Anna Krasnowolska
- KOWALSKI, TADEUSZ
KOWALSKI, TADEUSZ (b. Châteauroux, France, 22 June 1889; d. Cracow, Poland, 5 May 1948; Figure 1), scholar and founder of…
- POLAND iii. Iranian Studies in Poland
POLAND iii. Iranian Studies in Poland The development of Iranian studies in Poland was preceded by some nonscholarly interest in…
- PIR-E ZAN
PIR-E ZAN, a calendar-related legend about an Old Woman who personifies winter. Besides Iran, Afghanistan, and Central Asia, the legend…
- SADA FESTIVAL
SADA (Arabicized Sadaq or Saḏaq), the most important Iranian winter festival, celebrated by kindling fires. While the other seasonal festivals…
- ḴEŻR
ḴEŻR (Ar. Ḵeżr, Ḵażer “green,” “green herbs,” “verdure”; Ḵeżr nabi, Ḵᵛāja Ḵeżr), a prophet known to Islamic written tradition and…
- BĀBĀ-YE DEHQĀN
BĀBĀ-YE DEHQĀN (Boboi Dehqon “Forefather Farmer”), also known as Ḵᵛāja Dehqān, Bābā-ye Ādam, Ḵᵛāja ʿAbd-Allāh Dehqān, Šāh ʿAbd-Allāh, Ḵᵛāja Ḵeżr,…
- ŠĀH-NĀMA TRANSLATIONS xiii. Into POLISH
The first brief mention of Ferdowsi in Polish was made by Ignacy Krasicki (1735-1801) in his work on poets and…
- MACHALSKI, FRANCISZEK
MACHALSKI, FRANCISZEK, Polish Iranist (b. Braddock, Pennsylvania, 1904; d. Krakow, Poland, 1979). Machalski was born to a Polish peasant family…
- KUSA
KUSA (MPers. *kōsag, Arabicized kusaj “a man with little or no beard, beardless”), a carnival character known to the medieval…