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BEHBAHANI, SIMIN iii. Prose Although she is more noted for her poems, Behbahani has also written extensively in prose, and her first poetry collection, Setār-e šekasta, also included two of her short stories. Behbahani’s stories are characterized by experimentations with time and space, and reflect an imaginative approach to the…

BEHBAHANI, SIMIN iv. Selected Bibliography i. Publications. i(a). Poetry. 1950 Setār-e šekasta (The broken sitar), Tehran. 1956 Jā-ye pā (Footprints), Tehran. 1957 Čelčerāḡ (Candelabrum), Tehran. 1962 Marmar (Marble), Tehran. 1973 Rastāḵiz (Resurrection), Tehran. 1981 Ḵaṭṭi ze sor’at o az ātaš (A line of speed and of fire), Tehran. 1983 Dašt…

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BEHBŪDĪ, MOLLĀ MAḤMŪD ḴᵛĀJA, one of the leaders of the Jadīd movement in Central Asia in the 1900s-1910s, journalist and playwright. He was born in 1875 in Samarkand, studied in a traditional school (madrasa) and served for a while at the Muslim court (qāżī-ḵāna) of Samarkand as secretary and mufti….

BEHDĀRĪ (maintaining health), term applied in Persian usage to the entire organization and services provided either by government or by various other agencies to secure the health of the people and consisting of hospitals, outpatient clinics, health centers, and other supporting services that function at different levels within the health…

BEHDĀŠTBARĀ-YE HAMA (“Health for All”), a magazine published by the Division of Public Health Education in Tehran from Āḏar 1332 (Dec. 1953) to Abān 1335 (Nov. 1956) and financed by the Public Health Cooperative Organization (PHCO), (Sāzemāne Hamkāri-ye Behdāšt) – a joint venture between the Ministry of Health of Iran…

BEHDĪN (Av. vaŋuhī daēnā, Pahl., weh dēn) “the Good Religion,” i.e., Zoroastrianism, or one of its adherents, in modern usage, specifically of the laity. In the Gāθās, Zaraθuštra calls his religion or vision (daēnā) good or best (Y. 44.10, 53.1, 4); it is subsequently further qualified as “Mazdā-worshipping” (e.g., Sīrōzag…

BEHDĪNĀN DIALECT, a Central dialect spoken by the Behdīnān “the people of the Good Religion,” i.e., Zoroastrianism, who live in, or came from, the cities of Kermān and Yazd and surrounding towns and villages. It used to be called darī by themselves, and Gabrī by outsiders (Behdīnān gawr “man, Zoroastrian,” Persian…

BEHEŠT-E ZAHRĀʾ, the chief cemetery of Teh­ran and principal shrine of the Islamic Revolution of 1357 Š./1978-79. Its name, “the Paradise of [Fāṭema] the Resplendent,” is by way of allusion to the Jannat al-Baqīʿ cemetery in Medina, where the Prophet’s daugh­ter is generally believed to be buried. Extending over a…

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BEHRAMSHAH NAOROJI SHROFF (1858-­1927). Parsi religions teacher and founder of the move­ment known as Ilm-i Khshnoom (ʿElm-e ḵošnūm; Path of knowledge). He was born of a priestly family in Bombay but brought up in Surat from the age of two. Although some sources refer to a middle-class family background in…

BEHRANGĪ, ṢAMAD, teacher, social critic, folklorist, translator, and short story writer. Born in mid-1939 into a lower-class Turkish-speaking family in Tabrīz, Behrangī completed elementary school and three years of secondary school and then attended the local teacher training school for grade schools, from which he received a certificate in 1957….

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BEHRŪZ, ḎABĪḤ (1889-1971), Persian satirist, son of the physician and calligrapher Abu’l-Fażl Sāvajī. Having acquired a knowledge of English at Tehran’s American College, he went to Cairo in 1911 to complete his studies in traditional Islamic learning. He spent the next decade in Egypt, becoming fluent in Arabic and well-versed…

BEHŠAHR, older Ašraf, a town situated at 36°41′55″ north latitude and 53°32′30″ east longitude in the eastern part of central Māzandarān, 35 miles east of Sārī and 43 miles west of Gorgān. It is located halfway between the foothills of the Alborz to the south and the Caspian Sea (Astarābād…