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• ANṢARĪ, ʿALĪ-QOLĪ KHAN

  M. Kasheff

  MOŠĀWER-AL-MAMĀLEK (1868-1940), a career diplomat under the late Qajars. 

• ANṢĀRĪ, ḴᵛĀJA ʿABDALLĀH

  Cross-Reference

  See ʿABDALLĀH ANṢĀRĪ.

• ANṢĀRĪ, MĪRZĀ SAʿĪD KHAN

  Cross-Reference

  MOʾTAMEN-AL-MOLK. See MOʾTAMEN-AL-MOLK.

• ANṢĀRĪ, SHAIKH MORTAŻĀ

  S. Murata

  B. MOḤAMMAD AMĪN (1799-1864), 1799-1864), important author of works on feqh.

• ANSHAN

  J. Hansman

  (or ANZAN), the name of an important Elamite region in western Fārs and of its chief city.

• ANṬĀKĪYA

  Cross-Reference

  See ANTIOCH.

• ANTHROPOLOGY

  B. Spooner

  (Persian mardomšenāsī), social and cultural, in Iran and Afghanistan.

• ANTHROPOMORPHISM

  J. Duchesne-Guillemin

  in Iranian religions. Ahura Mazdā in the Gāthās was conceived of, although invisible and immortal, as of human form, with eyes, hands, and tongue; but he was of gigantic size. 

• ANTI-ALBORZ

  B. Hourcade

  the highland between Tehran and Semnān on the southern flank of the central Alborz range.

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• ANTIA, EDULJI KERSASPJI

  K. M. JamaspAsa and M. Boyce

  (1842-1913/1212-83 yazdegerdi), Parsi scholar, born of priestly stock in Navsari in Gujarat.