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ERĀDA-YE MELLĪ
Pīrāya Yaḡmāʾī
lit. "national will"; a pro-British political party founded on 19 January 1944 by Sayyed Żīāʾ al-Dīn Ṭabāṭabāʾī (1891-1969), a devout anglophile politician and journalist.
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ĒRĀN, ĒRĀNŠAHR
D. N. MacKenzie
ērānšahr properly denotes the empire, while ērān signifies “of the Iranians.”
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ĒRĀN-ĀMĀRGAR
Cross-Reference
See ĀMĀRGAR.
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ĒRĀN-ĀSĀN-KERD-KAWĀD
Rika Gyselen
lit. "Kawād [has] made Ērān peaceful"; name of a Sasanian province (šahr) created by Kawād I (r. 488-531).
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ĒRĀN-ŠĀD-KAWĀD
Rika Gyselen
name of a Sasanian town occurring in post-Sasanian sources only.
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ĒRĀN-ŠAHR
Cross-Reference
See ĒRĀN.
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ĒRĀN-WĒZ
D. N. MacKenzie
the Middle Persian designation of the territory of the Aryans.
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ĒRĀN-WIN(N)ĀRD-KAWĀ
Rika Gyselen
lit. "Kawād[has] arranged Ērān"; name of a Sasanian province (šahrestān) created by Kawād I (r. 488-531) in his reorganization of the empire.
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ĒRĀN-XWARRAH-ŠĀBUHR
Rika Gyselen
lit. "Ērān, glory of Šāpūr"; Sasanian province (šahrestān) containing Susa and probably created by Šāpūr II (r. 309-379).
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ĒRĀN-XWARRAH-YAZDGERD
Rika Gyselen
lit. "Ērān, glory of Yazdegerd"; Sasanian province probably created by Yazdegerd II (438-457).