PURDĀWUD, EBRĀHIM (Ebrahim Poure Davoud; b. Rašt, b. 4 or 5 March 1886; d. Tehran, 17 November 1968; Figure 1),…

CONGRATULATIONS (Pers. šād-bāš, Ar.-Pers. tabrīk), the custom of conveying congratulations on such happy occasions as the birth of a child,…

ČANGRANGHĀČA-NĀMA, a narrative work in Persian verse by Zartošt or Zarātošt, son of Bahrām-e Paždū, a poet of the 7th/13th…

BORJ-NĀMA,maṯnawi of twenty-six distichs in the motaqāreb meter by Anuširavān b. Marzbān Rāvari, who lived in the 11th/17th century. His…