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EMIRATES OF THE PERSIAN GULF
Cross-Reference
See UNITED ARAB EMIRATES.
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EMLĀ BOḴĀRĀʾĪ, MOḤAMMAD
Jirí Bečka
b. ʿAlāʾ-al-Dīn (b. 1688, Sangārak, Afghanistan; d. 1749, Bukhara), Sufi poet of Arab descent.
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EMMERICK, RONALD ERIC
Mauro Maggi
(1937-2001), distinguished Australian scholar of the ancient civilizations and languages of Iran, India, and Tibet.
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EMPLOYMENT
M. Amani
economic activity in which one engages and employs his or her time and energy. One of the major factors contributing to the growth of services is the considerable number of people working for the government.
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EMRĀNĪ
David Yeroushalmi
the name or most likely the penname (taḵalloṣ) of the fifteenth century Jewish-Persian poet of Isfahan and Kāšān.
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EMTĪĀZĀT
Cross-Reference
See CONCESSIONS.
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EN ISLAM IRANIEN, ASPECTS SPIRITUELS ET PHILOSOPHIQUES
Daryush Shayegan
(4 vols., Paris, 1971-73), the magnum opus of Henry Corbin, consisting of essays summarizing most of the major themes that defined his scholarly career and revealing his intellectual grasp of Persian philosophical thought.
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ENAMEL
EIr, Layla S. Diba
a heat-fused glass paste colored by metal oxides and used to decorate metal surfaces. Enamel was associated with lapidary, glassworking, and goldmithing crafts and was probably used primarily in place of precious stones before the 17th century.
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ʿENĀYAT, ḤAMĪD
Ahmad Ashraf
(1932-82), political scientist and translator.
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ʿENĀYAT-ALLĀH
Sheila S. Blair
Timurid builder or tile maker of the 15th century.