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BARĀQ KHAN
cross-reference
See NOWRŪZ AḤMAD KHAN.
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BARAQĪ
H. Algar
ḴᵛĀJA ʿABD-ALLĀH, 12th-century Sufi of Bukhara.
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BARAŠNOM
M. Boyce
the chief Zoroastrian purification rite, consisting of a triple cleansing, with gōmēz (cow’s urine), dust, and water, followed by nine nights’ seclusion.
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BARĀ’A
E. Kohlberg
an Imami theological term denoting dissociation from the enemies of the imams. During the conflict between ʿAlī and Moʿāwīa, formulas of dissociation were used by both parties.
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BĀRBAD
A. Tafażżolī
minstrel-poet of the court of the Sasanian king Ḵosrow II Parvēz (r. 591-628 A.D.).
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BARBARO, GIOSAFAT
A. M. Piemontese
Venetian merchant, traveler, and diplomat (1413-94), appointed Venetian ambassador to Persia (1473-78); author of a travel account.
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BARBAṬ
J. During
the prototype of a family of short-necked lutes characterized by a rather flat, pear-shaped sound box.
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BARBERRY
EIr
(zerešk; Berberis spp., family Berberidaceae). Species of this genus are found in the northern, eastern, and southeastern highlands of Iran.
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BARBIER DE MEYNARD, CHARLES ADRIEN CASIMIR
Ch. Pellat
French orientalist (1826-1908). Among his works, the Tableau littéraire du Khorassan and Dictionnaire géographique attest the excellence of his Persian scholarship.
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BARD-E BAL
L. Vanden Berghe
a necropolis excavated in 1969-70 by the Belgian archeological mission in Iran, Īlām Province.