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ČOWGĀN
Cross-Reference
See POLO.
Article Pending.
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COX, PERCY ZACHARIAH
Floreeda Safiri
(1864-1937), Sir, officer of the political service in the British Indian government who held several diplomatic posts in the Persian Gulf region in 1893-1923 and played a leading role in negotiating the Anglo-Persian Agreement of 1919.
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COYAJEE, JEHANGIR COOVERJI
Kaikhusroo M. JamaspAsa
(1875-1943), Sir, Parsi economist and student of ancient Iranian mythology.
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CRAFTS
compiled from personal observations and reports by Carole Bier, Mehdī Ebrāhīmīān, Iran Ala Firouz, and Jay Gluck.
Although crafts have always played a predominant role in the artistic history of Persia, in this century new market forces and social currents have interacted with deeply rooted traditions to produce new types of objects, as well as variations on more familiar ones.
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CRANE
Hūšang Aʿlam
(kolang), any of the large migratory wading birds of the family Gruidae. The kolang is mentioned in the Bundahišn as one of 110 species of birds. In classical Persian poetry the crane’s ability to fly high and far; its order, discipline, and characteristic whooping sounds in flight are mentioned.
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CRASSUS
Cross-Reference
See CARRHAE.
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CREATION
Cross-Reference
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CREMATION
Cross-Reference
See BURIAL.
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CRIMEAN TATAR
Dan D.Y. Shapira
(Krim-Tatar, Qırım-Tatar), name for various Turkic peoples who moved to the Crimean peninsula in the past and are now in other areas as well.
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CRIMINAL LAW
Cross-Reference
See JUDICIAL AND LEGAL SYSTEMS v. Judicial System in the 20th Century.