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• EMĀMZĀDA i. Function and devotional practice

  Hamid Algar

  "Sites where divine favor and blessing occur, where mercy and grace descend; they are a refuge for the distressed, a shelter for the despondent, a haven for the oppressed, and a place of consolation for weary hearts, and will ever remain so until resurrection.”

• EMĀMZĀDA ii. Forms, decorations, and other characteristics

  PARVĪZ VARJĀVAND

  The identity of the people interred in emāmzādas and the exact location where they are entombed are often moot questions, as in most cases there are no historical documents authenticating the claims for these shrines.

• EMĀMZĀDA iii. Number, distribution, and important examples

  PARVĪZ VARJĀVAND

  Information and statistics regarding the number and distribution of emāmzādas in Persia vary from one source to another.

• EMBROIDERY

  Cross-Reference

  See CLOTHING.

• EMDĀD-ALLĀH ḤĀJĪ

  Barbara D. Metcalf

  (b. Thana Bhawan, India, 1817, d. Mecca, 1899), spiritual guide and scholar.

• ĒMĒD Ī AŠAWAHIŠTĀN

  Mansour Shaki

  (Exposition [of Zoroastrian doctrines] by Ēmēd, son of Ašawahišt), a major 10th-century Pahlavi work comprising forty-four questions (pursišn).

• EMERSON, RALPH WALDO

  John D. Yohannan

  (b. 25 May 1803, Boston; d. 27 April 1882, Concord), distinguished American transcendentalist, philosopher, and poet.

• EMIGRATION

  Cross-Reference

  See HUMAN MIGRATION.

• EMĪN YOMNĪ, MEḤMED

  Tahsın Yazici

  Moḥammad Amīn (b. Solaymānīya in Persia, 1845, d. Istanbul, 5 April 1924), Turkish poet and man of letters who also wrote in Persian.

• EMIR

  Cross-Reference

  See AMIR.