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IRAN xi. MUSIC
Bruno Nettl
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BAHAISM v. The Bahai Community in Iran
V. Rafati
With the Declaration of the Bāb in 1844, followed by his being accepted as the promised Qāʾem (the Hidden Imam) by a handful of early believers, the first Babi community was born in the city of Shiraz.
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KARAJ ii. Population
Habibollah Zanjani
a town in Tehran province, located 36 km west of the city of Tehran on the western bank of the Karaj River (q.v.; lat 35° 46ʹ N, long 50° 49ʹ E; elev., 1,360 m).
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KĀNUN-E PARVAREŠ-E FEKRI-E KUDAKĀN VA NOWJAVĀNĀN vii. Visual Arts Training Center
Fereydoun Moezi Moghadam
In the beginning, each artistic training program was independent, and the subjects were not coordinated under an overall artistic training management.
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FRANCE viii. TRAVELOGUES OF THE 18TH-20TH CENTURIES
Nader Nasiri-Moghaddam
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TENTS in Iran
Multiple Authors
A portable dwelling characteristic of certain nomad groups. It consists of a canopy of cloth or skin supported by upright posts and anchored to the ground by means of pegs and ropes.
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ISFAHAN v. LOCAL HISTORIOGRAPHY
JÜRGEN PAUL
Isfahan is exceptional in the number and variety of works of local historiography; no other Persian city has attracted nearly as many such works.
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CERAMICS x. The Iron Age
Robert C. Henrickson
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ISLAM IN IRAN v. MESSIANIC ISLAM IN IRAN
Abbas Amanat
Messianism is one of the most powerful, diverse and enduring expressions of Islam in Iran throughout its long history.
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Greece v - vi. The Image of Persia and Persians in Greek Literature
Reinhold Bichler and Robert Rollinger


