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ĀS
Mehdi Roschanzamir
a game of playing cards which became popular in the Qajar era, and hence replaced ganjafa, the card game associated with the Safavids.
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ĀS
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“Ossetia”; ĀSĪ “Ossetic, Ossete.” See ALANS; ALBANIA; ASII; OSSETIC.
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ĀŠ
W. Eilers, ʿE. Elāhī, M. Boyce
(thick soup), the general term for a traditional Iranian dish comparable to the French potage.
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AṦA
B. Schlerath, P. O. Skjærvø
“truth” in Avestan. The Indo-Iranian concept of truth is preserved in the Gāθās and in the younger Avesta unchanged.
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AṦA VAHIŠTA
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See ARDWAHIŠT.
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ASʿAD B. NAṢR
Cross-Reference
See ABZARĪ.
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ASAD B. SĀMĀNḴODĀ
C. E. Bosworth
ancestor of the Samanid dynasty.
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ASADĀBĀD (1)
C. E. Bosworth
name of several towns in medieval sources, including the modern city.
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ASADĀBĀD
D. Balland
(or ASʿADĀBĀD), the official name of a small town in eastern Afghanistan, capital of Konar (Kunar) Province.
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ASADĀBĀDĪ, ʿABD-AL-JABBĀR
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