A version of this article is available in print Volume XVI, Fascicle 6, pp. 591-672 KHORASAN, a historical region with…

ḤOSAYNQOLI, ĀQĀ, Persian musician (b. Tehran, 1270/1853, d. Tehran, 1334/1916; Figure 1), the son of Āqā ʿAli-Akbar Farāhāni, who was…

ḤOSAYN KHAN KAMĀNČAKAŠ, a famous musician and a master of the kamānča, the chief traditional Persian string instrument played with…

HAFT ḴOSRAVĀNI, the seven musical systems or modes attributed by Abu Manṣur Ṯaʿālebī (Ḡorar, p. 698) to Bārbad (q.v.), the…

KÖROĞLU ii. PERFORMANCE ASPECTS Bards usually perform the Köroǧlu/Goroḡli epic to the accompaniment of a string instrument, such as the…