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DĀRĀBĪ SAYYED JAʿFAR
Andrew J. Newman
b. Abī Esḥāq Mūsawī Borūjerdī Kašfī (b. Eṣṭahbānāt in Fārs, 1775, d. Borūjerd 1851), religious scholar, nephew of the Aḵbārī Yūsuf b. Aḥmad Baḥrānī and father of Sayyed Yaḥyā Waḥīd Dārābī.
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DĀRĀBĪ SAYYED YAḤYĀ
Moojan Momen
(b. Yazd, ca. 1811, d. Neyrīz, 1850), Babi leader usually known as Waḥīd (unique), a title given him by the Bāb; the eldest son of Sayyed Jaʿfar Kašfī Eṣṭah-bānātī, he received a Muslim religious education and, like his father, was associated with the Qajar court.
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DARABPAHLAN, DASTUR
Kaikhusroo M. JamaspAsa
Zoroastrian priest and author (b. Navsari, Gujarat, 1668, d. Navsari, 1 September 1734), eldest son of Pahlan Fredoon, who was accorded the title “dastur” (high priest) and the privilege of occupying the second chair in the Zoroastrian assembly of the small port of Navsari in 1670 or perhaps earlier.
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DARAFŠ -E KĀVĪĀN
Cross-Reference
See DERĀFŠ-E KĀVĪĀN.
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DĀRĀʾĪ, WEZĀRAT
Cross-Reference
See FINANCE MINISTRY.
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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.
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DARARIĀN, Vigen
Morteżā Ḥoseyni Dehkordi
(1929-2003) renowned pop singer and performer on the guitar.
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DARĀZ-DAST
Cross-Reference
See DERĀZ-DAST; ARDAŠĪR; BAHMAN (2).
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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
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See BĀR; COURTS AND COURTIERS.