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FAYŻĪ, ABU’L-QĀSEM
Moojan Momen
(1906-1980), Bahai teacher, missionary, and author.
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FAŻĀʾEL-E BALḴ
Arezou Azad
13th-century local history from Balḵ in eastern Khorasan, with a collection of biographies of Balḵ’s early Islamic scholars and mystics. It differs from many other local histories of medieval Islamic cities in that it comprises a mix of historical, topographical, and prosopographical information.
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FĀŻEL KHAN GARRŪSĪ, MOḤAMMAD
Īraj Afšār
(1784-1843), poet, litterateur, and secretary during the reigns of Fatḥ-ʿAlī Shah (1797-1834) and Moḥammad Shah Qājār (1834-48).
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FĀŻEL MĀZANDARĀNĪ, MĪRZĀ ASAD-ALLĀH
Moojan Momen
(b. Bābol, 1881; d. Ḵorramšahr, 1957), Bahai scholar and missionary.
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FĀŻEL TŪNĪ, MOḤAMMAD-ḤOSAYN
Hūšang Etteḥād
From the beginning of 1934, Mohammad-Hosayn taught Arabic language and literature and Islamic philosophy at the University of Tehran; he retired in 1958. He was known for his memory, his sense of humor, and his ability to form friendships with colleagues from different disciplines.
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FAZEL, JAVAD
Ḥasan Mirʿābedini
(1914-1961), noted serial writer, and a pioneering figure in simplifying and popularizing religious texts.
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FAŻL NAYRĪZĪ
David Pingree
(fl. 900 C.E.), ABU’L ʿABBĀS b. Ḥātem, mathematician and astronomer. His family originated from Nayrīz/Nīrīz, a small town near Shiraz. Almost nothing is known of his personal life.
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FAŻL, b. AḤMAD ESFARĀʾENĪ
Cross-Reference
See ESFARĀʾENĪ, FAŻL B. AḤMAD.
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FAŻL, b. Šāḏān NĪŠĀPŪRĪ AZDĪ, ABŪ MOḤAMMAD
Etan Kohlberg
(d. 873), Imami traditionalist, theologian, and jurisprudent.
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FAŻL, b. SAHL b. Zādānfarrūḵ
C. Edmund Bosworth
(d. 818), high official of the early ʿAbbasids and vizier to the caliph al-Maʾmūn (r. 813-33).