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REŻWĀNŠAHR
Marcel Bazin
small town and sub-provencial unit (šahrestān) in the western part of Gilān Province.
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RHETORICAL FIGURES
Natalia Chalisova
devices of embellishment, tropes, and figures considered as an intrinsic part of literary expression in medieval Persia.
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RHODOGUNE
Rüdiger Schmitt
probably a rendering of OIran. *Vṛda-gaunā-, fem. “rose-colored,” and the name of several female historical figures.
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RHOXANE
Multiple Authors
name of various women in Achaemenid times, most notably the wife of Alexander the Great (usually called Roxane or Roxana in English).
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RHOXANE i. THE NAME
Rüdiger Schmitt
name of various women in Achaemenid times, most notably the wife of Alexander the Great (usually called Roxane or Roxana in English).
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RHOXANE ii. ALEXANDER’S WIFE
Ernst Badian
name of various women in Achaemenid times, most notably the wife of Alexander the Great (usually called Roxane or Roxana in English).
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RHYTON
Ulf Jaeger
translated as “drinking horn,” its upper end can be filled with liquid and the lower end has a spout for pouring liquid out.
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RIAHI, MOHAMMAD AMIN
Moḥammad Esteʿlāmi
prominent scholar of Persian classical literature, statesman, and professor of Persian language and literature.
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RICE
Cross-Reference
See BERENJ.
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RISHĀR KHAN
Shireen Mahdavi
(Rišār Khan), the Persian name of Jules Richard (1816-1891), a Frenchman in the service of Persian government as a language instructor at Dār al-Fonun College, court photographer, and translator.
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RITTER, Hellmut
Josef van Ess
(1892-1971), German scholar of Islamic studies, and particularly of Persian literature and mysticism. His magnum opus: Das Meer der Seele: Mensch, Welt und Gott in den Geschichten des Farīduddīn ʿAṭṭār (Leiden 1955) is an encyclopedic manual which guides the reader through the psychology of Islamic mysticism. The book is the best introduction to date into Sufi thought.
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ROBINSON, Samuel
Parvin Loloi
(1794-1884), British scholar of Persian, translator, cotton manufacturer, and educationalist.
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ROMANIAN-IRANIAN RELATIONS
Keith Hitchins
Economical and political relations developed significantly between Romania and Iran in the second half of the 20th century;these led to cultural relations as well, as evidenced by the translations of classical Persian poetry and manuscripts into Romanian.
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ROSE WATER
Cross-Reference
See GOLĀB.
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ROSENTHAL, FRANZ
Hinrich Biesterfeldt
(1914-2003), American scholar of Arabic and Semitic Studies, and particularly of Islamic intellectual history.
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ROSTAM b. Farroḵ-Hormozd
D. Gershon Lewental
Sasanian provincial ruler and military commander at the Battle of Qādesiya (mid-630s CE).
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ROXANE
Cross-reference
See RHOXANE.
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RUDĀBA
A. Shapur Shahbazi
princess of Kabul, wife of Zāl, and mother of Rostam in the Šāh-nāma.
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RUDBĀR
Marcel Bazin and Christian Bromberger
town and district in southwestern Gilān. Rudbār is located on both banks of the Safidrud river at lat 36°51′ N, long 49°25′ E, at an average altitude of 300 m.
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RUDSAR
Marcel Bazin
city and sub-provincial district (šahrestān) in eastern Gilān.