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ELJIGIDEI
Peter Jackson
or Īlčīktāy, Īljīkdāy; the name of two Mongol generals.
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ELLIPI
Cross-Reference
See ASSYRIA.
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ELM
Hūšang Aʿlam
any of several species of hardy deciduous ornamental or forest trees of the genus Ulmus L. (fam. Ulmaceae), typically called nārvan in Persian.
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ʿELM AL-KETĀB
Cross-Reference
See DARD, ḴᵛĀJA MĪR.
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ʿELM O HONAR
Nassereddin Parvin
title of two Persian magazines.
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ʿELMĪ
Eqbāl Yaḡmāʾī
a high school in Tehran with 500 students studying experimental sciences, mathematics, and economy.
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ELOQUENCE
Cross-Reference
(Faṣāḥāt). See BAYĀN (1).
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ELPHINSTONE, MOUNTSTUART
Malcolm E. Yapp
(1779-1859), author of an important description of Afghanistan; a British Indian official who rose to become governor of Bombay.
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ELQĀNIĀN, ḤABIB
Shaul Bakhash
Jewish merchant, industrialist, and philanthropist, who rose from modest beginnings to become one of Iran’s leading entrepreneurs.
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ELTON, JOHN
John Perry
(?-1751), English merchant, seaman and shipbuilder for Nāder Shah Afšār.