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RESĀLA-YE MADANIYA
(2,409 words)
a treatise of some 130 pages by Abd-al-Baha, internally dated in 1292/1875, which calls on the Iranian people to ‘awake’ and take the steps necessary to modernize the country.
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MADANIYA, a treatise of some 130 pages by Abd-al-Baha (ʿAbd-al-Bahāʾ), internally dated in 1292/1875 (Abd-al-Baha, 1984, p. 72; 1957, p. 62), which calls on the Iranian people to ‘awake’ and take the steps necessary to modernize the country. The treatise is written in a highly literary style, making extensive use of alliteration, rhyme, rhyth…
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Encyclopaedia Iranica Online
Date:
2012-11-08
REŻWĀNŠAHR
(1,668 words)
small town and sub-provencial unit (
šahrestān) in the western part of Gilān Province.
REŻWĀNŠAHR, small town and sub-provencial unit (
šahrestān) in the western part of Gilān Province. The town is located at lat 37°33′ N, long 49°07′ E. The district is created from the traditional region of Ṭāleš Dulāb, which resulted from the division of the large district of Gaskar, when Fatḥ-ʿAli Shah Qājār (r. 1797-1834), at the beginning of his reign, divided the Persian Ṭāleš between local leaders in order to weaken the famil…
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Encyclopaedia Iranica Online
Date:
2022-08-18