The Mikalid family (Persian: آل میکال, romanized: Āl-e Mīkāl), also known as the Mikalis, was a prominent Iranian aristocratic family of Khorasan from...

clan" (آل), like the House of Saud ﺁل سعود Āl Suʻūd or Al ash-Sheikh ("family of the sheikh"). Āl is distinct from the definite article (ال). If a reliably-sourced...