Elwell-Sutton, Laurence Paul
- ARBERRY, ARTHUR JOHN
ARBERRY, ARTHUR JOHN, British orientalist. Born at Portsmouth on 12 May 1905, he went to Cambridge University in 1924 with…
- ĀBĀDĀN i. History
ĀBĀDĀN i. History In medieval sources, and up to the present century, the name of the island always occurs in…
- ARABIC LANGUAGE iii. Arabic influences in Persian literature
ARABIC LANGUAGE iii. Arabic Influences in Persian Literature Any inquiry into the early development of Islamic Persian language and literature…
- ENTEBĀH
ENTEBĀH (lit. “Awakening”), a Persian newspaper published in Karbalā, Iraq, in 1333/1914 by Mīrzā ʿAlī Āqā Šīrāzī Labīb-al-Molk (Ṣadr Ḥāšemī,…
- BOHLŪL
BOHLŪL, a weekly comic illustrated paper founded by Shaikh ʿAlī ʿErāqī in Tehran in early 1329/1911 and subsequently edited by…
- BARQ newspapers
BARQ (lightning), the name of three Persian newspapers. 1. A daily newspaper founded in Tehran in Šawwāl, 1328/October, 1910, by…
- BAHRĀM newspaper
BAHRĀM, newspaper founded in Tehran in Bahman, 1321 Š./February, 1943 by ʿAbd-al-Raḥmān Farāmarzī, a journalist of note and himself editor…
- BĀBĀ ṬĀHER ʿORYĀN
BĀBĀ ṬĀHER, known as ʿORYĀN, a dervish poet from the area of Hamadān. This is almost all that is known…
- BĀBĀ ŠAMAL
BĀBĀ ŠAMAL, weekly satirical periodical founded by Reżā Ganjaʾī (b. 1918 in Tabrīz) in Farvardīn, 1322 Š./April, 1943. It was…
- ĀYANDAGĀN
ĀYANDAGĀN, a daily morning newspaper that first appeared in Tehran on 16 December, 1967. Ḥosayn Aharī, Masʿūd Behnūd, and Dāryūš…
- ʿARŪŻ
ʿARŪŻ (عروض), the term applied to the metrical system used by the Arab poets since pre-Islamic times, and more specifically…
- ARMAḠĀN
ARMAḠĀN, a monthly literary magazine founded in Tehran in Bahman, 1298 Š./Jan.-Feb., 1919 by Ḥasan Waḥīd Dastgerdī. Dastgerdī was a…
- ANJOMAN-E EṢFAHĀN
ANJOMAN-E EṢFAHĀN, a weekly paper founded in Isfahan on 21 Ḏu’l-qaʿda 1324/6 January 1906, by Sayyed Serāǰ-al-dīn Ṣadr Jabal-e ʿĀmelī…
- ANJOMAN (Newspaper)
ANJOMAN, a newspaper published in Tabrīz in Raǰab 1325/February-March 1907 by the Anǰoman-e Mellī of Tabrīz, which had previously published…
- ʿALĪ AṢḠAR BORŪJERDĪ
ʿALĪ AṢḠAR B. ʿALĪ AKBAR NAYYER BORŪJERDĪ, MĪRZĀ, author of several works including the ʿAqāʾed al-šīʿa, written in 1263/1874 and…
- ʿĀLAM-E NESVĀN
ʿĀLAM-E NESVĀN, a magazine founded in Mīzān, 1299 Š./September, 1920, one of the earliest periodicals published by and for women….
- AḴTAR newspaper
AḴTAR, a Persian newspaper published in Istanbul by Āqā Moḥammad-Ṭāher Qarāǰadāgī (or Tabrīzī) beginning on 16 Ḏu’l-ḥeǰǰa 1292/13 January 1876….
- ĀĪNA-YE ḠAYBNOMĀ
ĀʾĪNA-YE ḠAYBNOMĀ “The Revealing Mirror,” a fortnightly illustrated magazine which began publication in Tehran on 22 Jomādā I 1325/3 July…
- ĀFTĀB
ĀFTĀB (“Sun”), name of several Persian periodicals. 1. A scientific and literary monthly magazine published in Isfahan by Mīrzā Maḥmūd…
- ʿADL-E MOẒAFFAR
ʿADL-E MOẒAFFAR “Moẓaffar’s justice.” i. The phrase. ii. The newspaper. i. The Phrase The phrase ʿadl-e Moẓaffar is connected…
- ĀDAMĪYAT
ĀDAMĪYAT (“Humanity”), name of two Iranian periodicals. 1. A weekly newspaper published in Tehran in 1907 by Mīrzā ʿAbd-al-Moṭṭaleb Yazdī,…
- ʿADĀLAT
ʿADĀLAT (“Justice”), name of several periodicals. 1. A weekly, illustrated, lithographed magazine published in Tabrīz in 1906 as the successor…
- ADAB NEWSPAPER
ADAB, title of several Persian periodicals. 1. Persian weekly illustrated newspaper published by the poet Adīb-al-mamālek, who founded it in…