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JALĀYER, ESMĀʿIL KHAN
a prominent painter of the Qajar era, during the reign of Nāṣer-al-Din Shah (r. 1848-96). He was noted for his work in the genres of irāni-sāzi (Iranian subjects, relatively unaffected by European influences) and ṭabiʿat-sāzi (fauna and flora in a European naturalistic mode).
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DEH-E NOW
site of a group of four rock-cut tombs of the 4th-3rd centuries BCE, located about 25 km south of Bīsotūn in Kermānšāhān. It is possible that at least the two smaller tombs were astōdāns.