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HAFEZ xii. HAFEZ AND THE VISUAL ARTS
The 16th century constitutes the apex in production for illustrated copies of Hafez’s Divān; they were made in several places for a range of patrons. The largest group of the illustrated Hafez manuscripts was produced in Shiraz, the most impressive among them dating to the 1580s.
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ṬARZI, MAḤMUD
(1865-1933), writer, journalist, politician, and a prominent figure in Afghanistan in the first quarter of the 20th century. As well as being hailed as the "father of journalism" and overseeing the entire production of the bi-monthly Serāj al-aḵbār, for which he wrote most of the articles, Ṭarzi was also a translator from the Turkish language, an essayist, and a poet.
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Fascicle 6 of Volume XV
With the latest fascicle printed in April 2011, Volume XV of Encyclopædia Iranica was completed. The bound volume is also available. For order information, please visit the website of Eisenbrauns, Inc. With the new entries, the Encyclopædia Iranica continues its progress through letter “K.” Titles covered in the latest fascicle go from Karim Khan Zand to Kāšḡari, Saʿd-al-din. (The range of volume XV altogether is Joči–Kāšḡari.) For a list of the Fascicle 6 titles and authors, select the button below.
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GILAN xvii. Gender Relations
by Christian Bromberger
"... to a large extent, women take an important part in agricultural work; in their homes, the line between male and female spaces is blurred; craftwork, industrial, and commercial activities are not the exclusive prerogative of men in this region."
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