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  • and the Persian culture as well the Persian language. The Persian language ... ==== Timurid literature in Persian language ==== [[Image:Jami Rose ...
    22 KB (3,337 words) - 23:37, 30 April 2023
  • the Gulf of Oman, the Strait of Hormuz, and the Persian Gulf. ... trade routes towards the Red Sea. The Persian Gulf was also a vitally ...
    10 KB (1,505 words) - 21:35, 29 December 2023
  • Дербент; Avar: Дербенд; Persian: دربند, Darband) is ... The name Derbent derives from the Persian darband, meaning closed ...
    18 KB (2,614 words) - 09:48, 29 January 2024
  • ====Shallots in Persian cooking==== The shallot in Persian is called موسیر (Moo-Seer), which is often ...
    11 KB (1,635 words) - 12:22, 27 January 2023
  • from Arabic (al-)lazward, which came from Persian لاژورد lāzhward. ... The word lazuli originates from the Persian dialect of Badakhshan. ...
    11 KB (1,631 words) - 22:35, 22 October 2022
  • on." The word came into the English language as epigraph, which was used ... view (or for the view of a god, as in the Persian Behistun inscription), and ...
    14 KB (2,129 words) - 19:07, 13 February 2024
  • the story of Scheherazade (Šahrzād in Persian), a Sassanid Queen, who ... The nucleus of the stories is formed by a Pahlavi Sassanid Persian ...
    16 KB (2,579 words) - 15:31, 30 April 2023
  • Mumtāz Mahal (April 1593 - June 17, 1631) (Persian, Urdu: ممتاز ... nickname of Arjumand Banu Begum, an Indian-Persian Empress in the Mughal Dynasty ...
    10 KB (1,493 words) - 18:21, 10 November 2022
  • There has even been disagreement about what language Tatian used for ... to provide paraphrased Gospel versions in language closer to the vernacular ...
    13 KB (1,861 words) - 11:57, 29 January 2024
  • Persian and Arabic script is thought to have influenced Indian calligraphy ... ====History of Persian Calligraphy==== The history of calligraphy in ...
    19 KB (2,750 words) - 18:29, 25 November 2023
  • are also remembered as great patrons of Persian culture, art, literature ... mainland Persia, where they adopted the Persian culture and language in ...
    17 KB (2,487 words) - 02:46, 21 April 2023
  • Ilkhanids were rapidly to adopt the Persian language and have their origins ... by 1040 the Seljuks had taken over their Persian domains and a century later ...
    15 KB (2,234 words) - 16:57, 8 December 2022
  • In his advance against the Persian king, Cyrus used Greek mercenaries ... read by beginning students of the Greek language. His Hellenica is a chief ...
    13 KB (2,062 words) - 14:29, 20 May 2023
  • locations. Nabonidus surrendered to the Persian forces in 539 B.C.E. and ... Assyrian origin. However Nabonidus' Persian successor, Cyrus the Great ...
    17 KB (2,715 words) - 22:59, 10 November 2022
  • In 298, the Roman Emperor Diocletian had signed a treaty with his ... quickly repaired the walls while the Persian elephant cavalry became ...
    16 KB (2,465 words) - 19:05, 13 February 2024
  • The Safavids (Persian: صفویان) were a native Iranian dynasty ... E. Yarshater, "Language of Azerbaijan, vii., Persian language ...
    23 KB (3,547 words) - 18:36, 22 December 2022
  • Mani (216-276 C.E.), who resided in the Persian Empire. According to biographical ... many high-ranking political figures in the Persian Empire. With the aid of ...
    22 KB (3,392 words) - 11:06, 9 March 2023
  • The Huma, also known as the "bird of paradise," is a Persian ... The word huma in the Persian language stands for a fabulous bird. ...
    14 KB (2,311 words) - 14:23, 19 March 2024
  • Talc (derived from the Persian via Arabic talq) is a mineral composed of magnesium silicate hydroxide. It is extremely soft, with a greasy feel ...
    8 KB (1,172 words) - 03:55, 27 February 2023
  • Omar Khayyám (Persian عمر خیام; May 18, 1048 – December ... memorable not only for the beauty of its language and the concise gracefulness ...
    11 KB (1,780 words) - 00:36, 18 November 2022

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