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• HŌŠANG

  A. Shapur Shahbazi

  called Pēšdād, an early hero-king in Iranian tradition, father of the Iranians and founder of the Pēšdādian dynasty.

• HŌŠANG JĀMĀSP

  Mary Boyce and Firoze Kotwal

  a distinguished Parsi scholar-priest (1833-1908).

• ḤOSAYN B. ʿALĀʾ-AL-DAWLA

  cross-reference

  See JALĀYERIDS.

• ḤOSAYN B. ʿALI

  Multiple Authors

  ḤOSAYN B. ʿALI B. ABI ṬĀLEB, ABU ʿABD-ALLĀH, the second surviving grandson of the Prophet Moḥammad through his daughter Fāṭema.

• ḤOSAYN B. ʿALI i. LIFE AND SIGNIFICANCE IN SHIʿISM

  Wilferd Madelung

  In contrast to the pacifist and conciliatory character of his elder brother, Ḥosayn inherited his father’s fighting spirit and intense family pride, although he did not acquire his military prowess and experience.

• ḤOSAYN B. ʿALI ii. IN POPULAR SHIʿISM

  Jean Calmard

  Legendary accounts about Ḥosayn and his martyrdom were from the outset influenced by his status as a Shiʿite Imam.

• ḤOSAYN B. ʿALI iii. THE PASSION OF ḤOSAYN

  Peter Chelkowski

  The taʿzia (literally “mourning”) is a dramatic form which Shiʿite Muslims in Persia have created to commemorate the tragedy of Ḥosayn ebn ʿAli, and thus it is comparable to the Christian passion play. See also TA'ZIA.

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• ḤOSAYN B. OVAYS

  cross-reference

  See JALAYERIDS.

• ḤOSAYN B. RUḤ

  Said Amir Arjomand

  , SHAIKH ABU’L-QĀSEM ḤOSAYN B. RUḤ B. ABI BAḤR NOWBAḴTI (d. 938), third of the four “special vicegerents” (nowwab-e ḵāṣṣa) of the Hidden Imam.

• ḤOSAYN BĀYQARĀ

  Hans R. Roemer

  the common designation for Sultan Abu’l-Ḡāzi Ḥosayn Mirzā b. Manṣur b. Bāyqarā, the last Timurid ruler of major importance in Khorasan (r. 1469-70 and 1470-1506).