Search results for "Persian language" - New World Encyclopedia
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- Ancient Greek or شیردال shirdal in Persian) is a legendary creature ... to griffins come out of ancient Persia. In Persian mythology, in particular ...10 KB (1,523 words) - 19:21, 20 June 2024
- Haoma (from the Avestan language) refers to both a ritual drink of ... role in Zoroastrian religion and in later Persian culture and mythology. In ...15 KB (2,243 words) - 05:09, 25 June 2024
- |children=Old Persian, Ugaritic |unicode=[http://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U12000 ... languages, and it inspired the Old Persian and Ugaritic national alphabets ...19 KB (2,782 words) - 06:45, 12 January 2024
- (modern-day Iraq), which was a part of the Persian Empire. He was an exceptionally ... and allegedly converted a brother of the Persian King Shapur (241-272) to ...9 KB (1,391 words) - 02:52, 6 November 2022
- 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
- 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
- ====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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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) - 18:52, 21 May 2024
- 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
