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MAHDAVI, Yaḥyā
Moḥammad Ḵᵛānsāri and EIr
Mahdavi continued his education at Tehran Teachers College from 1928 until 1931, from which he was among the first to graduate with a bachelor's degree. In 1931, he received a scholarship from the state to continue his education in France until his graduation in 1938, writing his doctoral thesis under André Lanlande and Emile Bréhier.
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MAHDI
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“the rightly-guided one” in Arabic, designation of the descendant of the Prophet who is expected to return to rule the world.
See in entry ISLAM in IRAN:
vi. THE CONCEPT OF MAHDI IN SUNNI ISLAM;
vii. THE CONCEPT OF MAHDI IN TWELVER SHIʿISM;
viii. THE OCCULTATION OF MAHDI;
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MAḤFEL-E RUḤĀNI
Moojan Momen
current designation of the Bahai governing councils elected at local and national level.
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MAHJUB, MOHAMMAD JA’FAR
Mahmoud Omidsalar
prominent scholar of Persian literature, essayist, translator, university teacher, and one of the founders of the discipline of folklore in Iran.
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MAḤJUBI, Morteżā
Morteżā Ḥoseyni Dehkordi and EIr
(1900-1965), composer and pianist, noted for his use of the piano to perform traditional Iranian music.
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MAḤJUBI, Reżā
Morteżā Ḥoseyni Dehkordi and EIr
(1898-1954) composer and violinist, brother of Morteżā.
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MAḤMUD B. SEBÜKTEGIN
C. Edmund Bosworth
the first fully independent ruler of the Turkish Ghaznavid dynasty, who reigned (388-421/998-1030) over what had become by his death a vast military empire.
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MAḤMUD MIRZĀ
Dominic Parviz Brookshaw
(b. 1799, d. between 1854 and 1858), fifteenth son of Fatḥ-ʿAli Shah Qajar (r. 1797-1834), calligrapher, poet, and anthologist.
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MAHMUD, AHMAD
Saeed Rezaei and Maryam Seyedan
(1931-2002), Iranian contemporary novelist and short story writer.
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MAJALLA-ye JAMʿIYAT-e NESWĀN-e WAṬANḴᵛĀH-e IRĀN
Nassereddin Parvin
magazine of the women's association of that name, 1923-26.