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- HUZWĀREŠ
HUZWĀREŠ, a term describing the use of Semitic word masks in Middle Persian texts, written in the official orthography of…
- SALEMANN, Carl Hermann
SALEMANN, Carl Hermann (in Russian: Zaleman, Karl Germanovitsh), a leading Iranist scholar of his time, specializing in Middle and early…
- IRAN ix. RELIGIONS IN IRAN (1) Pre-Islamic (1.2) Manicheism
IRAN ix, continued ix(1.2). Manicheism Called after the founding prophet MANI (216-74 or 277), Manicheism was a syncretistic religion that,…
- MANICHEAN SCRIPT
MANICHEAN SCRIPT, a right-to-left Semitic script, used mainly to write Middle Iranian languages and Uighur (Old Turkish). It is closely…
- MÜLLER, Friedrich W. K.
MÜLLER, Friedrich W. K. (b. January 21, 1863 in Neudamm, present day Debno in Poland; d. April 18, 1930 in…
- MACKENZIE, DAVID NEIL
MACKENZIE, DAVID NEIL (b. 8 April 1926, London- d. 13 October 2001, Bangor, Wales), distinguished British scholar of Middle and…