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WĀṢEFI, ZAYN-AL-DIN MAḤMUD
Keith Hitchins
(1485-d. 1551-1566), Persian memoirist, historian, and poet.
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WAṢF
A. A. Seyed-Gohrab
a literary term meaning “description;” but it can carry several other connotations, including “quality,” “attribute,” “characterization,” “distinguishing mark,” and “adjective.”
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WATER
Cross-Reference
See ĀB.
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WATERMILL
Cross-Reference
See ĀSIĀ.
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WAṬWĀṬ, RAŠID-AL-DIN
Natalia Chalisova
bilingual poet, philologist, and prose writer in Persian and Arabic, as well as a high-ranking official of the Khwarazmian court in the 12th century.
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WEBLOGS
Alireza Doostdar
The vast majority of Iranian bloggers write in Persian, although other languages – chief among them English – are also used.
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WEIGHTS AND MEASURES i. PRE-ISLAMIC PERIOD
A. D. H. Bivar
Evidence for ancient standards is provided by examination of weights surviving from antiquity, and from inspection of certain specimens of ingot currency. There are six surviving, well-preserved Achaemenid weights with inscriptions.
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WELLHAUSEN, JULIUS
Ludmila Hanisch
scholar of Biblical studies, who primarily gained renown as an Old Testament scholar and Semitist.
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WERTIME, Theodore
Roya Arab
(b. Chambersburg, Pa., 31 August 1919; d. Chambersburg, 8 April 1982), diplomat and scholar, expert on the history of technology in the ancient Middle East.
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WESTERGAARD, NIELS LUDVIG
Rüdiger Schmitt
(1815-1878), Danish orientalist scholar with special interest in Indology.
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