Ali ibn Tayfur Bistami
17th-century Iranian theologian, philosopher, and historian
About Ali ibn Tayfur Bistami
Ali ibn Tayfur Bistami (; ) was an Iranian-born theologian, philosopher and historian in the Sultanate of Golconda. A native of Bistam in northern Iran, his patrons were his suzerain Abdullah Qutb Shah and countryman, the commander-in-chief Neknam Khan. For the latter, Bistami composed the Ganjnama dar hall-i-lughat-i-shahnama ("Treasure Book to Solve Words in the Book of Kings"), a dictionary for the outdated words used in the Persian epic Shahnameh ("Book of Kings").
After the collapse of the Sultanate of Golconda in 1686, Bistami returned to Iran.
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