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JAʿFARQOLI KHAN BAḴTIĀRI
cross-reference
See BAḴTIĀRI (1).
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JAFR
Gernot Windfuhr
a term of uncertain etymology used to designate the major divinatory art in Islamic mysticism and gnosis—the art of discovering the predestined fate of nations, dynasties, religions, and individuals by a variety of methods.
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JAGARḴWIN
Keith Hitchins
(or Cegerxwin), pseudonym of Şêxmûs Hesen (1903-1984), considered by many the leading Kurdish poet of the 20th century writing in Kurmanji.
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JAḠATU
Nicholas Sims-Williams
an archeological site in Ḡazni province, Afghanistan, situated about 20 km north of Ḡazni on the route between Ḡazni and Wardak.
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JAGHATAY
cross-reference
See CHAGHATAYID DYNASTY.
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JAḠMINI, MAḤMUD
Lutz Richter-Bernburg
b. Moḥammad b. ʿOmar (d. 1344), an astronomer from Jaḡmin, a village in Ḵᵛārazm. The author of a brief Arabic survey of mathematical astronomy.
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JĀḠORI
A. Monsutti
a term of uncertain etymological origin for both a tribal section of the Hazāras and a district (woluswāli) of Ḡazni province in Afghanistan.
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JAHĀN TIMÜR
Charles Melville
recognized briefly as Il-khan in Iraq and Mesopotamia in 1339-40 during the period of the collapse of the Il-khanate.
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JAHĀN-E ZANĀN
Nassereddin Parvin
(Women’s World), short-lived magazine, 1921. Published first in Mašhad (four issues) and, after a lapse of about five months, in Tehran (one issue only).
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JAHĀN-MALEK ḴĀTUN
Dominic Parviz Brookshaw
(d. after 1382), Injuid princess, poet, and contemporary of Ḥāfeẓ. The style and quality of her poetry suggest that she was acquainted with famous male contemporaries Ḥāfeẓ and ʿObayd Zākāni.