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Ok User: AfgCric, we shouldn't be edit warring. I should have taken this to the talk page instead of doing this. But anyway, I don't think you should have removed my edit saying Mirwais ibn Shah Alam Hotaki was his full name. As I have already adressed, Arab names are common in the muslim world so ibn isn't necessarily unusual. Different sources also give different names for people so it wasn't an incorrect version of his name. However, initially I had put Mirwais ibn Shah Alam Hotaki at the front of the page, and I admit I shouldn't have done it and just used the more common name Mirwais Hotak/Hotaki. Mirwais ibn Shah Alam Hotaki should have been left into the textbox for Mirwais Hotak instead of being put at the front of the page. I don't want to keep arguing with you so let me know if you disagree with my conclusion. Kailanmapper ( talk) 00:41, 26 July 2021 (UTC)
Hey there, glad we could agree that we escalated the situation and I did make a blunder and should have taken it to the
Mirwais Hotak talk page.
Anyways about what you said. I cannot confirm or deny whether any Afghan sources mention him as Mirwais ibn Shah Alam but I can infer that they do because Lockhart called him ibn Shah Alam. Additionally a persian chronicler who produced the Majma' al Tawarikh ( a major source on Iranian history at this time) calls Mirwais by the Arab name of Uwais (see this screenshot for more:
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/736324802557640826/869036010418360320/20210725_214721.jpg), meaning that it wouldn't be an uncommon feature to arabify names of individuals. I agree that most english sources call him Mirwais Hotak or one of the minor variants of that name.
However, this one is more unique and not a minor variant of Mirwais's name. It would make more sense to include that especially given that the rebellion was heavily influenced by religion (the georgians were nominally shiite, the populace was sunni and the georgians frequently shamed sunni islam and their leader partied on the anniversary of caliph umar's assassination by a persian slave according to the book persia in crisis: safavid decline and the fall of isfahan if i remember correctly. Also Mirwais literally went to mecca to recieve a fatwa that would enable the sunni afghans to free themselves from the heretic persians).
It wouldn't make sense to call
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Mohammad ibn Reza Pahlavi but for different reasons. The Pahlavis weren't connected to Islam as much as other dynasties of Iran. They were autocratic secularists and frequently cracked down on the power of Islam and Islamism in the country. Reza Khan Pahlavi was an atheist and although Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was more lenient with Islam, he still found more influence in the pre-Islamic dynasties of Iran like the Achaemenids and Sassanids (the pahlavi royal crown was shaped after a pre-islamic crown of persian dynasties).
In the Islamic dynasties of Persia bin and ibn were frequently used. In fact, while writing the article
Revolt of Hasan Khan Salar and looking through sources on the topic, I was surprised how many times bin was included in the names of Qajar generals and tribesmen. The Qajars used it, the Ottomans used it (if you would check some articles on Ottoman sultans), etc. I don't think here would be any different. As this pdf (
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1081&context=rtd) states, "Arabic and Islam are so much tangled together that it is impossible to deal with one without dealing with the other." Arabic names have been used for centuries to enhance a ruler's Islamic prestiege (If I remember correctly this was common among the Muhammadzais that ruled the
Emirate of Afghanistan.
This article (
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2006/07/abu-ibn-and-bin-oh-my.html) also states: "Bin and ibn are more likely to show up in places with strong connections to tribal culture" and since the Hotaks were largely a tribal dynasty and had barely any idea of how to properly administrate the country (as illustrated in the tadhkhirt ul-muluk,
https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.227105/) it would again make somewhat sense. Maybe bin would be more famiiliar, Mirwais bin Shah Alam Hotak, but either way it would not be unusual by any means. (edit: ibn/bin means son of in arabic, so this would make sense for a full name. Additionally,
https://www.royalark.net/Persia/ghilzai2.htm shows that Mirwais's father was indeed Shah Alam Khan although the site isnt the most reliable of sources)
Kailanmapper (
talk) 02:27, 26 July 2021 (UTC)
I can infer that he was called ibn Shah Alam in an Afghan source for an obvious reason. Lockhart used mainly Persian sources and I find it highly unlikely that a European primary source would call him ibn Shah Alam.
Yes, a name isn't the same thing as a nasab, I made a blunder there. The requirements actually didn't change. Note I said that Arabic and Islam are tangled together and talked about arabic influence on the muslim world. The Pahlavis were cutting out Islam and by extension Arabic influence in favor of reviving the Persian (specifically pre-Islamic) aspect of Iran so it would not make sense in that context. I don't understand how you don't get that. This is true especially given that the Pahlavis were Iranian nationalists in an era of nationalism and secularism, so arabic and islamic influence would have been cut out.
Yes Arabic names are commmon in Afghanistan, glad we could agree with that. But again you're making an incorrect comparison again. Although not as secular as the Pahlavis,
Amanuallah Khan was in the end still a secular ruler who wanted to reform Afghanistan along Western lines. He had many religious reforms that alienated the clergy and tribesmen which caused his overthrow. It wouldn't make sense to refer to him with the nasab bin for that reason, going back to what I said earlier. I have seen multiple examples of bin being used in historical Afghan texts. For example, Mohamed Yusuf (a Iranian of
Durrani ancestry) in his "A History of Afghanistan: From 1793 A.D. to 1865 A.D." refers to
Shah Shuja as Shuja' al-Mulk bin Timur Shah on page 73. He also refers to the sons of
Timur Shah Durrani with the nasab bin. (
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/736324802557640826/869207671436349470/20210726_091858.jpg) There are countless more examples of bin being used in the full names of individuals. Common people in Afghanistan don't use it (and they probably don't use it in this modern day and age), but Islamic rulers of Afghanistan in the past have used this nasab in their full names as mentioned in texts.
I probably made a mistake when explaining that article though as it was just referring to the Arab world.
Kailanmapper (
talk) 13:26, 26 July 2021 (UTC)
@ Kailanmapper: Copying this discussion and continuing on the Mirwais talk page. AfgCric ( talk) 13:40, 26 July 2021 (UTC)
Alright then, see you there. Kailanmapper ( talk) 13:56, 26 July 2021 (UTC)
Hi AfgCric! Thanks for contributing to Wikipedia. We hope to see you there!
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Ok User: AfgCric, we shouldn't be edit warring. I should have taken this to the talk page instead of doing this. But anyway, I don't think you should have removed my edit saying Mirwais ibn Shah Alam Hotaki was his full name. As I have already adressed, Arab names are common in the muslim world so ibn isn't necessarily unusual. Different sources also give different names for people so it wasn't an incorrect version of his name. However, initially I had put Mirwais ibn Shah Alam Hotaki at the front of the page, and I admit I shouldn't have done it and just used the more common name Mirwais Hotak/Hotaki. Mirwais ibn Shah Alam Hotaki should have been left into the textbox for Mirwais Hotak instead of being put at the front of the page. I don't want to keep arguing with you so let me know if you disagree with my conclusion. Kailanmapper ( talk) 00:41, 26 July 2021 (UTC)
Hey there, glad we could agree that we escalated the situation and I did make a blunder and should have taken it to the
Mirwais Hotak talk page.
Anyways about what you said. I cannot confirm or deny whether any Afghan sources mention him as Mirwais ibn Shah Alam but I can infer that they do because Lockhart called him ibn Shah Alam. Additionally a persian chronicler who produced the Majma' al Tawarikh ( a major source on Iranian history at this time) calls Mirwais by the Arab name of Uwais (see this screenshot for more:
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/736324802557640826/869036010418360320/20210725_214721.jpg), meaning that it wouldn't be an uncommon feature to arabify names of individuals. I agree that most english sources call him Mirwais Hotak or one of the minor variants of that name.
However, this one is more unique and not a minor variant of Mirwais's name. It would make more sense to include that especially given that the rebellion was heavily influenced by religion (the georgians were nominally shiite, the populace was sunni and the georgians frequently shamed sunni islam and their leader partied on the anniversary of caliph umar's assassination by a persian slave according to the book persia in crisis: safavid decline and the fall of isfahan if i remember correctly. Also Mirwais literally went to mecca to recieve a fatwa that would enable the sunni afghans to free themselves from the heretic persians).
It wouldn't make sense to call
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Mohammad ibn Reza Pahlavi but for different reasons. The Pahlavis weren't connected to Islam as much as other dynasties of Iran. They were autocratic secularists and frequently cracked down on the power of Islam and Islamism in the country. Reza Khan Pahlavi was an atheist and although Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was more lenient with Islam, he still found more influence in the pre-Islamic dynasties of Iran like the Achaemenids and Sassanids (the pahlavi royal crown was shaped after a pre-islamic crown of persian dynasties).
In the Islamic dynasties of Persia bin and ibn were frequently used. In fact, while writing the article
Revolt of Hasan Khan Salar and looking through sources on the topic, I was surprised how many times bin was included in the names of Qajar generals and tribesmen. The Qajars used it, the Ottomans used it (if you would check some articles on Ottoman sultans), etc. I don't think here would be any different. As this pdf (
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1081&context=rtd) states, "Arabic and Islam are so much tangled together that it is impossible to deal with one without dealing with the other." Arabic names have been used for centuries to enhance a ruler's Islamic prestiege (If I remember correctly this was common among the Muhammadzais that ruled the
Emirate of Afghanistan.
This article (
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2006/07/abu-ibn-and-bin-oh-my.html) also states: "Bin and ibn are more likely to show up in places with strong connections to tribal culture" and since the Hotaks were largely a tribal dynasty and had barely any idea of how to properly administrate the country (as illustrated in the tadhkhirt ul-muluk,
https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.227105/) it would again make somewhat sense. Maybe bin would be more famiiliar, Mirwais bin Shah Alam Hotak, but either way it would not be unusual by any means. (edit: ibn/bin means son of in arabic, so this would make sense for a full name. Additionally,
https://www.royalark.net/Persia/ghilzai2.htm shows that Mirwais's father was indeed Shah Alam Khan although the site isnt the most reliable of sources)
Kailanmapper (
talk) 02:27, 26 July 2021 (UTC)
I can infer that he was called ibn Shah Alam in an Afghan source for an obvious reason. Lockhart used mainly Persian sources and I find it highly unlikely that a European primary source would call him ibn Shah Alam.
Yes, a name isn't the same thing as a nasab, I made a blunder there. The requirements actually didn't change. Note I said that Arabic and Islam are tangled together and talked about arabic influence on the muslim world. The Pahlavis were cutting out Islam and by extension Arabic influence in favor of reviving the Persian (specifically pre-Islamic) aspect of Iran so it would not make sense in that context. I don't understand how you don't get that. This is true especially given that the Pahlavis were Iranian nationalists in an era of nationalism and secularism, so arabic and islamic influence would have been cut out.
Yes Arabic names are commmon in Afghanistan, glad we could agree with that. But again you're making an incorrect comparison again. Although not as secular as the Pahlavis,
Amanuallah Khan was in the end still a secular ruler who wanted to reform Afghanistan along Western lines. He had many religious reforms that alienated the clergy and tribesmen which caused his overthrow. It wouldn't make sense to refer to him with the nasab bin for that reason, going back to what I said earlier. I have seen multiple examples of bin being used in historical Afghan texts. For example, Mohamed Yusuf (a Iranian of
Durrani ancestry) in his "A History of Afghanistan: From 1793 A.D. to 1865 A.D." refers to
Shah Shuja as Shuja' al-Mulk bin Timur Shah on page 73. He also refers to the sons of
Timur Shah Durrani with the nasab bin. (
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/736324802557640826/869207671436349470/20210726_091858.jpg) There are countless more examples of bin being used in the full names of individuals. Common people in Afghanistan don't use it (and they probably don't use it in this modern day and age), but Islamic rulers of Afghanistan in the past have used this nasab in their full names as mentioned in texts.
I probably made a mistake when explaining that article though as it was just referring to the Arab world.
Kailanmapper (
talk) 13:26, 26 July 2021 (UTC)
@ Kailanmapper: Copying this discussion and continuing on the Mirwais talk page. AfgCric ( talk) 13:40, 26 July 2021 (UTC)
Alright then, see you there. Kailanmapper ( talk) 13:56, 26 July 2021 (UTC)