Bynames

Byname	Meaning	Example
Ah.râr	Free man	'Ubaydullâh Ah.râr
Anjîr Faghnawî	From Anjir Faghna, a town in Uzbekistan near Bukhara	Mah.mûd Anjîr Faghnawî
`At.t.âr	Perfumer, druggist (possibly metaphorical)	'Alâ' al-Dîn 'At.t.âr
Charkhî	From Jarkh, a town in Afghanistan	Ya'qûb Charkhî
Ghujdawânî	From Ghujdawan, a town in Uzbekistan near Bukhara	'Abd al-Khâliq Ghujdawânî
Hamadânî	From Hamadan, a city in Iran	Yûsuf Hamadânî
Is.fahânî	From Isfahan, a city in Iran	'Abdullâh Imâmî Is.fahânî
Kâshgharî	From Kashgar, a city in western China	Sa'd al-Dîn Kâshgharî
Khâmûsh	The silent	Niz.â al-Dîn Khâmûsh
Naqshband	The painter or engraver, so called because he promised to engrave the image of God on his listeners' hearts	Bahâ' al-Dîn Naqshband
Pârsâ	Pure (or Persian)	Muh.ammad Pârsâ
Rîwgirawî	From Riwakar, a village in Uzbekistan near Bukhara	'Ârif Rîwgirawî
Samâsiyî	From Sammas, a village in Uzbekistan near Bukhara	Muh.ammad Bâbâ Samâsiyî

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By Ursula Whitcher, alias Ursula Georges, 2004