RUDAKI, ABU ʿABD-ALLĀH JAʿFAR b. Moḥammad Samarqandi (b. Banoj, a village in the Rudak area between Samarqand and Bukhara, ca….

MENANT, DELPHINE (b. Cherbourg, 1850; d. Paris, 1932; Figure 1), French ethnologist and Orientalist. Delphine Menant was born into an old Cherbourg…

GHAFFARY, FARROKH (Ḡaffari, Farroḵ; b. Tehran, 7 Esfand 1300/26 February 1922; d. Paris, 26 Āḏar 1385/17 December 2006), artist, author,…

MIR-E NOWRUZI (lit. “The prince of the New Year festivities”) or Padešāh-e nowruz (lit. “The king of the New Year…