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DELKAŠ, Stage name of ʿEṣmat Bāqerpur Panbaforuš (b. Bābol, Māzandarān, 1303 Š./1924; d. Tehran, 1383 Š./2004) popular Persian singer and actress of the mid-20th century. Delkaš’s distinctive vocal style and the purity and operatic expanse of her alto range quickly elevated her to artistic as well as popular acclaim. She…

DELKAŠ, QĀRĪ MOLLĀ KARĀMAT-ALLĀH TANBŪRĪ BOḴĀRĀʾĪ (b. Bukhara at an indeterminate date, d. Bukhara, 1320/1902), Tajik poet and musician known and revered for melodies performed on the tanbūr (a long-necked lute), the instrument from which his nickname was derived (ʿAynī, p. 312). He was a student and friend of Aḥmad…

Delkaš (1) title Delkaš (1) genre/topic Vocal radif, Dastgāh-e Mahur, guša Delkaš language   performer Mahmud Karimi instrument Voice composer  Mirzā ʿAbdollāh, Radif author/poet  Foruği Besṭāmī first line of poem  Delam az narges-e bimār-e to bimār-tar ast recorded by   place of recording   date of recording   duration 3:30 source Vocal…

DELKAŠ, an important modal unit (šāh gūša) linked to the dastgāh (q.v.) Māhūr, constituting one of its four main modulations, perhaps the most important in expressive function, which contrasts strongly with that of Māhūr itself. Delkaš differs from the initial mode of Māhūr by a displacement on the fifth, with…

Delkaš (2) title Delkaš genre/topic Radif for Tār and Setār, Dastgāh-e Māhur, guša Delkaš language   performer Nur ‘Ali Borumand, tār instrument Tār composer Mirzā ‘Abdollāh, Radif author/poet   first line of poem   recorded by   place of recording   date of recording   duration 4:05 source Description Analysis of…

DELLA VALLE, PIETRO (b. Rome, 11 April 1586, d. Rome, 21 April 1652), one of the most remarkable travelers of the Renaissance, whose Viaggi is the best contemporary account of the lands between Istanbul and Goa in the early 17th century. He was born into a distinguished aristocratic Roman family,…

DELOUGAZ, PINHAS PIERRE (b. Ukraine, 16 July 1901, d. Čoḡā Mīš, Persia, 29 March 1975), archeologist and excavator of the ancient site of Čoḡā Mīš (q.v.) in Persia. The son of Simon and Zipporah Silverman, he was raised in a rural setting and received his earliest education in Russian and…

DELŠĀD BARNĀ, Tajik educator, historian, and poetess bilingual in Persian and Chaghatay Turkish (b. Ura Tepe, 1800; d. Ḵˇoqand, 1905). Delšād, who signed her poetry also with the pen name of Barnā, was born in Ura Tepe (historical Osrušana), in present-day northern Tajikistan. The main source for her biography is…

DELŠĀDḴĀTŪN, eldest daughter of the Chobanid Demašq Ḵᵛāja (q.v.) and Tūrsīn Ḵātūn, granddaughter of the Il-khanid sultan Aḥmad Takūdār (q.v.; Aharī, p. 184; tr., p. 83). After the fall of the Chobanids (q.v.) in 727/1327 Delšād Ḵātūn was brought under the protection of her aunt Baḡdād Ḵātūn, who had become…

DEMARATUS (Attic Dēmárātos, Ionic Dēmá-rētos, Laconian Dāmárātos, lit., “wished by the people”), king of Sparta (from at least as early as 510 B.C.E.) who took refuge with Darius I (q.v.). He was a son of King Ariston, of the ancient lineage of the Eurypontidae. Demaratus’ name is said to have…

DEMAŠQ ḴᵛĀJA, third son of the amir Čobān (q.v.), possibly born in 699/1300, when his father was on campaign in Damascus. He was married and remained devoted to Tūrsīn (or Tursān) Ḵātūn, despite the opposition of her father, Īrenjīn (Īrenčīn; Waṣṣāf, pp. 639-40; Ḥāfeẓ-e Abrū, ms., fol. 506b). She bore…

DEMETRIUS ,name of two Greco-Bactrian kings. Demetrius I, son of Euthydemus I. While still crown prince of Bactria Demetrius conducted, on behalf of his father, negotiations with the Seleucid Antiochus III in 206-05 B.C.E.; Antiochus considered Demetrius “worthy of kingship because of his distinction, conversational rapport, and capacity for leadership”…

DEMOCEDES (Gk. Dēmokḗdēs), Greek physician attached to the court of Darius I (q.v.) and praised as “the most skillful physician of his time” by Herodotus (3.125.1). He was born in Croton in southern Italy, the son of Calliphon, a priest of Asclepius in Cnidus. Democedes seems to have worked first…