Table of Contents
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BEHDĪN
James R. Russell
“the Good Religion,” i.e., Zoroastrianism, or one of its adherents, in modern usage, specifically of the laity.
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BEHDINĀN DIALECT
Gernot L. Windfuhr
a Central dialect spoken by the Behdīnān “the people of the Good Religion,” i.e., Zoroastrianism, who live in, or came from, the cities of Kermān and Yazd and surrounding towns and villages.
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BEHEŠT-E ZAHRĀʾ
Hamid Algar
the chief cemetery of Tehran and principal shrine of the Islamic Revolution of 1357 Š./1978-79.
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BEHĪZAK
cross-reference
See CALENDARS.
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BEHRAMSHAH NAOROJI SHROFF
John R. Hinnells
(1858-1927), Parsi religions teacher and founder of the movement known as Ilm-i Khshnoom (ʿElm-e ḵošnūm; Path of knowledge).
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BEHRANGĪ, ṢAMAD
Michael C. Hillmann
(1939-1968), teacher, social critic, folklorist, translator, and short story writer.
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BEHRŪZ DONBOLĪ
cross-reference
AMĪR. See DONBOLĪ, AMĪR BEHRŪZ.
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BEHRŪZ, ḎABĪḤ
Paul Sprachman
(1889-1971), Persian satirist, writer of highly popular parodies and burlesques.
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BEHŠAHR
Eckart Ehlers
older Ašraf, a town situated at 36°41′55″ north latitude and 53°32′30″ east longitude in the eastern part of central Māzandarān.
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BEHSOTŪN, ABŪ MANṢŪR
cross-reference
See BĪSOTŪN, ABŪ MANṢŪR.
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BEHZĀD
Djalal Khaleghi-Motlagh
in the traditional history, the name of the black horse belonging successively to Sīāvoš, Kay Ḵosrow, and Goštāsb.
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BEHZĀD, ḤOSAYN
Layla Diba
(1894-1968), lacquer artist, painter, and book illustrator.
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BEHZĀD, KAMĀL-AL-DĪN
Priscilla Soucek
master painter, proverbial for his skill, active in Herat during the reign of the Timurid Ḥosayn Bāyqarā (1470-1506).
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BEKTĀŠ, ḤĀJĪ
Hamid Algar
(d. 1270-71?), Khorasanian Sufi and eponym of the Bektāšī order, once widespread in Anatolia and the Balkans, with offshoots in Egypt, Iraq, and Western Iran.
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BEKTĀŠĪYA
Hamid Algar
a syncretic and heterodox Sufi order, found principally in Anatolia and the Balkans, with offshoots in other regions, named after Ḥājī Bektāš and regarding him as its founding elder (pīr).
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BELBĀS
Pierre Oberling
a former Kurdish tribal confederacy of northwestern Iran and northeastern Iraq.
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BELDERČĪN
Hūšang Aʿlam
(quail, Coturnix coturnix L.). The quail is mentioned in both the Bible and the Koran. Allusions to these Koranic reminiscences are occasionally found in Persian poetry. Various virtues are attributed to the quail in traditional or popular Islamic medicine.
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BELGIAN-IRANIAN RELATIONS
Annette Destrée
Official diplomatic relations between Belgium and Iran date from the end of the nineteenth century.
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BELGRĀMĪ, ʿABD-AL-JALĪL
cross-reference
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BELGRĀMĪ, ĀZĀD
Cross-Reference
See ĀZĀD BELGRĀMĪ.