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  • VAEΘĀ

    Mahnaz Moazami

    a short Avestan text with Pahlavi translation; each Avestan sentence is followed by its Pahlavi translation and sometimes with additional explanatory glosses.

  • VAḤŠI BĀFQI

    Paul Losensky

    (ca. 1532-1583), Kamāl-al-Din (or Šams-al-Din Moḥammad), Persian poet of the Safavid period, who was born in Bāfq and died in Yazd.

  • VANDEN BERGHE, Louis

    Ernie Haerinck

    (1923-1993), Belgian archeologist who devoted almost all his research to Iran’s history.

  • VARQĀ, ʿALI-MOḤAMMAD

    Iraj Ayman

    (1855-96), poet and an early follower of Bahaism.

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  • VARQĀ, WALI-ALLĀH

    Iraj Ayman

    (1884-1955), one of the leading figures among 20th-century Iranian Bahāʾis.

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  • VATATZES, Vasilios

    Evangelos Venetis

    Greek scholar, merchant, traveler, pioneer explorer, and diplomat.

  • VĀYU

    William W. Malandra

    “Wind, Atmosphere, Space,” name of a deity and the natural phenomenon.

  • VAZIRI, ʿAli-Naqi

    Hormoz Farhat

    (b. Tehran, 1887; d., Tehran, 9 September 1979), composer, virtuoso tār player, musical theorist, and educator.

  • VAZIRITABĀR, Ḥosayn-ʿAli

    Morteżā Ḥoseyni Dehkordi

    (1906-1958) musician and prominent performer of the qaranei (clarinet). 

  • VENDĪDĀD

    Multiple Authors

    the common name given to the Avestan text widaēwa-dāta-, Pahl. jud-dēw-dād “The Law repudiating the Demons.”