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• DONBAK

  Cross-Reference

  See TONBAK.

• DONBĀVAND

  Cross-Reference

  See DAMĀVAND.

• DONBOLĪ

  ʿALĪ ĀL-E DĀWŪD and Pierre Oberling

  name of a turkicized Kurdish tribe in the Ḵoy and Salmās regions of northwestern Azerbaijan and of the leading family of Ḵoy since the 16th century.

• DONBOLĪ, ʿABD-AL-RAZZĀQ BEG

  Cross-Reference

  See ʿABD-AL-RAZZĀQ BEG.

• DONKEY

  Multiple Authors

  i. In Persian tradition and folk belief. ii. Domestication in Iran.

• DONKEY i. In Persian tradition and folk belief

  Mahmoud Omidsalar and Teresa P. Omidsalar

  domesticated species descended from the wild ass, probably first bred in captivity in Egypt and western Asia, where by 2500 B.C.E. the domesticated donkey was in use as a beast of burden.

• DONKEY ii. Domestication in Iran

  Daniel T. Potts

  The Tol-e Nurābād sherd raises many questions about the locus of donkey domestication in the Old World, particularly since the Zagros highlands, where it was discovered, have been considered well to the east of the original range of Equid africanus.

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• DONYĀ

  Nassereddin Parvin

  lit., “The world”; name of several Persian journals and newspapers.

• DONYĀ-YE EMRŪZ

  Nassereddin Parvin

  lit. "Today’s world"; name of a weekly magazine published in Tehran and two weekly newspapers founded in Qazvīn and Isfahan, respectively.

• DOORS AND DOOR FRAMES

  Sheila Blair, Mortażā Momayyez

  in Persian architecture major foci of decoration, varying in size and elaboration with the function and importance of the building and the location of the entrance in relation to the total composition.

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