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• BALYSA-

  H. W. Bailey

  (Khotan Saka), bārza- (Tumšuq Saka), a word adapted to Buddhist use for the transcendental Buddha, translating Buddhist Sanskrit buddha- and also several epithets of the Buddha.

• BĀLYŪZĪ, ḤASAN MOWAQQAR

  M. Momen

  (1908-1980), Bahai author and administrator.

• BAM (1)

  W. Eilers

  (also written bām) “bass,” the lowest-pitched string in music. The etymology is discussed.

• BAM (2)

  X. De Planhol, M.-E Bāstānī Pārīzī

  (in Arabic, Bamm), a town in southeastern Iran, located on the southwestern rim of the Dašt-e Lūt basin at an altitude of 1,100 m. i. History and modern town. ii. Ruins of the old town.

• BAM EARTHQUAKE

  Manuel Berberian

  OF DECEMBER 26, 2003  A moderate-magnitude (Mw 6.6) earthquake struck the city of Bam and its surroundings at 05:26 AM local time (01:56 GMT) on Friday, 5 Dey 1382 Š./26 December 2003, resulting in the highest casualty rate and the most profound social impact in the recorded post-1900 history of devastating urban earthquakes in Iran.

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• BĀMBIŠN

  cross-reference

  See BĀNBIŠN.

• BĀMDĀD

  N. Parvīn

  a weekly Persian newspaper published in Tehran, 1907.

• BĀMDĀD, MAHDĪ

  ʿA.-A. Saʿīdī Sīrjānī

  (d. 1973), civil servant, author of the multi-volume dictionary of national biography of Iran.

• BĀMDĀD-E ḴOMĀR

  Ali Ferdowsi

  The book’s title is taken from a famous line by Saʿdi: Šab-e šarāb nayarzad be bāmdād-e ḵomār (The night of inebriation is not worth the morning of hangover). Encased by a frame story within which the main story is narrated, Bāmdād-e ḵomār, a love story with a moral lesson, is set in Tehran in the 20th century.

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• BĀMDĀD-E ROWŠAN

  N. Parvīn

  a Persian journal of news and political comment published in Tehran, 1915-24.