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• ĀB

  Multiple Authors

  Persian word meaning “water.”

• ĀB i. The concept of water in ancient Iranian culture

  Mary Boyce

• ĀB ii. Water in Muslim Iranian culture

  I. K. Poonawala

• ĀB iii. The hydrology and water resources of the Iranian plateau

  P. Beaumont

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• AB-ANBĀR

  R. Holod, M. Sotūda

  "Water reservoir,” a term commonly used throughout Iran as a designation for roofed underground water cisterns.

• AB-ANBĀR i. History

  R. Holod

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• AB-ANBĀR ii. Construction

  M. Sotūda

• ĀB-E DEZ

  H. Gaube

  A major river of Ḵūzestān and the one most vital to its economy. It rises in the central Zagros mountains about 20 km northeast of Borūǰerd near the village of Čahār Borra.

• ĀB-E GARM

  E. Ehlers

  “warm water.” Hot springs and mineral springs in Iran.

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• ĀB-E ḤAYĀT

  Cross-Reference

  Āb-e Ḥayāt, also called ʿAyn al-Ḥayāt or Nahr al-Ḥayāt, meaning the fountain of life, is associated with Ḵeżr, who is identified with the unnamed companion of Moses in the Koran (18:65-82). See ĀB ii. Water in Muslim Iranian culture.