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DOLDOL
Aḥmad Mahdawī Dāmḡānī
or Doldūl, in Ar. lit., “large porcupine”; name of a female mule that Moqawqes, governor of Egypt, sent to the Prophet Moḥammad as a gift.
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DOLGORUKOV MEMOIRS
Moojan Momen
document published under the title Eʿterāfāt-e sīāsī yā yāddāšthā-ye Kenyāz Dolqorūkī (Political confessions or memoirs of Prince Dolgorukov) in the historical portion of the “Khorasan yearbook,” issued in Mašhad in 1943.
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DOLICHĒ
Erich Kettenhofen
city in the Roman province of Syria conquered together with the surrounding area by Šāpūr I during his second campaign against Rome in 252 or 253.
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DOLMA
M. R. Ghanoonparvar
or dūlma; Turkish term for stuffed vegetable or fruit dishes common in the Middle East and in Mediterranean countries.
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DOLOMITAE
Cross-Reference
See DEYLAMITES i.
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DOMAN
Erich Kettenhofen
city in the Roman province of Cappadocia, conquered along with the surrounding area by the Sasanian Šāpūr I (240-70) during his second campaign against Rome.
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DOMES
Bernard O’Kane
circular vaulted roofs or ceilings. The variety of forms and decoration of Persian domes is unrivaled. Domes on squinches first appeared in Persia in the Sasanian period in the palace at Fīrūzābād in Fārs and at nearby Qalʿa-ye Doḵtar, both erected by Ardašir I (r. 224-40).
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DOMESTIC ANIMALS
Daniel Balland and Jean-Pierre Digard
This article is devoted to the principal characteristics of the predominant systems of domestication in Afghanistan and Persia, what they owe to neighboring or preceding systems, how they have departed from them, and whether or not it is possible to speak of a typically Iranian system of domestication.
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DONALDSON, BESS ALLEN
Peter Avery
(1879-1974) and DWIGHT MARTIN (1884-1976), American Presbyterian missionaries and writers about Persia.
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DONBA
M. R. Ghanoonparvar
the fatty part of the sheep’s tail, traditionally used as a cooking fat, sometimes in melted form, or as an inexpensive meat substitute.
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DONBAK
Cross-Reference
See TONBAK.
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DONBĀVAND
Cross-Reference
See DAMĀVAND.
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DONBOLĪ
ʿALĪ ĀL-E DĀWŪD and Pierre Oberling
name of a turkicized Kurdish tribe in the Ḵoy and Salmās regions of northwestern Azerbaijan and of the leading family of Ḵoy since the 16th century.
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DONBOLĪ, ʿABD-AL-RAZZĀQ BEG
Cross-Reference
See ʿABD-AL-RAZZĀQ BEG.
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DONKEY
Multiple Authors
i. In Persian tradition and folk belief. ii. Domestication in Iran.
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DONKEY i. In Persian tradition and folk belief
Mahmoud Omidsalar and Teresa P. Omidsalar
domesticated species descended from the wild ass, probably first bred in captivity in Egypt and western Asia, where by 2500 B.C.E. the domesticated donkey was in use as a beast of burden.
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DONKEY ii. Domestication in Iran
Daniel T. Potts
The Tol-e Nurābād sherd raises many questions about the locus of donkey domestication in the Old World, particularly since the Zagros highlands, where it was discovered, have been considered well to the east of the original range of Equid africanus.
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DONYĀ
Nassereddin Parvin
lit., “The world”; name of several Persian journals and newspapers.
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DONYĀ-YE EMRŪZ
Nassereddin Parvin
lit. "Today’s world"; name of a weekly magazine published in Tehran and two weekly newspapers founded in Qazvīn and Isfahan, respectively.
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DOORS AND DOOR FRAMES
Sheila Blair, Mortażā Momayyez
in Persian architecture major foci of decoration, varying in size and elaboration with the function and importance of the building and the location of the entrance in relation to the total composition.
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