John D. Gurney
- HOUTUM-SCHINDLER, ALBERT
HOUTUM-SCHINDLER, Sir ALBERT, authority on Persia, engineer and employee of the Persian government for over thirty years in the later…
- DELLA VALLE, PIETRO
DELLA VALLE, PIETRO (b. Rome, 11 April 1586, d. Rome, 21 April 1652), one of the most remarkable travelers of…
- DĀR AL-FONŪN
DĀR AL-FONŪN (lit., “polytechnic college”), a college founded in Tehran in 1268/1851 by Mīrzā Ṭāqī Khan Amīr-e Kabīr, which marked…