Āgahī (Muḥammad Riḍā) - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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Erkinov, Aftandil
Leiden
Brill
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Āgahī was the pen name of Muḥammad Riḍā Erniyāz bek oghli (1809-74), a poet, historian, and translator. He served in the court of the khān s of Khiva, in Khwārazm, as a chronicler. Āgahī, a nephew of the poet and historian Muʾnis Khwārazmī (d. 1829), wrote in Persian and Chaghatay. Āgahī was engaged in creative activities in three fields: 1) Poetry: In 1872 Āgahī created a dīvān (a collection of his own poetry) titled Taʿvīdh al-ʿāshiqīn ("The talisman of lovers"). In this dīvān , Āgahī included primarily his poems