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CHAVANNES, EMMANUEL-ÉDOUARD
Werner Sundermann
(b. Lyons, France, 5 October 1865, d. Fontenay-aux-Roses, 29 January 1918), French sinologist who also contributed to the study of Iranian history and religions.
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CHEESE
Daniel Balland
In Persia and Afghanistan both nomadic pastoralists and sedentary peasants make the same basic kinds of domestic cheese. The only clear distinction is between acid and rennet cheeses, both made from mixed milks, except in Gīlān; there acid cheeses are usually prepared from cow’s and buffalo’s milk and rennet cheeses from ewe’s and goat’s milk.
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CHEMISTRY
Cross-Reference
See KĪMĪĀ.
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CHESS
Bo Utas, Moḥammad Dabīrsīāqī
a board game.
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CHESTER BEATTY LIBRARY
Wilfrid Lockwood, J. T. P. de Bruijn, Michel Tardieu
a collection of manuscripts, printed works, and artifacts, predominantly Oriental, assembled by Alfred Chester Beatty and opened to the public in Dublin in 1954.
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CH’IEN HAN SHU
Edwin G. Pulleyblank
(Qian Han shu) “History of the Former Han Dynasty,” a historical work which includes information on Iran.
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CHILAS
Karl Jettmar
township in the upper Indus valley in Pakistani-controlled Jammu and Kashmir, almost directly south of Gilgit and located on the new Karakorum highway between Pakistan and China.
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CHILDREN
Multiple Authors
This series of articles covers children and child-rearing in Iran and Iranian lands.
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CHILDREN i. Childbirth in Zoroastrianism
Jenny Rose
The Zoroastrian community has traditionally regarded marriage as having a threefold function: to propagate the human race, to spread the Zoroastrian faith, and to contribute to the victory of the good cause. The birth of a child furthers each of these objectives.
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CHILDREN ii. In Modern Persian Folklore
Mahmoud Omidsalar
Childbirth (zāymān, formal ważʿ-e ḥaml) in traditional Persian society, as in many other cultures, has generally been associated with magical practices and superstitions.