Table of Contents

  • ASĀLEMI dialect

    Cross-Reference

    See ṬĀLEŠI.

  • AṢAMM, ABU BAKR

    F. W. Zimmermann

    (d. 200/815-6 or 201/816-7), Muʿtazilite of Baṣra.

  • ĀŠAQLŪN

    Cross-Reference

    Manichean demon. See ĀSRĒŠTĀR.

  • AʿSAR, ʿALAWAYH ABU’L-ḤASAN ʿALĪ

    Cross-Reference

    See ʿALAWAYH AL-AʿSAR.

  • ĀŠʿARĪ, ABŪ MŪSĀ

    Cross-Reference

    See ABŪ MŪSĀ AŠʿARĪ.

  • AŠʿARĪ, ABU’L-ḤASAN

    C. E. Bosworth

    scholastic theologian (motakallem) and founder of the theological school of the Ašʿarīya.

  • AŠʿARĪYA

    A. Heinen

    (or Ashʿarism), an Islamic school of theological thought founded by Abu’l-Ḥasan Ašʿarī.

  • ASĀS

    H. Halm

    “foundation, basis,” a degree of the Ismaʿili daʿwa hierarchy.

  • ASĀṬĪR

    Cross-Reference

    See MYTHOLOGY.

  • AŠAVAN (possessing Truth)

    G. Gnoli

    (Avestan), lit. “possessing truth (aša),”  referring to humans, Ahura Mazdā, and the divine or angelic entities.

  • ASĀWERA

    C. E. Bosworth

    Arabic broken plural form of a singular oswār(ī), eswār(ī), early recognized by Arab philologists as a loanword from Persian meaning “cavalryman.”

  • ʿAŠĀYER

    F. Towfīq

    “tribes” in Iran. 1. Definitions. 2. Historical background. 3. Population figures. 4. Territorial distribution: (a) Lor and Lak tribes; (b) Kurdish tribes; (c) Turkish tribes; (d) Arab tribes; (e) Baluch and Brahui tribes. 5. Organization. 6. Economy.

  • ASB

    Multiple Authors

    ASB, “horse” (equus cabullus, Av. aspa-, Old PerS. asa- and aspa-, Mid. and NPers. asp/b); uses and significance of horses in the Iranian world.

  • ASB i. In Pre-Islamic Iran

    A. Sh. Shahbazi

    the horse in the culture and society of the ancient Iranian world.

  • ASB ii. Among the Scythians

    F. Thordarson

    the horse in Scythian culture.

  • ASB iii. In Islamic Times

    ʿA. Solṭānī Gordfarāmarzī

    horses and horsemanship in Iran in the Islamic period.

  • ASB iv. In Afghanistan

    C. E. Bosworth

    horses and horsemanship in Afghanistan.

     

  • ASB-SAVĀRĪ

    J.-P. Digard

    "horse-riding." The Iranian lands, in the course of their long history, have been the source of major advances in the techniques of equitation.

  • ĀŠBANAKKUŠ

    M. Mayrhofer

    name of an Iranian in the Persepolis Fortification Tablets.

  • ASBĀNBAR

    Cross-Reference

    See MADĀʾEN.