TAṢNIF (تصنیف), a type of vocal composition in classical Persian music. The term, an Arabic loanword, originally referred to literary compositions…

Šeydā, the pen name of Mirzā ʿAli-Akbar Širāzi (b. Shiraz, 1259/1843; d. Tehran at the Ṣafi ʿAlišāh ḵānaqāh, 1324/1906), a…

DARVĪŠ KHAN, ḠOLĀM-ḤOSAYN (b. Tehran, 1289/1872, d. Tehran, 2 Āḏar 1305 Š./23 November 1926), master musician, renowned teacher, and innovative…