FARZĀN, Sayyed Moḥammad (b. near Brijand, 1273 Š./1894; d. Bābolsar, 23 Farvardin 1349 Š./11 April 1970), an eminent scholar of…

GOL-GOLĀB, ḤOSAYN, botanist, musician, poet, scholar, and member of the Farhangestān (born Tehran, 1274/1895; d. Tehran, 22 Esfand 1363 Š./13…

NAḴJAVĀNI, Ḥājj Moḥammad (حاج محمد نخجوانی)(b. Tabriz, 1880; d. Tabriz, 15 Mordād 1341 Š./6 August 1962), businessman, scholar, and collector of…

ḴALḴĀLI, SAYYED ʿABD-al-RAḤIM (b. Ḵalḵāl, ca. 1872; d. Tehran, 20 June 1942), well-known constitutionalist, journalist, government official, bookseller, and publisher,…

FĪRŪZ BAHRĀM, one of Tehran’s oldest high schools, founded by Parsi philanthropist Bahramji Bikaji as a memorial to his son…

FĀŻEL TŪNĪ, MOḤAMMAD-ḤOSAYN, (b. Tūn, 25 Moḥarram 1288/15 April l871; d. Tehran, 13 Bahman 1339 Š./2 February 1960; Figure 1), scholar…

ḤĀLAT, ABU’L-QĀSEM (b. Tehran, ca. 1298/1919 [1912/1913 in most sources, see Ḥālat, in Farajiān and Najafzāda, p. 212]; d. Tehran,…

KASRA’I, HOSAYN SIAVASH (Ḥosayn Siāvaš Kasrāʾi, b. Tehran, 1318 Š./1939; d. Tehran, 8 Tir 1382 Š./20 June 2003), painter. His father’s…