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• DARAFŠ -E KĀVĪĀN

  Cross-Reference

  See DERĀFŠ-E KĀVĪĀN.

• DĀRĀʾĪ, WEZĀRAT

  Cross-Reference

  See FINANCE MINISTRY.

• DARĀMAD

  Jean During

  lit., “introduction”; an episode in the course of a musical performance, the nature and length of which vary with the material introduced.

• DARARIĀN, Vigen

  Morteżā Ḥoseyni Dehkordi

  (1929-2003) renowned pop singer and performer on the guitar.

• DARĀZ-DAST

  Cross-Reference

  See DERĀZ-DAST; ARDAŠĪR; BAHMAN (2).

• DARB -E EMĀM

  Parvīz Varjāvand

  large shrine complex in the old Sonbolestān quarter of Isfahan. The main structure, consisting of entrance portal (sar-dar), vestibule, and tomb, was built in 1453 and expanded and modified several times during the Safavid period.

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• DARBĀ

  Cross-Reference

  See BĀR; COURTS AND COURTIERS.

• DARBAND (1)

  Erich Kettenhofen

  (Ar. Bāb al-Abwāb), ancient city in Dāḡestān on the western shore of the Caspian Sea, located at the entrance to the narrow pass between the Caucasus foothills and the sea.

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• DARBAND (2)

  Bernard Hourcade

  a former village in the summer resort (yeylāq) of Šamīrān, situated at an elevation of 1,700 m on the extreme northern edge of the capital, where the Alborz foothills begin.

• DARBANDĪ, MULLA ĀQĀ

  Hamid Algar

  b. ʿĀbed b. Ramażān, commonly known as Fāżel Darbandī (d. Tehran, 1869-70), Shiʿite scholar and preacher of the Qajar period, renowned for his disputatious and irascible character.