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BAVĀNĀTĪ
Ī. Afšār
(d. 1892-93), MĪRZĀ MOḤAMMAD-BĀQER, Persian man of letters, poet, instructor of Persian in London, and self-styled prophet.
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BĀVANDIDS
Cross-Reference
See ĀL-E BĀVAND.
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BĀVĪ
P. Oberling
(or Bābūʾī), a Luri-speaking tribe of the Kohgīlūya, in Fārs.
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BĀWĪYA
J. Perry
a Shiʿite tribe of Ḵūzestān. They range east and south of Ahvāz, between the Kārūn and Jarrāḥī rivers, to the south of Band-e Qīr and north of Māred.
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BÄX FÄLDISỊN
F. Thordarson
“horse dedication,” a funeral rite practiced by the Ossetes until recent times.
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BAY
Cross-Reference
See BARG-E BŪ.
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BAYĀN (1)
J. T. P. de Bruijn
term (lit. “statement,” “exposition,” “explanation”) from an early date encompassing the various arts of expression in speech and writing. Often ʿelm-e bayān merely denotes rhetoric as a whole.
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BAYĀN (2)
D. M. MacEoin
term applied to the writings of the Bāb in general and to two late works in particular, the Bayān-e fārsī and al-Bayān al-ʿarabī.
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BAYĀNI, JĀR-ALLĀH-ZĀDA
Tahsin Yazici
(d. 1597), Shaikh Moṣtafā, a Turkish poet who composed on the ḡazals of Hāfeẓ.
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BAYĀNĪ, MEHDĪ
M. Dabīrsīāqī
(1906-68), specialist in Persian manuscripts and calligraphy and pioneer in the field of Persian librarianship.