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SALJUQS vi. ART AND ARCHITECTURE
Lorenz Korn
The Saljuq period can be regarded as an epoch in which Islamic art and architecture in Persia reached maturity, i.e., in which techniques were developed and formal solutions were established that lasted for centuries to come.
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SAMĀʿI, ḤABIB
MORTEZA DEHKORDI and EIr.
(1905-46), renowned santur player.
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SAMAK-E ʿAYYĀR
Marina Gaillard
a prose narrative originating in the milieu of professional storytellers, transmitted orally and written down around the 12th century.
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SAMARQAND i. HISTORY AND ARCHEOLOGY
Frantz Grenet
Since the publication of the entry Afrāsiāb in 1984 new information has been brought to light on this archeological site and, consequently, on the history of pre-Mongol Samarqand.
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SAMFONI-e MORDAGĀN
Houra Yavari
first novel (1989) by Abbas Maroufi, fiction writer and the founder and editor of the periodical Gardun.
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ŠAMS-AL-DIN MOḤAMMAD
Farhad Daftary
(1240-1310-11), Nezāri Ismaʿili imam, the sole surviving son of Rokn-al-Din Ḵoršāh, the last lord of Alamut. The youthful Šams-al-Din was taken to a safe place; thus, escaped the tragic fate of his family, who were all murdered by the Mongols.
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SANĀʾI
J. T. P. de Bruijn
(d. ca. 1130), Persian poet of the later Ghaznavid era, celebrated particularly for his homiletic poetry and his great influence on the development of mystical literature in general.
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SANAI, MAHMOUD
Ali Gheissari
professor of psychology, psychoanalyst, educator, writer, translator, and government official.
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SAN‘ATIZADEH KERMANI, Homayun
Cyrus Alinejad
(1925-2009), entrepreneur, man of letters, publisher, and founding manager of Moʾassasa-ye entešārāt-e Ferānklin, who played an instrumental role in the introduction of modern publishing industries in Iran.
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SANCISI-WEERDENBURG, HELEEN
Amélie Kuhrt
(1944-2000), Dutch ancient historian, specializing in classical Greek and Achaemenid history.