Afshar, Iraj
- KĀVA NEWSPAPER
KĀVA (Kaveh, کاوه ), a Persian journal (1916-22) published in Berlin by Sayyed Ḥasan Taqizāda (q.v.), who headed a group of…
- DĀNEŠ, TAQĪ
DĀNEŠ, TAQĪ (b. Tabrīz, 1278 Š./1861, d. Tehran 5 Esfand 1327 Š./24 February 1948), poet and government official. His father,…
- EḤTEŠĀM-AL-DAWLA
EḤTEŠĀM-AL-DAWLA, SOLṬĀN OWAYS MĪRZĀ (1255-1310/1839-92), first son of Farhād Mīrzā Moʿtamed-al-Dawla Qājār (q.v.) and maternal grandson of Moḥammad-ʿAlī Mīrzā Dawlatšāh…
- EḤTEŠĀM-AL-DAWLA, ḴĀNLAR KHAN
EḤTEŠĀM-AL-DAWLA, ʿABD-AL-ʿALĪ MĪRZĀ, also known as Eḥtešām-al-Molk and Moʿtamed-al-Dawla, second son of Farhād Mīrzā Moʿtamed-al-Dawla Qājār (1233-305/1818-88). He seems to…
- EQBĀL ĀŠTĪĀNĪ, ʿABBĀS
EQBĀL ĀŠTĪĀNĪ, ʿABBĀS (عباس اقبال آشتیانی, b. 1314/1896-97 in Āštīān, d. 21 Bahman 1334 Š./10 February 1956 in Rome), scholar and…
- FĀL-NĀMA
FĀL-NĀMA, a book of presages and omens (see DIVINATION). The narrower and more common use of the term, equivalent to…
- FARAS-NĀMA
FARAS-NĀMA, Persian term for a category of books and manuals dealing with horses and horsemanship. Topics treated in this literary…
- FĀŻEL KHAN GARRŪSĪ, MOḤAMMAD
FĀŻEL KHAN GARRŪSĪ, MOḤAMMAD (b. 14 Ḏu’l-ḥejja 1198/29 October 1784; d. 1259/1843), poet, litterateur, and secretary during the reigns of…
- FERDAWS AL-MORŠEDĪYA FĪ ASRĀR AL-ṢAMADĪYA
FERDAWS AL-MORŠEDĪYA FĪ ASRĀR AL-ṢAMADĪYA, a major hagiography of Abū Esḥāq Kāzarūnī (b. 352/963, d.426/1033; q.v.), a famous Sufi and…
- ʿAJĀʾEB AL-MAḴLŪQĀT
ʿAJĀʾEB AL-MAḴLŪQĀT (“The marvels of created things”), the name of a genre of classical Islamic literature and, in particular, of…
- AMĪRḴĪZĪ, ESMĀʿĪL
AMĪRḴĪZĪ, ESMĀʿĪL, Iranian man of letters, poet, and political activist, born in the Amīrḵīz quarter of Tabrīz, Ḏu’l-ḥeǰǰa, 1294/December, 1877….
- ANJOMAN-E KETĀB
ANJOMAN-E KETĀB (the Book Society of Iran), was founded in 1336 Š./1957 in Tehran by Ehsan Yarshater (Eḥsān Yār-e Šāṭer)…
- ĀYANDA
ĀYANDA, Persian journal which began publication in Tīr, 1304 Š./June-July, 1925, under the editorship of its founder, Maḥmūd Afšār (1893-1983)….
- ĀYATĪ, ʿABD-AL-ḤOSAYN
ĀYATĪ, ʿABD-AL-ḤOSAYN (b. 1288/1871; d. 1332 Š./1953), son of Mollā Moḥammad-Taqī Āḵūnd Taftī, Bahāʾi missionary, journalist, author, and teacher. After…
- BAVĀNĀTĪ
BAVĀNĀTĪ, MĪRZĀ MOḤAMMAD-BĀQER, also called Ebrāhīm Jān Moʿaṭṭar and known as Mr. Bakir of Persia, Persian man of letters, poet,…
- TAQIZADEH, SAYYED ḤASAN i. To the end of the Constitutional Revolution
TAQIZADEH (Taqizāda), SAYYED ḤASAN (b. Tabriz, 30 Ramażān 1295/27 September 1878; d. Tehran, 8 Bahman 1348/28 January 1970), distinguished statesman,…
- GOLČIN MAʿĀNI, AḤMAD
GOLČIN MAʿĀNI, AḤMAD (b. Tehran, 1916; d. Mašhad, 2000; Figure 1) literary scholar, bibliographer, and poet. He held various administrative…
- FORŪGĪ, MOḤAMMAD-ʿALĪ ḎOKĀʾ-AL-MOLK
FORŪGĪ, MOḤAMMAD-ʿALĪ ḎOKĀʾ-AL-MOLK, statesman, scholar, and man of letters (b. Jomādā II 1294 /July1877; d. 5 Āḏar 1321 Š./26 November…
- BOOKBINDING (article 2)
BOOKBINDING (ṣaḥḥāfi, jeld-sāzi), the traditional craft of binding new books and decorating the cover with embossed or painted designs, or…