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popular dish which traditionally consists of meat cut in cubes, or ground and shaped into balls; these are threaded onto a skewer and broiled over a brazier of charcoal embers. A version of this article is available in print Volume XV, Fascicle 3, pp. 272-273 KABĀB (kebab, kabob, cabob), a popular dish which traditionally consists of meat cut in cubes, or ground and shaped into balls; these are threaded onto a skewer and broiled over a brazier of charcoal embers. After the kabāb is cooked, it is placed on a platter or tray and pulled off t…

“Kaʿba of Zoroaster,” an ancient building at Naqš-e Rostam near Persepolis.A version of this article is available in printVolume XV, Fascicle 3, pp. 271-272 KAʿBA-YE ZARDOŠT “Kaʿba of Zoroaster,” an ancient building at Naqš-e Rostam near Persepolis. It probably acquired its name in the 14th century, when sites of ruins all over Persia were associated with personalities from the Qurʾān or the Šāh-nāma. The name does not indicate that it was a shrine of the Zoroastrians, and there are no reports about pilgrimages to it. The Kaʿba was illustrated in the works…

one of the long ranges of the Zagros mountains, lying between Iran’s two western provinces of Loristan and Ilām. A version of this article is available in print Volume XV, Fascicle 3, pp. 273-274 KABIR-KUH, one of the long ranges of the Zagros mountains, lying between Iran’s two western provinces of Loristan and Ilām. Covering an area of 9,500 km², Kabir-kuh stretches 175 km in length and between 45-80 km in width (Jaʿfari, III, p. 978). Like all of Iran’s southwestern mountains, Kabir-kuh extends from northwest to southeast, wi…

See ŠĀHDĀD, a town in Kerman.

Arabic term used in calendrical context; “intercalary,” “embolismal.” It is applied to several readjustments that occurred in the Iranian solar calendar. A version of this article is available in print Volume XV, Fascicle 3, pp. 274-276 KABISA, Arabic adjective (and substantive, pl. kabāʾes) used in calendrical context; “intercalary,” “embolismal,” according to tradition (Ḵᵛārazmi, Mafātiḥ al-ʿolum, p. 130; Biruni, Tafhim, p. 222; Qānun, p. 89) from the Syriac feminine passive past participle kbišta “stuffed,” “pressed,” “intruded.” It comes into Persian and other …

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the colloquial Persian spoken in the capital of Afghanistan, Kabul, and its environs. It has been a common and prestigious vernacular for several centuries, since Kabul was long ruled by dynasts of Iran (the Safavids) or India (the Mughals) for whom Persian was the language of culture and administration. A version of this article is available in print Volume XV, Fascicle 3, pp. 276-280 KĀBOLI, the colloquial Persian spoken in the capital of Afghanistan, Kabul, and its environs. It has been a common and prestigious vernacular for several centuries, since Kabu…

(also known as Kāboli Naqšbandi and Heravi), historiographer and poet of the late 16th and early 17th centuries. KĀBOLI,ʿABD-ALLĀH ḴᵛĀJA, (also known as Kāboli Naqšbandi and Heravi), historiographer and poet of the late 16th and early 17th centuries. His pen names were “Gonāhi,” in his Taḏkerat al-tawāriḵ (including his poems therein; e.g. ms. Tashkent, fols. 93a, 177b, 258b), and “ʿAbdi,” based on two contemporary biographical collections (Moṭrebi 1998a, p. 549; idem, 1998b, pp. 136-37). These are the only known sources on Kāboli (cf. Stor…

a monthly magazine with the full title Kābol: ʿElmi, adabi, ejtemāʿi, tariḵi. The periodical was founded by the Kabul Literary Society (Anjoman-e Adabi-e Kābol), 1931-40. A version of this article is available in print Volume XV, Fascicle 3, pp. 276 KĀBOL, a monthly magazine with the full title Kābol: ʿElmi, adabi, ejtemāʿi, tariḵi. The periodical was founded by the Kabul Literary Society (Anjoman-e Adabi-e Kābol), and the first issue appeared on 15 Jawzā 1310 Š./5 May 1931. In 1940, the Kabul Literary Society was replaced by the Pashto Society (…

(Kābol), capital of Afghanistan, also the name of its province and a river. A version of this article is available in print Volume XV, Fascicle 3, pp. 280-318 KABUL i. GEOGRAPHY OF THE PROVINCE Kabul is part of a system of high level basins, the elevation of which varies from 1,500 to 3,600 meters, extends—geographically speaking—beyond the administrative borders of the present-day province and includes large parts of the neighboring provinces Parvān and Kapisa on its northern flank. Drained by the Panjšēr in the north and the K…

( Anjoman-e adabi-e Kābol), the first official academic and cultural association of Afghanistan, 1930-40. A version of this article is available in print Volume XV, Fascicle 3, pp. 318 KABUL LITERARY SOCIETY ( Anjoman-e adabi-e Kābol), the first official academic and cultural association of Afghanistan, 1930-40. Moḥammad Nāder Shah (r. 1929-33; see ABDĀLI/DORRĀNI) inaugurated the society (see ANJOMAN) in 1930 to promote modern Persian literature in Afghanistan. Throughout the 1930s the society attracted authors and poets writing …

popular name of the National Museum of Afghanistan. A modest collection of artifacts and manuscripts already existed in the time of King Ḥabib-Allāh (r. 1901–19). In 1931 the collection was finally installed in a building in rural Darulaman (Dār-al-amān), eight kilometers south of Kabul City. A version of this article is available in print Volume XV, Fascicle 3, pp. 318-323 KABUL MUSEUM, popular name of the National Museum of Afghanistan. The history of the museum is relatively brief. A modest collection of artifacts and manuscripts already existed in the…

in eastern Afghanistan. It forms one of Afghanistan’s four major river systems and is the only Afghan river that flows, as tributary of the Indus, into the sea. A version of this article is available in print Volume XV, Fascicle 3, pp. 322-324 KABUL RIVER (Kābol Rōd, also called Daryā-ye Kābol, Figure 1), river in eastern Afghanistan and tributary of the Indus. The Kabul river forms one of Afghanistan’s four major river systems and is the only Afghan river that flows, as tributary of the Indus, into the sea. Its drainage area takes up lar…

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a traditional Persian dish generally made of rice flour, cooking oil, sugar diluted in water, and turmeric or saffron with a sprinkling of golāb (rosewater) to give it a pleasant scent. A version of this article is available in print Volume XV, Fascicle 3, pp. 324 KĀČI, a traditional Persian dish generally made of rice flour, cooking oil, sugar diluted in water, and turmeric or saffron with a sprinkling of golāb (rosewater) to give it a pleasant scent. Kači, which has been identified in certain classical dictionaries with ḥariqa, qābulā, najira, ʿaṣida (used in present-day Iraq), saḵina, a…

an eastern province of the Sasanian empire. The clearest evidence for the existence of such a province is provided by a bulla bearing the impression of a seal. A version of this article is available in print Volume XV, Fascicle 3, pp. 324-325 KADAGISTĀN, an eastern province of the Sasanian empire. The clearest evidence for the existence of such a province is provided by a bulla bearing the impression of a seal with the Pahlavi legends ktk “Kadag” and ktkstʾn ʾwstʾndʾl, i.e., Kadagistān ōstāndār “provincial administrator of Kadagistān” (Gyselen, pp. 222-23, fig. 43), in the lig…

Moḥammad Ṭāher b. Ḥasan, local historian, calligrapher, and poet of the reign of Shah ʿAbbās I. A version of this article is available in print Volume XV, Fascicle 3, pp. 325-326 ḴĀDEM-E BESṬĀMI, Moḥammad Ṭāher b. Ḥasan, local historian, calligrapher, and poet of the reign of Shah ʿAbbās I (Ḵādem-e Besṭāmi’s exact dates are not known). His short history, entitled Fotuḥāt-e Feriduniya, describes the wars of Feridun Khan Čarkas (d. 1620-21), the eunuch Governor-General ( amir-al-omarāʾ) of the province of Astarābād (known also in Safavid administrative terminology as Dār-al-marz) in …

Ḵādem Misāq, Hymn of Motherland ( sorud-e mihan) Download this sound. title Ḵādem Misāq, Hymn of Motherland ( sorud-e mihan) genre/topic Sorud language   performer Manučehr Sahbāyi, piano instrument piano composer Ḵādem Misāq author/poet   first line of poem   recorded by   place of recording   date of recording   duration 2:04 source Old Iranian Hymns. Mahoor Institute of Culture and Art, 2010 (MCD-299), track 10. Used with permission of the publisher. note collected by: Manučehr Sahbāyi EIr entries Ḵādem MisāqPIANO IN PERSIAN MUSIC

(1907-1958), musician, teacher, conductor, and composer. A version of this article is available in print Volume XV, Fascicle 3, pp. 326-327 ḴĀDEM MIṮĀQ, ʿALI-MOḤAMMAD (b. Tehran, 1907; d. Tehran, 1958), musician, teacher, conductor, and composer. After finishing his primary education, he studied at the Falāḥat School of Agriculture (Madrasa-ye ʿāli-e falāḥat) for two years, but he soon took an interest in music and enrolled in 1930 in the newly established State School of Music (Madrasa-ye musiqi-e dawlati), where he…