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• HŪITI

  cross-reference

  See AVESTAN PEOPLE.

• HUḴT

  Nassereddin Parvin

  monthly periodical published in Persian by Iranian Zoroastrians, 1950-84.

• HULĀGU KHAN

  Reuven Amitai

  fifth son of Tolui (and thus grandson of Čengiz Khan) and founder of the Il-khanid dynasty (b. ca. 1215, d. 1265).

• HUMAN MIGRATION

  Mehdi Amani and Habibollah Zanjani

  This subject includes three types of human migration in modern Iran: (1) migration within the country; (2) immigration of foreign nationals to Iran; and (3) emigration of Iranians to foreign countries.

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• HUMATA HŪXTA HUVARŠTA

  Mary Boyce

  three Avestan words which encapsulate the ethical goals of Zoroastrianism. In form verbal adjectives,  they were substantivized to mean “good thought, good word, good act.”

• HUMBAN

  cross-reference

  See ELAM vi.

• HUMOR

  J. T. P. de Bruijn

  The making of jokes. In the present article the focus will be on description and classification of the types of humor that can be found in Persian literary sources, mainly belonging to the classical period.

• HUMORALISM

  Amir Arsalan Afkhami

  (ṭebb-e jālinusi/ṭebb-e yunāni), or Galenism, a medical philosophy that considers illness as an imbalance in the body’s four elemental humors. which are identified as blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile. Each of these humors is believed to possess two natures: hot or cold and dry or moist.

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• HUMORS

  cross-reference

  See HUMORALISM.

• HUNGARY ii. Iranian and Persian Studies in Hungary

  Keith Hitchins

  The Polish diplomats and the literary professionals were among the first to study and translate Persian literary works in the 18th century Europe.