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• ĀZĀD

  M. Bazin

  Zelkova crenata or Siberian elm, a tree of the Ulmaceae family, for which also other scientific names, such as Zelkova carpinifolia, Zelkova hyrcana, Planera crenata, and Planera Richardi, have been proposed.

• ĀZĀD (Iranian Nobility)

  M. L. Chaumont, C. Toumanoff

  (older ĀZĀT), a class of the Iranian nobility.

• ĀZĀD BELGRĀMĪ

  M. Siddiqi

  Major Indo-Muslim poet, biographer, and composer of chronograms, also known as Ḥassān-al-Hend (fl. 1116-1200/1704-86).

• ĀZĀD FĪRŪZ

  A. Tafażżolī

  governor of Bahrain and the surrounding area in the time of Ḵosrow (probably Ḵosrow II Parvēz).

• ĀZĀD KHAN AFḠĀN

  J. R. Perry

  (d. 1781), a major contender for supremacy in western Iran after the death of Nāder Shah Afšār (r. 1736-47).

• ĀZĀD TABRIZI

  J. T. P. de Bruijn

  physician, anthologist, and translator (b. Tehran, ca. 1854; d. Paris, 1936).

• ĀZĀD, ʿABD-AL-QADIR

  Bāqer ʿĀqeli

  (1893-1973), journalist, politician, Majles deputy, member of opposition groups.

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• ĀZĀD, MOḤAMMAD-ḤOSAYN

  K. N. Pandita

  Scholar and writer in Urdu and Persian, born about 1834 in Delhi.

• ĀZĀDA

  Dj. Khaleghi-Motlagh

  name of a Roman slave-girl of Bahrām Gōr.

• AZADARAN-E BAYAL

  MAHYAR ENTEZARI

  a collection of short stories by Ḡolām-Ḥosayn Sāʿedi, the prolific engagé writer of drama and fiction.

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