FĀRESĪYĀT, a literary term used in Arabic literature to refer to poems in Arabic which contain some Persian words or…

DOLDOL (or Doldūl, in Ar. lit., “large porcupine”), name of a female mule that Moqawqes, governor of Egypt, sent to…

DOʿĀ-NEVĪSĪ, the act of writing charms against various evils. Doʿā in this sense refers to spoken or written words assumed…

DAFTAR-E ASNĀD-E RASMĪ (Registry of of­ficial documents), a government department where documents and records of transactions, contracts, marriages, divorces, and…