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  • FERDOWSI, ABU’L-QĀSEM v. HOMAGES TO FERDOWSI

    EIr

    Ever since the appearance of the Šāh-nāma, Ferdowsī has been held in high esteem, and many poets have referred to him and his work, the best known being Saʿdī’s tribute in the Būstān to “Ferdowsī-ye pāk-zād.” 

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  • FERİDUN AḤMED BEG, ʿABD-AL-QĀDER

    Rudolf Vesel

    or FEREYDŪN AḤMAD BAYG (d. 1583), Ottoman secretary, administrator, head of the chancery, and author.

  • FERĒDŪN

    Aḥmad Tafażżolī

    Iranian mythic hero.

  • FEREŠTA

    Cross-Reference

    angels in Islam and Persian folklore. See Supplement, ANGELS.

  • FEREŠTA, MOḤAMMAD-QĀSEM

    Cross-Reference

    See FEREŠTA, TĀRĪḴ-E.

  • FEREŠTA,TĀRĪḴ-E

    Gavin R. G. Hambly

    popular title of Golšan-e ebrāhīmī, a general history of Muslim India by Moḥammad-Qāsem Hendušāh Astarābādī (b. Astarābād ca. 1570), the celebrated historian of the Deccan known by the pen name (taḵalloṣ) of Ferešta.

  • FEREYDŪN

    Cross-reference

    (Faridun, Fereydoun, Fereydoon) Iranian mythic hero. See FERĒDŪN.

  • FERŌD

    Cross-Reference

    See FORŪD.

  • FERQA-YE DEMOKRĀT-E ĀḎARBĀYJĀN

    Forthcoming

    Democratic Party of Azerbaijan; the dominant political party in Azarbayjan during the Pīšavarī period. See Supplement.

  • FERRIER, JOSEPH PHILIPPE

    Jacqueline Calmard-Compas

    (1811-1886), French soldier in the Persian service (1839-42, 1846-50).