ʿAlī-Akbar Saʿīdī Sīrjānī
Articles by ʿAlī-Akbar Saʿīdī Sīrjānī
- CLOTHING xi. In the Pahlavi and post-Pahlavi periods
CLOTHING xi. In the Pahlavi and post-Pahlavi periods Pahlavi period. The clothing of Persians during the early years of the…
- DĀNEŠ (1)
DĀNEŠ, pen name of MOʿĪN-AL-WEZĀRA MĪRZĀ REŻĀ KHAN ARFAʿ (Arfaʿ-al-Dawla; ca. 1262/1846-1316 Š./1937), also known as Prince Reżā Arfaʿ, diplomat…
- ḎAḴĪRA-YE ḴᵛĀRAZMŠĀHĪ
ḎAḴĪRA-YE ḴᵛĀRAZMŠĀHĪ, a Persian encyclopedia of medical knowledge compiled by Sayyed Esmāʿīl b. Ḥosayn Jorjānī and dedicated to his patron,…
- DABBĀḠĪ
DABBĀḠĪ, tanning, the process by which animal skins are made into leather. In southern Persia, in Sīrjān, for example, tanning…
- ČAHĀRŠANBA-SŪRĪ
ČAHĀRŠANBA-SŪRĪ (usually pronounced Čāršamba-sūrī), the last Wednesday of the Persian solar year, the eve of which is marked by special…
- BOSTĀN AL-SĪĀḤA
BOSTĀN AL-SĪĀḤA, a descriptive geography book by a mystic writer of the early 13th/19th century, Mast-ʿAlīšāh, Ḥājī Zayn-al-ʿĀbedīn b. Mollā…
- BORĀZJĀN
BORĀZJĀN, town and county (šahrestān) in modern Bushehr Province in southern Iran. Historically, it is part of of Fārs. The name may be…
- BEGGING
BEGGING, Pers. gadāʾī, takaddī (Ar. also kodya, takdīa), soʾāl. i. In the early centuries of the Islamic period. ii. In…