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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.
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BURNOUF, EUGÈNE
Clarisse Herrenschmidt
(1801-52), virtually the founder of Iranian linguistics, as well as of the study of the history of Buddhism.
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BURUSHASKI
Hermann Berger
language spoken in Hunza-Karakorum, North Pakistan, containing some Iranian loanwords of various origins.
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BURZĒNMIHR
cross-reference
See ĀDUR BURZĒNMIHR.
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BŪSALĪK
Hormoz Farhat
a maqām in Arabian, Turkish, and Persian musical traditions to this day; however, the contemporary form of the maqām of Būsalīk differs from that which is given by the classical scholars.
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BŪŠĀSP
Allan V. Williams
demon of slothfulness and procrastination in Zoroastrianism.
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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.
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BŪŠEHR
Multiple Authors
(Ar. Būšahr, European spellings Bushire, Busheer, Bouchir), port city in southern Iran on the Persian Gulf. i. The city. ii. Music of Būšehr.
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BŪŠEHR i. THE CITY
Xavier de Planhol
Ar. Būšahr, European spellings Bushire, Busheer, Bouchir), port city in southern Iran on the Persian Gulf.
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BŪŠEHR ii. MUSIC OF BŪŠEHR
Moḥammad-Taqī Masʿūdīya
local styles of music known as šarva and yazla.