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• ʿADAS

  A. Parsa and N. Ramazani, A. Parsa

  "lentils."

• ADĀT

  Ḵ. Faršīdvard

  “particle,” Arabic word corresponding to the Persian abzār which is used as a technical term in logic (manṭeq), grammar (dastūr), and rhetoric (maʿānī o bayān).

• ADDĀ

  W. Sundermann

  one of the earliest disciples of Mani.

• ʿĀDEL SHAH AFŠĀR

  J. R. Perry

  the royal title of ʿAlī-qolī Khan, r. 1160-61/1747-48, nephew and successor of Nāder Shah.

• ʿĀDELŠĀHĪS

  R. M. Eaton

  A dynasty of Indo-Muslim kings who governed the city-state of Bijapur from 895/1490 to 1097/1686.

• ADERGOUDOUNBADES

  R. N. Frye

  a kanārang (eastern border margrave) appointed by the Sasanian king Kavād (r. 488-531 A.D.).

• ADHAM, MĪRZĀ EBRĀHĪM

  W. Thackston

  11th/17th century poet.

• ADHYARDHAŚATIKĀ PRAJÑĀPĀRAMITĀ

  R. E. Emmerick

  (“The perfection of wisdom in 150 lines”), title of a Praǰñāpāramitā text in Tantric.

• ADIABENE

  D. Sellwood

  a district near the present-day borders of Iraq, Iran, and Turkey.

• ADIB ḴᵛĀNSARI

  Morteżā Ḥoseyni Dehkordi and EIr

  a major vocalist of Persia in the first half of 20th century (1901-1982).