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COPPER i. In Islamic Persia
James W. Allan and Willem Floor
the metallic element Cu.
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Copper ii. Copper resources in Iran
Manṣur Qorbāni and Anuširavān Kani
With the advancement of the knowledge of metallurgy in the Achaemenid era, finely crafted copper and bronze objects were created, continuing on through ancient times. The medieval Arab traveler Abu Dolaf wrote about the Nišāpur copper mine, but the extent of the deposits in Iran became known only from accounts of European travelers from the Safavid period onwards.
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COPRATES
Cross-Reference
See ĀB-E DEZ.
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COPTIC MANICHEAN TEXTS
Aloïs van Tongerloo
primary source text fragments, written in previously undeciphered or little-known languages and scripts which considerably changed the interpretation and appreciation of Manicheism.
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COPYRIGHT
Karīm Emāmī
(ḥaqq-e moʾallef), a direct translatof the French droit d'auteur; the exclusive right to reproduce, publish, and sell the matter or form of a created work, for example, a novel or musical composition.
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CORAL
Hūšang Aʿlam
the skeletal deposit of marine polyps, often treated as a gem material.
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ČORĀS, ŠĀH-MAḤMŪD
Robert D. McChesney
b. Mīrzā Fāżel, historian of the 17th-century Chaghatay khanate in Moḡūlestān and hagiographer and staunch supporter of the “Black Mountain” khojas.
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CORBIN, HENRY
Daryush Shayegan
(b. Paris 14 April 1903, d. Paris 7 October 1978), French philosopher and orientalist best known as a major interpreter of the Persian role in the development of Islamic thought.
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CORIANDER
Hūšang Aʿlam
an herb indigenous to the Mediterranean area, the Caucasus, and Persia and valued for its aromatic leaves and seeds.
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ČORMĀGŪN
Peter Jackson
Mongol general and military governor in Persia, d. ca. 639/1242.