Bahrām V Gōr in Persian Legend and Literature The growth of legends around prominent figures is familiar in Persian literature,…

BAḴTĪĀR-NĀMA, an example of early New Persian prose fiction in the form of a frame story and nine included tales,…

BAHMAN-NĀMA, epic poem of about 9,500 lines recounting the adventures of Bahman son of Esfandīār (q.v.). The earliest mention of…

ʿAYYĀR, a noun meaning literally “vagabond,” applied to members of medieval fotowwa (fotūwa) brotherhoods and comparable popular organizations. i. General….

ĀRAŠ, Avestan ƎRƎXŠA, Middle Persian ĒRAŠ, a heroic archer in Iranian legend. i. In older literature. ii. In modern literature….

ANJOMAN (gathering, association, society), general designation of many private and public associations: i. Political (anǰoman-e sīāsī). ii. Religious (anǰoman-e maḏhabī)….

ANGŪR, grapes. i. Production and trade. ii. In Afghanistan. iii. In literature.   i. Production and Trade Origins and historical…

AMĪR ARSALĀN, a prose romance of the genre dāstānhā-ye ʿammīāna, “popular tales.” The story was composed by Mīrzā Moḥammad ʿAlī…

ĀBĀNDOḴT, character in the prose romance Dārābnāma of Abū Ṭāher Moḥammad b. Ḥasan b. ʿAlī b. Mūsā al-Ṭarsūsī (q.v.), a storyteller…