ʿAlī-Akbar Saʿīdī Sīrjānī
- BANG ii. In modern Iran
ii. In Modern Iran Hemp cultivation and hashish production flourish in dry and sunny regions that are 1,500-2,000 m above…
- BAMPŪR ii. In Modern Times
ii. In Modern Times Bampūr, a baḵš and qaṣaba (borough) in the šahrestān of Īrānšahr in the province of Balūčestān…
- BAḴTĪĀRĪ ii. Ḥājī ʿAlīqolī Khan Sardār Asʿad
Ḥājī ʿAlīqolī Khan Sardār Asʿad, one of two military commanders who marched on Tehran, deposed Moḥammad-ʿAlī Shah, and revived the…
- CLOTHING xi. In the Pahlavi and post-Pahlavi periods
CLOTHING xi. In the Pahlavi and post-Pahlavi periods Pahlavi period. The clothing of Persians during the early years of the…
- DĀNEŠ (1)
DĀNEŠ, pen name of MOʿĪN-AL-WEZĀRA MĪRZĀ REŻĀ KHAN ARFAʿ (Arfaʿ-al-Dawla; ca. 1262/1846-1316 Š./1937), also known as Prince Reżā Arfaʿ, diplomat…
- ḎAḴĪRA-YE ḴᵛĀRAZMŠĀHĪ
ḎAḴĪRA-YE ḴᵛĀRAZMŠĀHĪ, a Persian encyclopedia of medical knowledge compiled by Sayyed Esmāʿīl b. Ḥosayn Jorjānī and dedicated to his patron,…
- BEGGING
BEGGING, Pers. gadāʾī, takaddī (Ar. also kodya, takdīa), soʾāl. i. In the early centuries of the Islamic period. ii. In…
- BOSTĀN AL-SĪĀḤA
BOSTĀN AL-SĪĀḤA, a descriptive geography book by a mystic writer of the early 13th/19th century, Mast-ʿAlīšāh, Ḥājī Zayn-al-ʿĀbedīn b. Mollā…
- ČAHĀRŠANBA-SŪRĪ
ČAHĀRŠANBA-SŪRĪ (usually pronounced Čāršamba-sūrī), the last Wednesday of the Persian solar year, the eve of which is marked by special…
- DABBĀḠĪ
DABBĀḠĪ, tanning, the process by which animal skins are made into leather. In southern Persia, in Sīrjān, for example, tanning…
- BORĀZJĀN
BORĀZJĀN, town and county (šahrestān) in modern Bushehr Province in southern Iran. Historically, it is part of of Fārs. The name may be…
- CONSTITUTIONAL REVOLUTION vi. The press
CONSTITUTIONAL REVOLUTION vi. The press There are no statistics on literacy in Qajar Persia, but it can be conjectured that…
- DEHḴODĀ, MĪRZĀ ʿALĪ-AKBAR QAZVĪNĪ
DEHḴODĀ, MĪRZĀ ʿALĪ-AKBAR QAZVĪNĪ (میرزا علی اکبر قزوینی دهخدا)(also known as Daḵow دخو; b. Tehran, ca. 1297/1879, d. Tehran, 7…
- BĀŠGĀH-E ARĀMENA
BĀŠGĀH-e ARĀMENA (the Armenian club), a non-profit, non-political club, founded 1 January 1918 by Armenians in Tehran in accordance with…
- BĀMDĀD, MAHDĪ
BĀMDĀD, MAHDĪ (d. 1352 Š./1973), the son of Rafīʿ Ḵorāsānī (titled Rafīʿ-al-Mamālek). Bāmdād made a career in the civil service…
- BAHĀRESTĀN (Tehran)
BAHĀRESTĀN, the name of a garden, public square, and complex of buildings in central Tehran, the main part of which…
- BĀḠ-E ŠĀH
BĀḠ-e ŠĀH (the king’s garden), currently the name of a garrison (pādgān) in the western part of present-day Tehran. In…
- BĀḠ-E FĪN
BĀḠ-e FĪN, known also as Bāḡ-e Šāh-e Kāšān and Bāḡ-e Šāh-e Fīn, a royal garden at about one parasang to…