DARJAZĪN (or Dargazīn), name of two rural subdistricts (dehestāns) and a village in the Razan district (baḵš) of Hamadān province….

HAMADĀNI,SAYYED ʿALI b. Sayyed Šehāb-al-Din (b. Hamadān, 12 Rajab 714/1314; d. Ḏu’l-ḥejja 786/1384), Sufi author and preacher who undertook a…

HAMADĀN vi. HISTORY, ISLAMIC PERIOD Hamadān was captured by the Arabs after their victory at the battle of Nehāvand, which…

HAMADĀN i. GEOGRAPHY Hamadān is one of the western provinces of Persia, situated to the southwest of Tehran between latitudes…

GOLGUN, FARID-AL-DAWLA Mirzā MOḤAMMAD-ḤASAN KHAN HAMADĀNI (1256-1316 Š./1877-1937), constitutionalist and journalist. His father was Mirzā Esmāʿil Mostašār, the brother of…