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DESMAISONS, JEAN-JACQUES-PIERRE
CATHÉRINE POUJOL
or Petr Ivanovich Demezon (b. Chambéry, in the kingdom of Sardinia, 1807, d. Paris, 1873) diplomat and compiler of an important Persian-French dictionary.
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DEUTSCHES ARCHÄOLOGISCHES INSTITUT
Wolfram Kleiss
or D.A.I., research institution administered by the German foreign ministry, with a number of branches, including the Abteilung Teheran in Persia.
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DĒV
Cross-Reference
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DEVECSERI, Gábor
ANDRÁS BODROGLIGETI
(1917-1971), Hungarian poet, scholar, and translator.
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DEVIL
Cross-Reference
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DĒW
A. V. Williams
lit. "demon" in the Pahlavi books.
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DĒWĀŠTĪČ
Boris Marshak
ruler of Sogdia (706?-22), referred to as “prince of Panč” (Panjīkant) and as “king of Sogdia, ruler of Samarkand” in the portion of his archives discovered at the castle on Mount Mug (Mōḡ), east of Samarkand, on the upper course of the Zarafšān river.
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DEYHĪM
Cross-Reference
See CROWN.
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DEYLAM, BANDAR-E
Sayyed ʿAlī Āl-e Dāwūd
a port on the Persian Gulf (30° 3’ N, 50° 9’ E) in the province of Būšehr at an elevation a little above 1 m.
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DEYLAM, JOHN OF
Nicholas Sims-Williams
or Yoḥannān Daylomāyā (d. 738), Eastern Syrian saint and founder of monasteries in Fārs.