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FREE WILL
Multiple Authors
i. IN TWELVER SHI'ISM, ii. IN ISMA'ILI SHI'ISM.
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FREEMASONRY
Multiple Authors
This famous fraternal order, bound by rituals and secret oaths, was introduced to Persia and adopted by Persian notables in the 19th century. It developed in the early 20th century and burgeoned in the period from 1950-78. Its practice still continues among some middle- and upper-class Persians in exile at the turn of the 21st century. The topic will be treated in five entries.
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FREEMASONRY i. INTRODUCTION
Hasan Azinfar, M.-T. Eskandari, and Edward Joseph
The principal officers of the Lodge are the Worshipful Master and the Senior and Junior Wardens. The Worshipful Master is the head and chief of the Lodge, the source of light, of knowledge, and instruction. Dressed formally on a high pedestal, he presides over the formal Masonic sessions.
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FREEMASONRY ii. In the Qajar Period
Hamid Algar
Persians made their first acquaintance with Freemasonry outside Persia, in India, and more importantly in Europe, and it was not until the first decade of the 20th century that a lodge regularly affiliated to one of the recognized European obediences appeared in the country.
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FREEMASONRY iii. In the Pahlavi Period
EIr
There were three distinct phases: (1) dormancy, from 1925-1950 under Reżā Shah and for the decade following his abdication in 1941; (2) revival, and the creation of the Lodge Pahlavi; (3) burgeoning, in the period of 1955-78, when dozens of regular lodges were chartered.
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FREEMASONRY iv. The 1979 Revolution
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From the onset of the 1978-79 revolutionary upheavals the Persian Freemasons became vulnerable to the anti-Masonic sentiments and threats of the main participants in the revolutionary coalition, including Islamic Fundamentalists, Leftist organizations, and Liberal-Nationalist forces.
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FREEMASONRY v. In Exile
Hasan Azinfar, M.-T. Eskandari, and Edward Joseph
Many master Masons managed to leave the country legally or illegally and emigrated to Europe, Canada, and the United States.
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FREĬMAN, Aleksandr Arnol’dovich
Solomon Bayevsky
(1879-1968), founder and the head of the Soviet school of the comparative-historical method in Iranian linguistics. For sixty years, Freĭman worked in various areas of Iranian languages. His work on Sogdian, Chorasmian, and Ossetic is especially important.
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FRENCH REVOLUTION
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and Persia. See FRANCE ii and FRANCE iii.
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FRIDAY PRAYERS
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leader of the congregational prayer performed at midday on Fridays. See EMĀM-E JOMʿA.