Kermanshah
Kermanshah , city (1991 pop. 624,084), capital of Kermanshah prov., W Iran. It is the trade center for a rich agricultural region that produces grain, rice, vegetables, fruits, and oilseed. Manufactures include carpets, canvas shoes, textiles, refined petroleum, refined sugar, and other processed foods. Kermanshah has numerous caravansaries that are crowded semiannually with Shiite pilgrims to Karbala, Iraq. Kurds form the majority of the population. Kermanshah was founded by the Sassanids in the 4th cent. AD and became a secondary royal residence. It was captured by the Arabs in the 7th cent. Later it was a frontier fortress against the Ottoman Turks, who occupied it a number of times, including the period from 1915 to 1917. Nearby are the famed Behistun Inscriptions and notable Sassanian rock reliefs.
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Doris Lessing
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
1919-, British novelist, b. Kermanshah, Persia (now Iran) as Doris May Tayler. Largely self-educated, she was brought up on a farm in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe...
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Lessing, Doris (May)
Book article from: Contemporary Novelists
LESSING, Doris (May) Pseudonym: Jane Somers. Nationality: British. Born: Doris May Tayler in Kermanshah, Persia, 22 October 1919; moved with her family to England, then to Banket, Southern Rhodesia, 1924. Education: Dominican Convent...
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Shapur III
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...He made a new attempt to settle the long-lasting dispute with Rome over Armenia. A compromise was reached (384), and he surrendered part of that territory. He had a rock sculpture made at Taq-e Bostan near Kermanshah to commemorate his reign.
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Ta'm e Guilass
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
...Ghasaei ( soldier from Hast-par ); Karim Rostami ( soldier from Khalkhal ); Kambiz Baradaran, Valliolah Halzaei ( soldiers from Kermanshah ); Ali Ghanbari, Jalal Ghafari, Ahmad Jozie, Ali Asghar Seyedi ( soldiers from Hamedan ); Ali Reza Bayat ( soldier from Toysarkaran...
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