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HOMOSEXUALITY
Multiple Authors
OVERVIEW of the entry: i. In Zoroastrianism. ii. In Islamic law. iii. In Persian literature. iv. In modern Persia. See Supplement.
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HOMOSEXUALITY iv. IN MODERN IRAN
Cross-Reference
See Supplement.
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HOMOSEXUALITY i. IN ZOROASTRIANISM
Prods Oktor Skjærvø
Zoroastrian literature contains discussions of personal relations only in legal contexts and is quite explicit with regard to sins of a sexual nature.
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HOMOSEXUALITY ii. IN ISLAMIC LAW
E. K. Rowson
The foundational texts of Islam address, and generally condemn, sexual relations between members of the same sex.
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HOMOSEXUALITY iii. IN PERSIAN LITERATURE
EIr
a sharp contrast exists between the treatment of homosexuality in Islamic law and its reflection in Persian literature, particularly poetry (the chief vehicle of Persian literary expression).
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AḠĀNĪ, KETĀB AL-
K. Abu-Deeb
(“The Book of Songs”), the major work of Abu’l-Faraǰ Eṣfahānī (284-356/897-967).
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ABU’L-FARAJ EṢFAHĀNĪ
K. Abū Deeb
Author of the Ketāb al-aḡānī.
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KAYĀNIĀN i. Kavi: Avestan kauui, Pahlavi kay
Prods Oktor Skjærvø
Kavi is the Indo-Iranian term for “(visionary) poet.” The term may be older than Indo-Iranian, if Lydian kaveś and the Samothracean title cited by Hesychius as koíēs or kóēs are related.
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FAUSTUS
James R. Russell
fifth-century author of the Patmutʿiwn Hayocʿ (History of the Armenians) or Buzandaran.
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KASRAVI, AḤMAD vi. ON MYSTICISM AND PERSIAN SUFI POETRY
Lloyd Ridgeon
By the turn of the 20th century the Sufi tradition in Iran no longer enjoyed the popularity and following that it attracted in previous centuries.