are responsible for leading religious services in a community. Akhoonds lead the prayers in the mosque s, deliver religious sermons and perform religious ceremonies, such as birth rites and funeral services. They also often teach in Islamic schools known in Iran as hawza hozeh and in other countries as a madrassa . Akhoonds will usually have completed some studies of varying levels in a madrassa , studying various Islamic and non Islamic subjects, such as Sharia Islamic law , Fiqh Islamic jurisprudence , Qur an ic studies, and basic mathematics. They commonly dress in religious attire. In the Swat Pakistan Swat valley , akhoonds see Akhund of Swat had been in political charge of the theocratic, non permanent precursor of the State of Swat until it was made into a secular princely state in 1849, which was part of British India till 1947 and then of Pakistan, but only ceased to exist in 1969 at the death of its last Wali . ref cite web author Ben Cahoon url http www.worldstatesmen.org Pakistan princes.html title Pakistan Princely States publisher Worldstatesmen.org date accessdate 2011 08 20 ref Old usage This term was traditionally a slang term in Iran, and it has been completely a derogatory term since the Shah s efforts .... Ironically, Ayatollah Khomeini himself used the term Akhoond as an insult against those ... national television and radio, and by devout Muslim families. The term Akhoond in Iran is increasingly outmoded, usually with only the older clerics having the title Akhoond as part of their name. It has ... more details
The Akhund of Swat Abdul Ghafur 1794 1877 was a Muslim saint who exercised great influence and authority over Muslims over large parts of central Asia . His residence in the mountainous country of Swat Pakistan Swat , now part of Pakistan , was the destination for numerous pilgrimages to consult him on questions of every kind. Literary allusions Edward Lear s http www.nonsenselit.org Lear ll akond.html The Akond of Swat George T. Lanigan 1846 1886 wrote http oldpoetry.com opoem 55825 George T Lanigan The Ahkoond of Swat The Ahkoond of Swat on hearing of the Akhund s death in 1878. References Anon, The British Raj Indian Frontier , The Times , Issue 29100, 15 November 1877 p. 4 col D. Our own Correspondent, India , Article contains the text The death of the Akhoond of Swat is announced , The Times , No.29157, Monday 21 January 1878 , p. 5 col A. External links http www.uq.net.au zzhsoszy ips s swat.html ABDUL GHAFUR Use dmy dates date January 2012 Persondata name Akhund of Swat alternative names short description date of birth 1794 place of birth date of death 1877 place of death DEFAULTSORT Akhund of Swat Category Pashtun people Category Pakistani Muslims Category 1794 births Category 1877 deaths Pakistan bio stub ... more details
Nofootnotes date February 2008 Deleted image removed File IslamAkhun.jpg framed right Islam Akhun portrait by Marc Aurel Stein Islam Akhoond Akhun was an Uyghur people Uyghur con man who forged numerous Sino Indian manuscripts on birch bark document birch bark and passed them off as ancient Khotan ese manuscripts. Through George McCartney British consul George McCartney and Nikolai Petrovsky , the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British and Imperial Russia Russian consuls in Kashgar , his works found their way into museums in London and St. Petersburg and fooled some of the most brilliant Linguistics linguists of their time, including Dr. Rudolf Hoernle . Dr. Hoernle published papers based on these manuscripts and tried, unsuccessfully, to decipher these pseudo Br hm script Brahmi manuscripts. Doubting the authenticity of the works, Marc Aurel Stein Sir Aurel Stein met with Islam Akhun in Khotan in the spring of 1901. Stein questioned Akhun on the manuscripts and concluded that the manuscripts were fake. Eventually, he exposed Akhun for imitating Brahmi alphabet Brahmi characters and inventing similar looking characters. References Christoph Baumer Baumer, Christoph 2000 . Southern Silk Road In the Footsteps of Sir Aurel Stein and Sven Hedin. Orchid Press. ISBN 974 8304 38 8. Peter Hopkirk Hopkirk, Peter 1980 . Foreign Devils on the Silk Road The Search for the Lost Cities and Treasures of Chinese Central Asia. Amherst The University of Massachusetts Press. ISBN 0 87023 435 8. DEFAULTSORT Akhun, Islam Category Year of birth missing Category Year of death missing Category Archaeological forgery Category Uyghurs ... more details
This is a List of Iranian ambassadors under President Khatami Dr. Hamid Aboutalebi , , Ambassador to Australia Ali Ahani , Ambassador to Belgium Mohammad Hossein Adeli , Ambassador to the United Kingdom Mohammad Mehdi Akhoond Zadeh , Ambassador to Austria Masoud Edrisi , Ambassador to the Lebanon Pirouz Hosseini , Representative and Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency Abdol Reza Faraji rad , Ambassador to Norway Mohammad Javad Faridzadeh , Ambassador to the Holy See Ali Jazini , Representative to the Interests Section of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the United States Interests Section of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the United States Javad Kajouyan Fini , Ambassador to Finland Hossein Kamalian , Ambassador to Yemen Sadegh Kharazi , Ambassador to France Mohammad Keshavarzzadeh , Ambassador to Venezuela Morteza Mir Heidari , Ambassador to Qatar Hamidreza Nikkar Esfahani , Ambassador to the Republic of Ireland Mohammad Ghasem Mohebali , Ambassador to Malaysia Esfandiar Omidbakhsh , Representative to the WTO World Trade Organization Mohsen Pakaein , Ambassador to the Kingdom of Thailand Abolfazl Rahnama Hazavei , Ambassador to Hungary Hossein Sadeghi , Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Gholamreza Ansari , Ambassador to Russia Hossein Talaei , Ambassador to South Korea Abbas Talebi far , Ambassador to Brunei Seyed Kamal Sajjadi , Ambassador to Vietnam Muhammad Hassan Akhtari , Ambassador to Syria Abdollah Norouzi , Ambassador to Sweden Fereydoun Verdinezhad , Ambassador to China Siavash Zargar Yaghoubi , Ambassador to India M. Javad Zarif , Representative and Ambassador to the United Nations Bozorgmehr Ziaran , Ambassador to Netherlands Ahmad Daniali , Ambassador to Denmark Expand list date August 2008 Category Ambassadors of Iran Category Iran related lists Iranian ambassadors Category Lists of Iranian people Ambassadors Category Lists of ambassadors Iran ... more details
refimprove date January 2008 Usul al fiqh Mawlawi also spelled Maulvi , Moulvi , and Mawlvi Arabic is an honorific Islamic religious title given to Sunni Muslim religious scholars or Ulema preceding their names, similar to the titles Maulana , Mullah , or Shaykh . Mawlawi generally means highly qualified Islamic scholar. Usually, a Maulvi would have completed full studies in a madrassa Islamic school or Darul Uloom Islamic seminary . It is commonly used throughout the Persian people Persian including Iran , Afghanistan , Central Asia , South Asia , South East Asia and East Africa . The word Mawlawi Maulvi is derived from the Arabic word Mawla , which means master or lord . Turkish people Turkish Mawlawi fraternity of Sufi s Muslim mystics founded in Konya Qonya , Anatolia , by the Persian Sufi poet Jalal ad Din ar Rumi d. 1273 , whose popular title mawlana Arabic language Arabic for our master gave the order its name. The order, propagated throughout Anatolia , controlled Konya and environs by the 15th century and in the 17th century appeared in Istanbul . ref Mawlawiyah Britannica Online Encyclopedia Reflist ref references http www.britannica.com eb article 9051529 Mawlawiyah Mawlawiyah Britannica Online Encyclopedia See also Maulana Shaykh Mullah Akhoond Ayatollah Ulema Islamic term Category Religious leadership roles Category Islamic honorifics Category Islamic Persian honorifics Category Islamic Urdu honorifics Category Islamic Turkish honorifics Islam stub ms Mawlawi gelaran Islam pnb ps ru ta ... more details
Image Abdulla Shaig.jpg right thumb Abdulla Shaig Abdulla Shaig lang az Abdulla aiq 25 February 1881, Tbilisi 24 July 1959, Baku , born Abdulla Mustafa oglu Talibzadeh , was an Azerbaijan i writer. Early life and education Shaig was born to Marneuli native Azerbaijani people Azeri parents, Mustafa Talibzadeh and Mehri Bayramli. His father was an akhoond at the Caucasus Muslim Clerical Board, who taught Sharia Islamic law , Persian language Persian and Arabic language Arabic at a secondary school in Tbilisi then Tiflis . In 1883, due to a strained relationship with her husband, Shaig s mother moved with her two sons and a daughter to Greater Khorasan Khorasan Iran , where Abdulla Shaig later attended a school. As a teenager, he wrote ghazal s and translated a number of pieces from the Russian literature into Persian. In 1901, at the age of 20, he permanently settled in Baku and passed an examination at the First Alexandrian Gymnasium becoming a certified teacher. He worked in the field of public education for the next 33 years. Works Shaig was a romanticist and a children s author. His plays and folklore oriented tales first started being published in local newspapers and magazines in 1906. Later he was also known for writing short stories that illustrated bitter consequences of poverty and economic ordeals faced by the working class in pre Soviet Russia . This made Shaig s works particularly popular in the Soviet Union . His celebration of internationalism and pacifism earned him great success as a writer. Despite his academic work aimed at promoting Azeri culture and somewhat open anti Stalinist views, he is not believed to have been persecuted by the state. ref http www.azer.com aiweb categories magazine ai121 folder 121 articles 121 poetry abdulla shaig.html Abdulla Shaig Rays from the Same Sun . Azerbaijan International Magazine, Vol. 12.1 Spring 2004 , pp. 40 41. ref Shaig managed literature with his teaching career. He was the author of many language and lite ... more details
Infobox writer for more information see Template Infobox writer doc name Seyid Azim Shirvani image Seyid Azim Shirvani.jpg imagesize 300px caption pseudonym birth date 10 June birth place Shamakhy , Azerbaijan death date 20 May death place Shamakhy , Azerbaijan occupation nationality Azerbaijani people Azerbaijani period genre Lyric poetry subject movement influences influenced signature Seyid Azim Shirvani lang az Seyid zim irvani , 1835 1888 Azerbaijani people Azerbaijani poet and enlightener. He got his first religious education in Iraq . After returning to motherland he refused his spiritual dignity and opened a private school. Seyid Azim Shirvani continued Fuz l s traditions in his love lyrical poems. In his satirical poems and fables Seyid Azim Shirvani ridiculed priesthood, opposed backwardness and ignorance, called to enlightenment and culture. Contemporary poets consider him their teacher. ref Cite news title url http feb web.ru feb kle Kle abc ke6 ke6 7232.htm publisher date accessdate ref Education and Teaching Seyid Azim Shirvani was born in Shamakhi Rayon Shamakhi , in family of a clergyman. He lost his father early, and his grandfather undertook a care of him. For finishing the education he was sent to Baghdad and Egypt , where he got spiritual title of Akhoond akhund . After returning to Shamakhi Seyid Azim Shirvani was interested in secular sciences, problems of education, and learnt Russian language . He didn t limit himself to knowing only Persian language Persian and Arabic language s and creativity of the eastern authors, but he was also interested in European literature European and Russian literature , acquainted with works of Alexander Pushkin Pushkin , Nikolay Nekrasov Nekrasov and other famous poets. ref Cite news title url http odlar yurdu.ru index.php?newsid 312 publisher odlar yurdu.ru date accessdate ref Taking care of the nation s progress, its spiritual emancipation, Seyid Azim opened a Russo Az ... more details
of Daraban, but rather nearer to the latter, are ruins of the former fort of Akhoond, Gul Habib ... Kalan, and built here a fort. It is interesting to note that the descendants of Akhoond still live ... more details
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