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  • YAZD iv. THE JEWISH DIALECT OF YAZD

    Thamar E. Gindin

     The name “Judeo-Yazdi” is applied to a Central dialect spoken by some Jews of Yazd. The Jewish community of Yazd is one of the oldest in Persia. Although it had never been large, it was divided into two neighborhoods, referred to as ma:le (NPers. maḥalla).

  • YAZDEGERD I

    A. Shapur Shahbazi

    Sasanian King of kings (r. 399-420) called “the Sinner.” Sasanian-based sources judge Yazdegerd as a tyrant.

  • YAZDEGERD II

    Touraj Daryaee

    Sasanian king, whose reign is marked by wars with Byzantium in the west and the Hephthalites in the east.  He stayed in the east for some years fighting the nomadic tribes and is known for imposing Zoroastrianism in Armenia.

  • YAZICI, Tahsin

    Osman G. Özgüdenlı

    (1922-2002), Turkish scholar of Persian language, literature, and culture. During fifty-five years of scholarship, Yazıcı wrote, translated, and edited many books and articles. His translations from Persian into Turkish include Aflāki’s Manāqeb al-ʿārefin, the Persian version of Abu’l-Qāsem Qošayri’s Resāla, and the Aḥwāl-e Mawlānā of Faridun b. Aḥmad Sepahsālār.

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  • YAZIDIS i. GENERAL

    Christine Allison

    The Yazidis are  a heterodox Kurdish religious minority living predominantly in northern Iraq, Syria, and southeast Turkey, with well-established communities in the Caucasus and a growing European diaspora.

  • YAZIDIS ii. INITIATION IN YAZIDISM

    Philip G. Kreyenbroek

    Three different rites can mark the initiation of a Yazidi child as a member of the community.

  • YEKI BUD, YEKI NABUD

    EIr

    the first collection of modern Persian short stories, and, arguably the foremost work by the eminent fiction writer Mohammad Ali Jamalzadeh (1892-1997).

  • YEŊ́HĒ HĀTĄM

    Christopher J. Brunner

    one of the four major Zoroastrian ritual prayers or mantras.

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  • YIMA

    Cross-Reference

    Avestan name of Jamšid, a mythical king of Iran. See JAMŠID.

  • YOHANNAN, ABRAHAM

    Eden Naby & EIr

    (1853-1925), Assyrian scholar, philologist, historian, and humanitarian.

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