Marcel Bazin
Articles by Marcel Bazin
- PLANHOL, XAVIER DE
PLANHOL, XAVIER DE (b. Paris, 3 February 1926, d. Paris, 17 May 2016; Figure 1), prominent cultural geographer and leading…
- TĀLEŠ DISTRICT
TĀLEŠ (Ṭāleš) DISTRICT, Gilān. The Tāleš region altogether stretches north from the Safidrud, which cuts through the western Alborz mountains in…
- ʿANBARĀN
ʿANBARĀN, a township and district (baḵš) in the Namin sub-provincial district (šahrestān) of Ardabil Province, located at lat 38°30′ N,…
- KHALKHAL i. The Town and District
KHALKHAL i. The Town and District Historical data. Mentions of Khalkhal and of some of its subdistricts and localities appeared…
- LANGARUD
LANGARUD (lit. the lower limb of the river), a city and sub-provincial district (šahrestān) in Gilān located at lat 37°11′ N,…
- MĀSĀL
MĀSĀL, small town and sub-provincial district (šahrestān) in the western part of Gilān Province. The town is located at lat…
- ṢAWMAʿA SARĀ
ṢAWMAʿA SARĀ, city and district in western Gilān. The city is located at lat 37°17′ N, long 29°19′ E, in…
- REŻWĀNŠAHR
REŻWĀNŠAHR, small town and sub-provencial unit (šahrestān) in the western part of Gilān Province. The town is located at lat 37°33′…
- RUDSAR
RUDSAR, city and sub-provincial district (šahrestān) in eastern Gilān. The city is located at lat 37°08′ N, long 50°18′ E,…
- SIĀHKAL
SIĀHKAL, small town and sub-provincial district (šahrestān) in the southeastern part of Gilān province. The town is located at lat…
- MĀSULA
MĀSULA, township and district (baḵš) in western Gilān. Located at lat 37°10′ N, long 48°59′ E, at an altitude of…
- RUDBĀR
RUDBĀR, town and district in southwestern Gilān. Rudbār is located on both banks of the Safidrud river at lat 36°51′…
- MANJIL
MANJIL, town in the Rudbār district, Gilān province. Located at lat 36°44′ N, long 49°24′ E, where the Qezel-owzan (Kızıl-uzun)…
- DEH
DEH (village) in Persia and Afghanistan. The Persian word deh (Paštō kəlay, Ar. qarya) has a more precise meaning than…
- CHURNS AND CHURNING
CHURNS AND CHURNING (Pers. kara-sāzī), devices and associated techniques for processing milk into butter. The populations of Persia and Afghanistan…
- ČĀY
ČĀY “tea” ( < Chi. ch’a; Mathews’ Chinese English Dictionary, no. 101 ), shrub of the genus Camellia and beverage...
- HAŠTPAR
HAŠTPAR (or Šahr-e Ṭāleš “Ṭāleš City”), city in the western part of Gilān Province, center of the šahrestān (sub-provincial district)…
- ČĀH
ČĀH “well.” Together with the well-known qanāt (subterranean water canals), wells (čāh) play a great part in the mobilization of…
- AMLAŠ i. Geography
AMLAŠ i. GEOGRAPHY This small town and district in the southeastern part of Gilān Province. The town is located at…
- BERENJ “rice”
BERENJ “rice” (also gorenj; see Dehḵodā s.v.), Middle Persian brinǰ, Sogdian ryzʾkh, Khotanese rrīysua-, Pashto wrīžī (plur.), etc. (see Bailey,…
- ĀSTĀNA
ĀSTĀNA, town and district in the province of Gilān. The town, also called Āstāna-ye ašrafiya, is located at lat 37°16′…
- ANZALĪ
ANZALĪ, town in Gīlān (lat 37°28′ N, long 49°28′ E) at the mouth of the lagoon (mordāb) bearing the same…
- ŠAFT
ŠAFT, district and small town in southwestern Gilān. The town is located at lat 37°9′ N and long 49°24′ E….
- RASHT ii. The District
RASHT ii. The District The district (šahrestān) of Rasht, 1,224 km², is the largest in the plain of Gilān and…
- GĪLĀN i. GEOGRAPHY AND ETHNOGRAPHY
GĪLĀN i. Geography and Ethnography Physical Geography (Figure 1). Gīlān includes the northwestern end of the Alborz chain and…
- GANDOM
GANDOM, the New Persian word for wheat designating both the plant and the grain. All New Iranian names of wheat…
- FŪMAN
FŪMAN, a town and district in western Gīlān (Figure 1). The town of Fūman is located 21 km to the…
- AMLAŠ i. Geography [1989]
AMLAŠ, small town and district in southeastern Gilān (q.v.). i. Geography. ii. Excavations. i. Geography The town of Amlaš…