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  • BĀZĀRGĀNĪ

    cross-reference

    See COMMERCE.

  • BĀZDĀRĪ

    Hūšang Aʿlam

    (or bāzyārī, lit. “bāz keeping,” obs.), falconry, as a practical art and as a sport.

  • BĀZGAŠT-E ADABĪ

    William L. Hanaway, Jr.

    “literary return,” a move­ment for a return to writing poetry in the Ḵorāsānī and ʿErāqī styles, which began in the mid-18th century and continued into the 20th century.

  • BĀZĪ

    Fereydūn Vahman

    (games). The growing interest in Iranian folklore in recent decades has resulted in the publication of descriptions of many games played in various parts of Iran, often to be found in dialect glossaries.

  • BĀZRANGĪ

    Richard N. Frye

    the family name of a dynasty of petty rulers in Fārs overthrown during the rise of the Sasanians.

  • BĀZYĀR

    cross-reference

    See BĀZ.

  • BĀZYĀRĪ

    Cross-Reference

    See BĀZDĀRĪ.

  • BDEAXŠ

    Cross-Reference

    See BIDAXŠ.

  • BE SŪ-YE ĀYANDA

    Nassereddin Parvin

    (Toward the future), Per­sian daily newspaper and unofficial organ of the Communist Ḥezb-e Tūda (Tudeh party, 1950-53.

  • BEADS

    cross-reference

    See JEWELRY.