Table of Contents
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AWRANGZĒB
Cross-Reference
See Supplement.
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AWRŌMĀN
Cross-Reference
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AWṢĀF AL-AŠRĀF
G. M. Wickens
a short mystical-ethical work in Persian by Naṣīr-al-dīn Ṭūsī, written late in life, ca. 670/1271-72.
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AWTĀD
Cross-Reference
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AXSE
M. L. Chaumont
name of a Parthian hostage in Rome, inscribed in the dedication of an epitaph engraved on a marble plaque and discovered at the Forum Boarium in Rome.
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ĀXŠTI
B. Schlerath
(Avestan) “Peace, contract of peace.”
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AXT
M. F. Kanga
a sorcerer and, according to Zoroastrian tradition, a vehement, early opponent of the Religion.
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AXTAR
W. Eilers
(Middle and New Persian) “star” or “constellation.”
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AXTARMĀR
A. Tafażżolī
“astronomer.” The astronomers were included in the category of the third of the four Sasanian social classes, i.e., the class of the scribes, together with the physicians and poets.
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ĀXWARR
W. Eilers
Middle Persian term for “manger” or “stall” borrowed into Armenian as axoṙ.