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• BŪQĀ

  Bertold Spuler

  (Būqāy, Boḡā), Mongolian Boḡa, Mongol general who took part in the fighting between the il-khans Aḥmad Takūdār (Tegüder) and Arḡūn in 1284 and then became the vizier.

• BŪQALAMŪN

  Hūšanḡ Aʿlam

  term applied to a variety of objects or animals exhibiting changing colors, such as (silk) fabrics, the gemstone jasper, the chameleon, and the turkey. 

• BŪRĀN

  Ihsan Abbas

  (Middle Pers. Bōrān) also called Ḵadīja (807-84), wife of al-Maʾmūn and daughter of Ḥasan b. Sahl, probably so named after the Sasanian queen Bōrān.

• BŪRĀNĪ

  Mohammad R. Ghanoonparvar

  (rarely būlānī), generic term for a category of Iranian dishes, now usually prepared with yogurt and cooked vegetables and served either hot or cold.

• BURBUR CASTLE

  Dariush Borbor

  a fortified architectural complex in Hamadān Province, situated 52 km southeast of Hamadān and 33 km northeast of Malāyer.

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• BURDAR

  James R. Russell

  Pahl. burdār “carrier, sustainer,  bringer,” attested in Armenian as a proper name. 

• BURHANPUR

  Nisar Ahmed Faruqi

  (Borhānpūr), city in Madhya Pradesh (formerly Central Provinces and Berar), India, on the Tapti river, 275 miles northeast of Bombay.

• BURIAL

  Multiple Authors

  This series of articles covers burial practices in Iran and Iranian lands.

• BURIAL i. Pre-Historic Burial Sites

  Ezzatollah Negahban

  The earliest human skeletal remains found in Persia date from before the 8th millennium B.C. They have been excavated at several cave dwelling sites: Hotu Cave (Angel) and Belt Cave, both on the south­eastern shore of the Caspian Sea; Behistun (Bīsotūn) Cave near Kermānšāh; and Konjī and Arjana Caves in Luristan.

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• BURIAL ii. Remnants of Burial Practices in Ancient Iran

  Frantz Grenet

  The burial practices of pre-Islamic Iran are known partly from archeological evidence, partly from the Zoroastrian scriptures, namely the Avesta and the later Pahlavi and Persian literature.