Houman Sarshar
Articles by Houman Sarshar
- NIMĀ YUŠIJ
NIMĀ YUŠIJ, pen name of Moḥammad-ʿAli Nuri Esfandiāri (b. Yuš, in the Nur district of Māzandarān, 21 Ābān 1276/11 November…
- KĀŠI, MUSĀ KHAN
KĀŠI, MUSĀ KHAN (also known as “Kāšāni”; b. Kashan, 1856; d. Kashan, 1939), Jewish master of Persian classical music, teacher,…
- JUDEO-PERSIAN COMMUNITIES xi. MUSIC (2)
JUDEO-PERSIAN COMMUNITIES OF IRAN xi. Music (2) Specific Topics on the Jewish Contribution to Persian Music This section is divided…
- JUDEO-PERSIAN COMMUNITIES xi. MUSIC (1)
JUDEO-PERSIAN COMMUNITIES OF IRAN xi. Music This entry is divided to two sections: (1) A general survey on Persian Jewish…
- JUDEO-PERSIAN COMMUNITIES i. INTRODUCTION
JUDEO-PERSIAN COMMUNITIES OF IRAN i. INTRODUCTION Jewish communities have been living upon the Persian plateau since ca. 721 BCE, when…
- HEKMAT, ŠAMSI MORĀDPUR
HEKMAT (Ḥekmat), ŠAMSI MORĀDPUR, educator and philanthropist (b. Tehran, 1917; d. Los Angeles 2 July, 1997; Figure 1). She graduated…
- HAMADĀN viii. JEWISH COMMUNITY
HAMADĀN viii. JEWISH COMMUNITY The earliest reference to the Jews in Hamadān is in The Old Testament, according to which…
- SEPEHRI, Sohrab
SEPEHRI, Sohrab (Sohrāb Sepehri, b. Qom, 14 Mehr 1307 Š/6 October 1928; d. Tehran, 1 Ordibehešt 1359 Š./21 April 1980),…
- RUḤAFZĀ, SOLAYMĀN
RUḤAFZĀ, Solaymān (also known as Simon Imorā; b. Tehran 1900, d. Israel, 1995), master of Persian classical music, who adopted…
- QĀNUNI, JALĀL
QĀNUNI, Jalāl (b. Shiraz, 1900; d. Shiraz, 22 Mehr 1366/14 October 1987), master of Persian classical music, and expert in…
- QĀNUNI, RAḤIM
QĀNUNI, Raḥim Širāzi (b. Shiraz, 1234/1871; d. Shiraz, 5 Farvardin 1323/26 March 1944; these dates are according to official family…