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DĪVĀN-E KEŠVAR
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See JUDICIAL AND LEGAL SYSTEMS v. Judicial System in the 20th Century.
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DĪVĀNA NAQQĀŠ
Priscilla P. Soucek
15th-century painter whose work is known primarily from single-page paintings preserved in the Topkapı Sarayı library, Istanbul.
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DĪVĀNBEGĪ
Shiro Ando, Roger M. Savory
originally, the designation for the highest-ranking officer in the Timurid office of finance and justice; in the Safavid administrative system, the dīvānbegī was one of the high-ranking amirs residing at court.
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DĪVĀNĪ, ḴAṬṬ-E
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See CALLIGRAPHY.
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DĪVDĀD
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See BANŪ SĀJ.
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DIVINATION
Mahmoud Omidsalar
the art or technique of gaining knowledge of future events or distant states by means of observing and interpreting signs.
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DIVORCE
Muhammad A. Dandamayev, Mansour Shaki, Sachiko Murata, Akbar Aghajanian, Jenny Rose, Mujan Momen
legal termination of marriage. In the following series of articles only those communities are taken into consideration which are either Iranian or are focused in Persia. For this reason Jewish and Christian practices have not been included.
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DIZK
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See JIZAK.
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DJANBAZIAN, Sarkis
Maria Sabaye Moghaddam
After graduating from high school, Djanbazian went to Leningrad to study dance. He graduated from Vaganova Dance Academy of Leningrad in 1936 and from Lesgaf University with a Masters of Arts degree in 1936. After graduation, he worked as a principal dancer, choreographer, and artistic director in Kirov Theatre.
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DJEITUN WARE
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See CERAMICS i.