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Women Poets Iranica is an integrative encyclopedia of postclassical, modern, and contemporary women poets.
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The Encyclopædia Iranica is a comprehensive research tool dedicated to the study of Iranian civilization in the Middle East, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and the Indian subcontinent.
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ḴĀLEQI, RUḤ-ALLĀH
(1906-1965), Persian music educator, composer, and music scholar. Through his teaching, admiration for the polyphonic richness of Western music was transmitted to some of his pupils.
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DARBAND EPIGRAPHY ii. DAR-E QIĀMAT SHRINE
a medieval Muslim cultic site, now forgotten and non-functioning, in Darband.