DORŪD, a town in Lorestān province, situated at the foot of Oštorānkūh, at an altitude of 1,460 m (33° 28’…

DONBOLĪ, name of a turkicized Kurdish tribe in the Ḵoy and Salmās regions of northwestern Azerbaijan and of the leading…

COFFEEHOUSE (qahva-ḵāna), a shop and meeting place where coffee (q.v.) is prepared and served. In Persia tea replaced coffee as…

COFFEE (Ar. qahwa, Pers., qahva, etymology uncertain), a drink made by steeping in boiling water the dried, roasted, and ground…