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# Mahmud Gawan (Maḥmūd Gāwān)

Persian-born vizier of the Bahmani sultanate at Bidar, met by Afanasy Nikitin.

## Works (1)

- [Riyad al-inshaʾ (Riyāḍ al-inshāʾ)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.riyad-al-insha) — 1466–1481 CE; catalogued, text not yet digitised

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