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ĀBĪ, ABŪ SAʿĪD
M. M. Mazzaoui
11th-century vizier and man of letters.
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ĀBĪ, ʿEZZ-AL-DĪN
Abu’l-Qāsem Gorji
Imami faqīh (jurist) of the 13th century.
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ABIRĀDŪŠ
M. Dandamayev
a village in Elam.
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ABIRATTA(Š)
M. Mayrhofer
ancient Near Eastern proper name said to be of (Indo-)Aryan origin, by comparison with Vedic ratha, Avestan raθa “chariot.” This analysis, however, remains uncertain.
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ABĪVARD
C. E. Bosworth
a town in medieval northern Khorasan.
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ABĪVARDĪ, ABU’L-MOẒAFFAR
L. A. Giffen
poet, historian, and writer on genealogy (d. 1113).
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ABĪVARDĪ, ḤOSĀM-AL-DĪN
L. A. Giffen
jurisconsult, mathematician and logician (d. 1413).
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ABJAD
G. Krotkoff
“alphabet,” a word formed from the first four letters of the Semitic alphabet.
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ABJADĪ
M. Baqir
Poetical name of MĪR MOḤAMMAD ESMĀʿĪL KHAN, 18th century south-Indian poet of Persian and Urdu.
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ABḴĀZ
Dzh. Giunashvili
(also APSUA, APSNI), ethnic group of the Caucasus.