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MILLET
Cross-Reference
See ARZAN.
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MINĀB
Jamšid Ṣedāqatkiš and EIr.
city and sub-province in the province of Hormozgān.
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MINARET
W. Kleiss
(manāra), a tower, usually attached to a mosque, from which the muezzin (moʾaḏḏen) summons Muslims to prayer. In Arabic, manāra originally denotes a lighthouse or signaling tower at sea. The minaret was not part of the architecture of the early Islamic period. It appeared first in the 8th and 9th centuries.
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MINBĀŠIĀN, Ḡolām-Ḥosayn
Morteżā Ḥoseyni Dehkordi and EIr
violinist, pianist, and conductor (1907-1978).
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MINING IN IRAN
Multiple Authors
i. Mines and Mineral Resources, ii. Mineral Industries
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MINING IN IRAN i. MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES
Mansur Qorbani and Anoshirvan Kani
The ancient and pre-modern period is evidenced by abandoned mines: (1) of metallic ores: iron, copper, gold, lead, zinc, and silver; (2) of china clay and other materials; (3) of precious and semi-precious stones.
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MINING IN IRAN ii. MINERAL INDUSTRIES
Willem Floor
Commercial exploitation of the known resources, which are mainly located in inaccessible locations, was discouraged by the lack of cost-effective infrastructure.
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MINORSKY, Vladimir Fed’orovich
C. E. Bosworth
(1877-1966), outstanding Russian scholar of Persian history, historical geography, literature and culture.
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MINOVI, MOJTABA
Mahmoud Omidsalar
(1903-1977), an Iranian teacher, editor, translator, and literary scholar.
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MINSTREL
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in pre-Islamic culture. See GOSĀN.