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BEGGING

BEGGING, Pers. gadāʾī, takaddī (Ar. also kodya, takdīa), soʾāl.

i. In the early centuries of the Islamic period

ii. In Sufi literature and practice

iii. In later Iran

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 گدایی،تکدی گریtakadi garigedaeegedaye

 

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Admin. "BEGGING." Encyclopaedia Iranica. Published December 15, 1989. https://doi.org/10.1163/2330-4804_EIRO_COM_6820