FAŻLŪYA, Amir ABU’L-ʿABBĀS FAŻL, known also as Neẓām-al-Dīn Fażl-Allāh, chief of the Šabānkāra Kurds in Fārs during the 5th/11th century….

EDUCATION vi.  THE MADRASA IN SUNNI KURDISTAN Preparation for the madrasa. Until the mid-20th century the pursuit of education in…

JAVĀNRUD, a city and a sub-province (šahrestān) in the northwest of Kermānšāhān Province near the border with Iraq at about…

BĀNA, a šahrestān in the province of Kurdistan, located in a mountainous, well-forested region of western Iran at 35°59′ north…

ČAMČAMĀL (Kurdish čam “river” and Čamāl/Jamāl, personal name; in the sources also writ­ten Jamjamāl), a fertile dehestān of Ṣaḥna baḵš…