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Persian language
Persian language member of the Iranian group of the Indo-Iranian subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Indo-Iranian languages). The official language of Iran, it has about 38 million speakers in Iran and another 8 million in Afghanistan. Historically the Persian language falls i... Read more
Persian Wars
Persian Wars 500 BC-449 BC, series of conflicts fought between Greek states and the Persian Empire. The writings of Herodotus , who was born c.484 BC, are the great source of knowledge of the history of the wars. At their beginning the Persian Empire of Darius I included all of W Asia as well as E... Read more
Persian Gulf
Persian Gulf arm of the Arabian Sea, 90,000 sq mi (233,100 sq km), between the Arabian peninsula and Iran, extending c.600 mi (970 km) from the Shatt al Arab delta to the Strait of Hormuz, which links it with the Gulf of Oman. It is called the Arabian Gulf in the Arab world. Physical Geograph... Read more
Persian art and architecture
Persian art and architecture works of art and structures produced in the region of Asia traditionally known as Persia and now called Iran. Bounded by fierce mountains and deserts, the high plateau of Iran has seen the flow of many migrations and the development of many cultures, all of which have... Read more
Iraq War
Iraq War see under Persian Gulf Wars . ... Read more
Salamis
Salamis island, E Greece, in the Saronic Gulf, W of Athens. It early belonged to Aegina but was later under Athenian control, except for a brief period after it was occupied (c.600 BC) by Megara. In the Persian Wars the allied Greek fleet, led by Themistocles , decisively defeated (480 BC) the... Read more
peri
peri , in Persian mythology, supernatural being. Peris were said to be fallen angels who were denied paradise until they did penance. Originally agents of evil, in later mythology they were identified as benevolent spirits. ... Read more
Sanballat
Sanballat , in the Bible, one of the Persian officials in Palestine who consistently opposed Nehemiah in his restoration of Jerusalem. He is called a Horonite, a designation perhaps from the name Bethhoron. ... Read more
Leonidas
Leonidas , d. 480 BC, king of Sparta. He succeeded (c.491 BC) his half brother, Cleomenes I. When the Persians invaded Greece under Xerxes (480 BC), Leonidas with 300 Spartans and 5,000 auxiliaries was given the pass at Thermopylae to hold. There was treachery. Most of the Greeks got away, but the S... Read more
Artaxerxes I
Artaxerxes I , d. 425 BC, king of ancient Persia (464-425 BC), of the dynasty of the Achaemenis. Artaxerxes is the Greek form of "Ardashir the Persian." He succeeded his father, Xerxes I , in whose assassination he had no part. The later weakness of the Persian Empire is commonly traced to the ... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Persian"

Persians
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...Iranians Orientation Persians are an ethnic...location. The Persian language, also...the society. Persians have been able...dominance over non-Persian minorities. An...produce the best in Persian culture. Economy Persians are a sedentary...
Persian language
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...evolved directly from Middle Persian and may be said to have...The grammar of Modern Persian is comparatively simple...result of the conquest of the Persians by the Muslim Arabs in the 7th cent. AD Modern Persian is the medium of an old...
Persian literature
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Persian literature literary writings in the Persian language , nearly all of it written in the area traditionally...Pre-Islamic and Early Islamic Literature Pre-Islamic Persian literature consists of religious texts, the most notable...
Persian Script
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa PERSIAN SCRIPT modified arabic alphabet used for writing persian. As a result of Arab expansion, the Middle Persian, or Pahlavi, script (developed from Aramaic) was replaced by the Arabic script during the ninth century. Despite changes in...
Persian Wars
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...494) by the Persians. Darius decided...empire. In 492 a Persian expedition commanded...held back the Persians but was eventually trapped by a Persian detachment...480) by the Persians. Shortly afterward the Persian fleet was crushed...
Carpets, Persian
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa CARPETS, PERSIAN heavy woven floor coverings with traditional...century witnessed unparalleled expansion of Persian pile carpet weaving (qalibafi) in Iran...unprecedented availability of a wide variety of Persian carpets of tribal, village, town, and...
Persian
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa PERSIAN an indo-european language related to...sanskrit, kurdish, and pashto. Modern Persian arose about the ninth century c.e. It...sub-continent and in Ottoman Turkey. Persian has twenty-three consonants and six vowels...
Persian Cats
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa PERSIAN CATS long-haired cats that were exported...nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The Persian cat is a stocky domesticated feline with...ears, and a bushy tail. It is called "Persian" because it was exported from Iran, or...
Persian Gulf
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...world. Physical Geography The Persian Gulf is mostly shallow and...limited tidal range. History The Persian Gulf was an important transportation...region was contested by Arabs, Persians, Turks, and Western Europeans...the Arab sheikhdoms of the Persian Gulf signed the Perpetual Maritime...
Literature: Persian
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa LITERATURE: PERSIAN Since the Iranian Revolution, Persian literature has become more and more relevant to contemporary...The first nine centuries of imaginative literature in the Persian language constituted an aesthetically rich tradition...

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Greek-Persian wars
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...Minor revolted from the Persian empire. With some short...but gradually the Persians regained control, the...Lade in 494. In 490 a Persian expeditionary force...urging, lured the Persians into battle off SALAMIS...victory which caused the Persian king XERXES to withdraw...
Persian Gulf War
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History PERSIAN GULF WAR PERSIAN GULF WAR. The invasion of Kuwait by 140,000 Iraqi troops and 1...2 August 1990, eventually led to U.S. involvement in war in the Persian Gulf region. Instead of repaying billions of dollars of loans received...
Persian
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture Persian. 1. Telamon sculpted with clothes suggestive of a Persian origin. Persae occur e.g. on the portal of the Friedrichsbau , Heidelberg Castle (1601–7). 2. The C19 Persian style embraced a range of motifs associated with Islamic and Moorish architecture .
Persian Gulf Syndrome
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME refers to the controversial "disease" or cluster...Government. New York: Ballantine, 1998. J. G. Whitesides See also Persian Gulf War ; Veterans Affairs, Department of ; Veterans' Organizations...
Persian wars
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Persian wars See GREEK-PERSIAN WARS .
Address to the Nation: Allied Military Action in the Persian Gulf (16 January 1991)
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ADDRESS TO THE NATION: ALLIED MILITARY ACTION IN THE PERSIAN GULF (16 January 1991) Almost one hundred years after...overwhelming air power. Tony Aiello , Cornell University See also Persian Gulf War . Just 2 hours ago, allied air forces began an...
Persian walnut
Book article from: A Dictionary of Plant Sciences Persian walnut See JUGLANS .
Persian apple
Book article from: A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition Persian apple See citron .
Ibn Khurradādhbih (or Ibn Khurdādhbih), Abu’l-Qāsim ‘Ubayd Allāh ‘Abd Allāh
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...and regions, and the use of Persian names shows a distinct Persian influence. The very fact that...nshahr (Iraq) of the ancient Persians. he begins his description...for, he says, the ancient Persian kings considered it dill...
Iran
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...food rationing. History Early Persian dynasties included the ACHAEMENIDS...been under the rule of Islam. Persians were prominent in the empires...Ismail I established a strong Persian state and converted the population...reserves. In 1909 the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (later BP) was...

Thesaurus entries related to "Persian"

tour
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...tour, walk around, visit, inspection.   3. on a golfing tour synonyms : circuit, ambit, round, course, beat.   4. troops doing a tour in the Persian Gulf synonyms : tour of duty, duty, stint, stretch, turn.
cat
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...brown Himalayan Javanese Japanese bobtail Korat LaPerm longhair Maine coon Manx marmalade Norwegian forest cat ocicat Oriental Persian ragdoll Rex Russian Blue Scottish fold Selkirk Rex shorthair Siamese Siberian Singapura Somali Sphynx tabby Tonkinese tortoiseshell...

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The Persian Presence in the Islamic World.(Review)
Magazine article from: The Historian; 1/1/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...importance of the grievances of Persian converts to Islam (whose leader, Abu Muslim, was half- Persian) in the revolt. In his chapter...religious contributions of Persians to Islam in the period after...Ghaznavids) in whose courts Persian culture achieved a fully Islamic...
The Persian Gulf trade in late antiquity.
Magazine article from: Journal of World History; 3/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...taken to the seas, and Persian colonies were established...and the presence of Persians in East Asia...centralized empires: Persian and Roman. Furthermore...economic center, the Persian Gulf economy, Persians in East Asia, and...
Persian studies soar at American universities.(Culture: From then to now)
Newspaper article from: Iran Times International (Washington, DC); 8/21/2009; 700+ words ; ...OMITTED] UCLA has recently expanded its Persian program by hosting its summer "Persian for Persians" classes for high school students with Iranian roots interested in studying the Persian language. Enrollment for the program has...
The Persian Presence in the Islamic World
Magazine article from: The Muslim World; 1/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...of the interplay of Persian culture with Islamic...Islamic contacts between Persians and Arabs, as well as a look at elements of Persian vocabulary found in...question of the role of Persians in the rise of the Abbasids...Umayyads unaffected by Persian culture? Was the revolt...
Persian artistry
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 11/9/2002; ; 698 words ; ...Sreenivasan New Straits Times 11-09-2002 Persian artistry Byline: Meena Sreenivasan Edition...IT has been said that "to look at a Persian carpet is to gaze into a world of artistic...a visit to Ziba (meaning beautiful in Persian) at Jalan Telawi 2, Bangsar Baru, is...
PERSIAN OWNERS PROUD OF BREED.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 3/13/1999; 700+ words ; ...Kashmir, Maine Coon, Persians, all are cats. With...Loudonville has owned Persian cats for years. The...We usually have two Persians at a time because cats...once a week. All the Persians have their own little...Charlie, a red and white Persian, has plush fur and...
Persian Jews in America: squashing the stereotypes.
Newspaper article from: The Jewish Advocate (Boston, MA); 8/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...take part in celebrating Norooz, the Persian New Year on the first day of spring each...I am a first-generation American, Persian Jew. I do not reside in Beverly Hills...Mountain's assertion that, "any Persian with some money (which means all of them...
'The Persians' as Antiwar Allegory: Has Blood-Soaked Greek Tragedy Gotten an Extreme Makeover?
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 4/9/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...Aeschylus's "The Persians," the oldest extant...with some trusted Persian elders, and they...what the ancient Persians knew of ancient...of the Center for Persian Studies at the University...penetration into the Persian heartlands." But...spot because "The Persians" is a cultural...
LEARNING PERSIAN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 2/25/2008; 674 words ; ...Ara, greeting her students in the first Persian course at San Francisco State University...displayed the 32 intricate letters of the Persian alphabet, which the students were learning...introduced the class to the distinctions among Persian, Iranian and Farsi: "The language is...
Persian Hour offers weekly discussions
News Wire article from: University Wire; 1/18/2008; ; 595 words ; ...students think of Iran. But Soheila Amirsoleimani, a Persian language professor, said this Middle Eastern country...department of languages and literature's weekly Persian Hour. "(Persian) is a rich language with a rich culture and history...