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ASĀLEMI dialect
Cross-Reference
See ṬĀLEŠI.
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AṢAMM, ABU BAKR
F. W. Zimmermann
(d. 200/815-6 or 201/816-7), Muʿtazilite of Baṣra.
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ĀŠAQLŪN
Cross-Reference
Manichean demon. See ĀSRĒŠTĀR.
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AʿSAR, ʿALAWAYH ABU’L-ḤASAN ʿALĪ
Cross-Reference
See ʿALAWAYH AL-AʿSAR.
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ĀŠʿARĪ, ABŪ MŪSĀ
Cross-Reference
See ABŪ MŪSĀ AŠʿARĪ.
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AŠʿARĪ, ABU’L-ḤASAN
C. E. Bosworth
scholastic theologian (motakallem) and founder of the theological school of the Ašʿarīya.
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AŠʿARĪYA
A. Heinen
(or Ashʿarism), an Islamic school of theological thought founded by Abu’l-Ḥasan Ašʿarī.
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ASĀS
H. Halm
“foundation, basis,” a degree of the Ismaʿili daʿwa hierarchy.
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ASĀṬĪR
Cross-Reference
See MYTHOLOGY.
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AŠAVAN (possessing Truth)
G. Gnoli
(Avestan), lit. “possessing truth (aša),” referring to humans, Ahura Mazdā, and the divine or angelic entities.
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ASĀWERA
C. E. Bosworth
Arabic broken plural form of a singular oswār(ī), eswār(ī), early recognized by Arab philologists as a loanword from Persian meaning “cavalryman.”
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ʿAŠĀYER
F. Towfīq
“tribes” in Iran. 1. Definitions. 2. Historical background. 3. Population figures. 4. Territorial distribution: (a) Lor and Lak tribes; (b) Kurdish tribes; (c) Turkish tribes; (d) Arab tribes; (e) Baluch and Brahui tribes. 5. Organization. 6. Economy.
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ASB
Multiple Authors
ASB, “horse” (equus cabullus, Av. aspa-, Old PerS. asa- and aspa-, Mid. and NPers. asp/b); uses and significance of horses in the Iranian world.
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ASB i. In Pre-Islamic Iran
A. Sh. Shahbazi
the horse in the culture and society of the ancient Iranian world.
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ASB ii. Among the Scythians
F. Thordarson
the horse in Scythian culture.
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ASB iii. In Islamic Times
ʿA. Solṭānī Gordfarāmarzī
horses and horsemanship in Iran in the Islamic period.
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ASB iv. In Afghanistan
C. E. Bosworth
horses and horsemanship in Afghanistan. -
ASB-SAVĀRĪ
J.-P. Digard
"horse-riding." The Iranian lands, in the course of their long history, have been the source of major advances in the techniques of equitation.
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ĀŠBANAKKUŠ
M. Mayrhofer
name of an Iranian in the Persepolis Fortification Tablets.
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ASBĀNBAR
Cross-Reference
See MADĀʾEN.