ḴᵛĀJANURI, EBRĀHIM B. ḤABIB-ALLĀH (b. Shiraz, Esfand 1279/March-April 1900; d. Tehran, 7 Abān 1370/16 October 1991), lawyer, politician, author, translator, journalist, psychologist,…

ḴAMRIYA (pl. ḵamriyāt), derived from the Arabic ḵamr, wine, technically applied to poems with thematic contents chiefly about wine, wine-making,…

KĀHI KĀBOLI, SAYYED NAJM-AL-DIN ABU-’L-QĀSEM MOḤAMMAD MIĀNKĀLI (d. Agra, Rabiʿ II 988/May 1580), one of the notable poets at the…

KIPĀ , (also gipā), a traditional Iranian food made with a sheep’s tripe or its small intestine filled with minced meat, rice,…

KHATIBI NURI KHATIBI NURI, HOSAYN (ḤOSAYN ḴAṬIBI NURI; b. Tehran, 31 Tir 1295/22 July 1916; d. Tehran, 31 Šahrivar 1380…

EDUCATION xix. TEACHERS’-TRAINING COLLEGES Dānešgāh-e tarbīat-e moʿallem, the oldest institution for educating teachers in Persia, was founded as Dār al-moʿallemīn-e…

JĀM, a mountainous region on the way from Kabul to Herat, and a historically important village in the province of…

KĀČI, a traditional Persian dish generally made of rice flour, cooking oil, sugar diluted in water, and turmeric or saffron…

KABIR-KUH, one of the long ranges of the Zagros mountains, lying between Iran’s two western provinces of Loristan and Ilām….