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KĀṮ
Habib Borjian
the old capital of Chorasmia, situated by the Oxus/Āmu Daryā river. Kāṯ owes both its glory and demise to the Oxus, an unending source of sustenance as well as destruction in human history.
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KATA
Etrat Elahi and EIr
a simple, everyday rice dish characteristic for the Caspian provinces, Gilan and Mazanderan.
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KATĀYUN
Mahnaz Moazami
a mythological figure in the Šāh-nāma and in the Bundahišn. In the Šāh-nāma, Katāyun is the daughter of the emperor of Rum who marries Goštāsp while he is in exile.
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KĀTEB
Cross-Reference
"secretary, scribe." See DABIR.
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ḴAṬIB
Cross-Reference
See ḴOṬBA, EMĀM-E JOMʿA.
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ḴAṬIB ROSTAM DEDE
Osman G. Özgüdenli
Ottoman Sufi, writer, and poet, author of the Wasila al-maqāṣed elā aḥsan al-marāṣed, a Persian-Turkish dictionary.
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KATIBA
Cross-Reference
"inscription." See CALLIGRAPHY.
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KAṮĪR DYNASTY
Cross-Reference
See ĀL-E KAṮĪR.
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KATIRĀ
Amir Kiumarsi and Bahram Grami
(gum tragacanth), a plant exudate widely used as a natural emulsifier and thickener by the food, drug, and other industries. It is also called ṣamḡ-e qannād.
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ḴATM AL-ḠARĀʾEB
Anna Livia Beelaert
the only maṯnawi written by the poet Ḵāqāni Šervāni; its final version dates from 552/1157.