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• RĀBET, ʿABD-AL-AḤAD

  Mohammad Baqir

  19th-century Indian author of Persian works (d. 1268/1851-52).

• RAʿD

  Nasreddin Parvin

  (Thunder), the name of a newspaper published by Sayyed Żiyāʾ-al-Din Ṭabāṭabāʾi in Tehran, 1913-1921, with interruptions.

• RĀḠEB EṢFAHĀNI

  Geert Jan van Gelder

  (d. early 5th/11th cent.), scholar, littérateur, and author of works on Islamic ethics, Qurʾanic exegesis, Islamic theology, and Arabic philology, as well as anthologies.

• RAHAVARD

  Ḡafur Mirzāʾi

  one of the first Persian periodicals published by the Iranian community in the United States after the Iranian revolution of 1979.

• RAHI

  Cross-Reference

  pen name of prominent 20th century poet and lyricist Mohammad Hasan Mo'ayyeri. See MO'AYYERI, MOHAMMAD HASAN. 

• RĀHNEMĀ-YE ZENDAGI

  Nassereddin Parvin

  (Guide to life), a biweekly magazine published in Tehran, 1940-41.

• Railroads i. The First Railroad Built and Operated in Persia

  Soli Shahvar

  During the three decades between the 1850s and the 1880s various foreign concerns attempted to introduce railways to Persia, but these did not materialize.

• RAJʿA

  Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi

  (lit.: “return”), theological term that has had many meanings according to the context in which it was professed.

• RAM, Emad

  Morteżā Ḥoseyni Dehkordi

  (1931-2003), composer, vocalist, and flute player.

• RĀNEKUH

  Cross-Reference

  old district encompassing eastern Gilān in the 19th century. It became a part of Lāhijān sub-province (šahrestān) in 1937 and was divided between the sub-provinces of Langarud and Rudsar in the 1960s.