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• JAZĀʾERI, NEʿMAT-ALLĀH ŠOŠTARI

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  NEʿMAT-ALLĀH ŠOŠTARI JAZĀʾERI will be discussed in a future online entry.

• JAZI, ʿABBĀS

  Habib Borjian

  , DARVIŠ (1847-1905), poet in the dialect of Gaz, an oasis north of Isfahan.

• JAZIRI

  Joyce Blau

  , SHAIKH AḤMAD, or Malâ-ye Jizrî, early Kurdish poet.

• JAŽN-Ā JAMĀʿIYA

  Khalil Jindy Rashow

  (Feast of the Assembly), the great communal festival of the Yazidis.

• JEBĀL

  C. Edmund Bosworth

  in Arabic, the plural of jabal “mountain,” a geographical term used in early Islamic times for the western part of Persia, roughly corresponding to ancient Media (Ar. māh).

• JEBHE-YE MELLI

  cross-reference

  See NATIONAL FRONT.

• JEBRIL B. ʿOBAYD-ALLĀH

  cross-reference

  See BOḴTIŠUʿ.

• JEH

  Albert de Jong

  name of a female demon in a small number of Zoroastrian Middle Persian texts. The name of Jeh is commonly, but with little justification, translated as “whore.”

• JEJEEBHOY, JAMSETJEE

  Jesse S. Palsetia

  , Sir (1783-1859), Parsi businessman and philanthropist. He was a product of the age of partnership and commercial collaboration begun with the introduction of European imperialism in Asia in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The consignment of Indian opium to East Asia constituted his major business enterprise. His charitable projects and loyalty to the British garnered him honors and public acclaim.

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• JELD

  cross-reference

  See BOOKBINDING 1; BOOKBINDING 2.