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ḴAṬMI
Ahmad Aryavand and Bahram Grami
(or ḵeṭmi), “marshmallow,” Althaea officinalis L. of the family Malvaceae (the mallow family), an important pharmaceutical plant.
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ḴATNA
Cross-reference
See CIRCUMCISION.
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KATPATUKA
Cross-reference
See CAPPADOCIA.
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ḴAṬṬ-E FĀRSI
Cross-reference
See IRAN vi. IRANIAN LANGUAGES AND SCRIPTS. (3) WRITING SYSTEMS.
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ḴAṬṬ-E MIḴI
Cross-reference
See CUNEIFORM SCRIPT.
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ḴAṬṬĀBIYA
Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi
an extremist Shiʿite sect named after Abu’l-Ḵaṭṭāb al-Asadi (killed ca. 755) who for some time was an authorized representative of Imam Jaʿfar al-Ṣādeq (d. ca. 765) in Kufa.
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ḴATTĀʾI, ʿALI-AKBAR
Cross-reference
See ḴETTĀʾI, ʿALI-AKBAR (pending).
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KATTĀN
Cross-reference
See LINEN (pending).
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ḴAṬṬĀTI
Cross-reference
See CALLIGRAPHY.
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ḴĀTUN
C. Edmund Bosworth
a title of high-born women in the pre-modern Turkish and Persian worlds.
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ḴĀTUNĀBĀDI, MIR ʿABD-AL-ḤOSAYN
Kioumars Ghereghlou
(1630-94), Persian historian and author of the chronicle Waqāyeʿ al-senin wa’l-aʿwām.
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ḴĀTUNI, ABU ṬĀHER
cross-reference
See ABU ṬĀHER ḴĀTUNI.
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KĀVA
Mahmud Omidsalar
the name of a heroic blacksmith in the Šāhnāma who rebels against the tyrant Żaḥḥāk and helps Ferēdun wrest the kingdom from him.
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KĀVA NEWSPAPER
Iraj Afšār
In this period, Germany, with no apparent interests in Iran, was favored by nationalist Iranians, who believed that it was the one that could free Iran from the political and economic domination of Great Britain and Russia. The name of the paper recalled Kāva, the legendary hero who rose against Żaḥḥāk, the bloodthirsty tyrant.
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ḴĀVARĀN-NĀMA
Multiple Authors
a Persian religious epic poem composed by Ebn Ḥosām Ḵᵛāfi or Ḵusfi.
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ḴĀVARĀN-NĀMA i. The Epic Poem
Julia Rubanovich
(ḴĀVAR-NĀMA) a Persian religious epic poem composed by Ebn Ḥosām Ḵᵛāfi or Ḵusfi.
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ḴĀVARĀN-NĀMA ii. The Illustrated Manuscripts
Raya Shani
illustrated manuscripts of Ḵāvarān-nāma from Iran, Turkey, and India
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ḴĀVARI KĀŠĀNI
Mehrdad Amanat
preacher, poet, journalist, and constitutional activist. Ḵāvari learned the fundamentals of traditional learning from his preacher father, Sayyed Hāšem Wāʿeẓ.
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KAVI
cross-reference
See KAYĀNIĀN.
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ḴĀVIĀR
Cross-reference
See CAVIAR.