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• BURIAL iii. In Zoroastrianism

  James R. Russell

  Death being regarded as an evil brought about by Aŋra Mainyu, the Destructive Spirit, the corpse of a holy creature, particularly man or dog, is considered to be greatly infested by the druj Nasu.

• BURIAL iv. In Islam

  Hamid Algar

  In the handbooks of feqh that the detailed procedures for washing, enshrouding, praying over, and burying the dead are expounded, with little variation among the different schools of Islamic law.

• BURIAL v. In Bahai Communities

  Vahid Rafati

  Bahai laws on burial are limited to a few basic principles that are binding on all Bahai communities around the world.

• BURNES, ALEXANDER

  Malcolm E. Yapp

  (1805-41), author of Travels into Bukhara (published in 1834), an account of his exploratory mission to Afghani­stan, Turkestan, and Iran.

• BURNOUF, EUGÈNE

  Clarisse Herrenschmidt

  (1801-52), virtually the founder of Iranian linguistics, as well as of the study of the history of Buddhism.

• BURUSHASKI

  Hermann Berger

  language spoken in Hunza-Karakorum, North Pakistan, containing some Iranian loanwords of various origins.

• BURZĒNMIHR

  cross-reference

  See ĀDUR BURZĒNMIHR.

• BŪSALĪK

  Hormoz Farhat

  one of the maqāms of the Perso-Arabian musical system mentioned in medieval treatises on music.

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• BŪŠĀSP

  Allan V. Williams

  demon of slothfulness and procrastination in Zoroastrianism.

• BUSCARELLO DE GHIZOLFI

  Jean Richard

  Genoese merchant and diplomat who served the il-khan Arḡūn (r. 1284-91). Buscarello belonged to a great family of Genoa that played an important role in the maritime trade of the city.