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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.

  • 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.  

  • BEHEŠT-E ZAHRĀʾ

    Hamid Algar

    the chief cemetery of Teh­ran and principal shrine of the Islamic Revolution of 1357 Š./1978-79.

  • BEHĪZAK

    cross-reference

    See CALENDARS.

  • 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).

  • BEHRANGĪ, ṢAMAD

    Michael C. Hillmann

    (1939-1968), teacher, social critic, folklorist, translator, and short story writer.

  • BEHRŪZ DONBOLĪ

    cross-reference

    AMĪR. See DONBOLĪ, AMĪR BEHRŪZ.

  • BEHRŪZ, ḎABĪḤ

    Paul Sprachman

    (1889-1971), Persian satirist,  writer of highly popular parodies and burlesques.

  • 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.

  • BEHSOTŪN, ABŪ MANṢŪR

    cross-reference

    See BĪSOTŪN, ABŪ MANṢŪR.

  • BEHZĀD

    Djalal Khaleghi-Motlagh

    in the traditional history, the name of the black horse belonging successively to Sīāvoš, Kay Ḵosrow, and Goštāsb.

  • BEHZĀD, ḤOSAYN

    Layla Diba

    (1894-1968), lacquer artist, painter, and book illustrator.

  • 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).

  • 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.

  • 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).

  • BELBĀS

    Pierre Oberling

    a former Kurdish tribal confederacy of northwestern Iran and northeastern Iraq.

  • 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.

  • BELGIAN-IRANIAN RELATIONS

    Annette Destrée

    Official diplomatic relations between Belgium and Iran date from the end of the nineteenth century.

  • BELGRĀMĪ, ʿABD-AL-JALĪL

    cross-reference

    See ʿABD-AL­-JALĪL BELGRĀMĪ.

  • BELGRĀMĪ, ĀZĀD

    Cross-Reference

    See ĀZĀD BELGRĀMĪ.