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Isfahan xiv. MODERN ECONOMY AND INDUSTRIES (2) Isfahan City
Habib Borjian
The stagnation experienced after the fall of the Safavids was even more marked in the 19th century, owing to European competition that had rendered many local industries practically extinct.
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Isfahan xv. EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS
Maryam Borjian and Habib Borjian
The Lazarists, with the support of the prince-governor, founded in 1875 schools for both boys and girls and an infirmary. These appear to be the predecessors of the boys school L’Etoile du Matin and the girls school Rudāba.
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Isfahan xvi. FOLKLORE AND LEGEND
Mahmoud Omidsalar
Systematic collection of the folklore of Isfahan is mostly due to Amirqoli Amini, whose first publication was a collection of Persian dicta entitled hazār o yak soḵan.
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Isfahan xvii. ARMENIAN COMMUNITY
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See JULFA.
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Isfahan xviii. JEWISH COMMUNITY
Amnon Netzer
According to Armenian sources, the Sasanian Šāpūr II transferred many Jews from Armenia and settled them in Isfahan. According to the Middle Persian text Šahristānihā ī Ērān, Yazdegerd I settled Jews in Jay (Gay) at the request of his Jewish wife Šōšan-doḵt.
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ISFAHAN xix. JEWISH DIALECT
Donald Stilo
The Jewish dialects of Isfahan, Kāshān, Hamadān, Borujerd, Yazd, Kermān and others belong to the Central dialect group of Northwestern Iranian. All of Northwestern Iranian languages, in turn, are descended from Median.
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Isfahan xx. GEOGRAPHY OF THE MEDIAN DIALECTS OF ISFAHAN
Habib Borjian
The continuum of Central Plateau Dialects appears along a northwest-souteast axis traversing the modern provinces of Hamadān, Markazi, Isfahan, and Yazd, that is, the area of Ancient Media Major.
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Isfahan xxi. PROVINCIAL DIALECTS
Donald Stilo
The Iranian languages of Isfahan Province are of three basic types: Northwest Iranian dialects belonging to the Central Plateau Dialect group, and two different types of Southwest Iranian languages: slightly divergent dialects of Persian and large pockets of Lori.
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Isfahan xxii. GAZI DIALECT
Donald Stilo
Gazi belongs to the Central Plateau Dialect group of Northwestern Iranian (NWI) languages. Gazi, the Jewish dialect of Isfahan, Sedehi, and probably other uninvestigated dialects of the area are grouped together as one subgroup of CPD.
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Isfahan Mode
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a dastgāh in Persian music. See BAYĀT-E EṢFAHĀN.