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RAY i. ARCHAEOLOGY

RAY i. ARCHAEOLOGY

RAY i. ARCHAEOLOGY The first Western accounts of Ray (Rayy)…

25 min

HEDAYAT, SADEQ v. Hedayat in India

HEDAYAT, SADEQ v. Hedayat in India

HEDAYAT, SADEQ v. Hedayat in India Melancholic and gloomy, Sadeq…

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BEAR

BEAR

BEAR, Pers. ḵers, Av. arša-. Two varieties of bears are…

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AVIATION

AVIATION

AVIATION, history of civil aviation since 1927. i. The Formation…

23 min

SASANIAN COINAGE

SASANIAN COINAGE

SASANIAN COINAGE. The coinage of the Sasanian empire (ca. 224-651…

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SYRIAC LANGUAGE

SYRIAC LANGUAGE

SYRIAC LANGUAGE Syriac, the slightly archaizing Eastern Aramaic dialect of…

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MAŠREQ AL-AḎKĀR

MAŠREQ AL-AḎKĀR

MAŠREQ AL-AḎKĀR (the Dawning-Place of the Remembrance ), a Bahai term…

33 min

ZODIAC

ZODIAC

ZODIAC, a circle, oblique with respect to the equator, represented…

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CARPETS xi. Qajar Period

CARPETS xi. Qajar Period

CARPETS xi. Qajar Period During the Qajar period there were…

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GARDEN vi. In Persian Art

GARDEN vi. In Persian Art

The garden as an artifice has inspired other forms of…

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FĀRS iv. History in the Qajar and Pahlavi Periods

FĀRS iv. History in the Qajar and Pahlavi Periods

FĀRS iv. History in the Qajar and Pahlavi Periods In…

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BANDAR ABBAS ii. Basic Population Data, 1956-2011

BANDAR ABBAS ii. Basic Population Data, 1956-2011

BANDAR ABBAS  ii. Basic population data, 1956-2011 This article deals…

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GERMANY xi. Iranian Coins in the Federal Bank of Germany

GERMANY xi. Iranian Coins in the Federal Bank of Germany

GERMANY xi. Iranian Coins in the Federal Bank of Germany…

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MOHASSESS, ARDESHIR

MOHASSESS, ARDESHIR

MOHASSESS, ARDESHIR (Ardešir Moḥaṣṣeṣṣ, b. Rasht, 18 Šahrivar 1317Š./9 September…

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FORŪGĪ, MOḤAMMAD-ʿALĪ ḎOKĀʾ-AL-MOLK

FORŪGĪ, MOḤAMMAD-ʿALĪ ḎOKĀʾ-AL-MOLK

FORŪGĪ, MOḤAMMAD-ʿALĪ ḎOKĀʾ-AL-MOLK, statesman, scholar, and man of letters (b.…

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QANDRIZ, MANSUR

QANDRIZ, MANSUR

QANDRIZ, MANSUR (Manṣur Qandriz, b. Tabriz, 11 Esfand 1314  Š./1…

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CUT PAPER

CUT PAPER

CUT PAPER (qeṭʿa “decoupage,” also monabbat-kārī “filigree work”), a type…

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AMOL WARE

AMOL WARE

AMOL WARE, a kind of pottery apparently dating from the…

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SNOW

SNOW

SNOW or N. Pers. 'barf' (from OIr. *vafra- “snow,” root…

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MĀLIK, DĀWĪD GĪWARGĪS

MĀLIK, DĀWĪD GĪWARGĪS

MĀLIK, Mīrzāʾ DĀWĪD GĪWARGĪS, Assyrian poet and historian (1861-1931; Figure…

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