related Bukharan Jews , Kurdish Jews , Mountain Jews , Mizrahi Jews , Persian people Persians , JewsPersianJews lang he lang fa are Jews historically associated with Iran , traditionally ... about 25,000 PersianJews remain in Iran, with much larger diaspora populations living in Israel ... 150,000 Jews in Iran with relatively few PersianJews residing outside the country. Today, there are an estimated 300,000 350,000 Jews of full or partial Persian ancestry living predominantly in Israel ... with more distant or solely maternal Iranian roots are included the total number of PersianJews in Israel ... 05 29. ref Following the 1979 Iranian Revolution , tens of thousands of PersianJews migrated from ... Esther contain references to the life and experiences of Jews in Persia. In the book of Ezra, the Persian ... Jewish community in Persia. Jews in ancient Persia mostly lived in their own communities. Persian ... other Jewish communities, to the extent that their classification as PersianJews is a matter of linguistics ... with one another. Scholars believe that during the peak of the Persian Empire, Jews may have comprised ... majority of Jews speak Persian as their mother language, and a tiny minority, Kurdish. ref http www.country ... of the oppressive laws enacted against the Jews in the Persian Empire . In addition, Raba sometimes ... clergy , and after Arghun s death in 1291, al Daula was murdered and PersianJews suffered a period ... Ghazan Khan s conversion to Islam in 1295 heralded for PersianJews a pronounced turn for the worse ... deported to embellish Timur s capital Samarkand . Skilled PersianJews were imported to develop the empire ... in their treatment of PersianJews. Safavids Shi ism assigns importance to the issues of ritual ... Lord Curzon described 19th century regional differences in the situation of the PersianJews In Isfahan ... wrote about the life of PersianJews, describing conditions and beliefs that went back to the 16th ... of PersianJews. ref Lewis 1984 , p. 183. ref In the late 19th early 20th century, thousands of Persian ... more details
wiktionary PersianPersian means of, from, or related to Persia Iran , or the Persian speaking world. See Persian people , the majority ethnic group of Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan Persian language , an Iranian language of the Indo European family Persian alphabet , Perso Arabic script Persian architecture Persian cuisine Persian carpet Other uses Persian cat Alpha Gruis , the star also known as The Persian The Persian , a character from Gaston Leroux s The Phantom of the Opera Persian Pok mon , a fictional Pok mon species Persian pastry , a pastry native to Thunder Bay, Ontario See also Parrotia persica , the Persian ironwood tree Persian melon Persia disambiguation List of Persia related topics List of Persian poets and authors Iranian disambiguation disambig ar bg ca P rsia de Persien es Persa fr Persan homonymie ko it Persiano nl Perzi pt Persa th ur ... more details
The Persian is a major character from the Gaston Leroux gothic novel novel The Phantom of the Opera . In the book he is the one who tells most of the background of Erik The Phantom of the Opera Erik s history. He is referred to by Erik as the daroga , Persian for police chief , and his memoirs are featured ..., as she shows Raoul where Erik lives, however, unlike the Persian, she does not accompany him to Erik s lair. Biography According to his account of himself in the novel, the Persian served as the chief ... spread, the Shah in Shah punished the Persian by stripping him of his property and sending him into exile ... Rivoli, across the street from the Tuileries, on the modest pension he received from the Persian government. He became known as a fixture of the Opera, considered an eccentric Persian who was allowed to wander backstage where he pleased. He has a Persian servant whose name is Darius . He is described ... and is very concerned for the fate of others. Role in the Plot The Persian first appears during Christine ... by telling the commissary the whole story, but the Persian intercepts him and tells him that it is Erik ... as to the purpose of the long pistol the Persian has given him, as he is only instructed to keep his .... The Persian eventually reveals that keeping the hand at the level of the eyes is a defense against ... stumbled into this room and used a Punjab lasso hanging from a tree branch to kill himself. The Persian ... floods into the powder room, nearly drowning Raoul and the Persian. The novel concludes some 30 years after these events, with the Persian now old and sick, and still attended by Darius telling ... In Susan Kay s 1990 novel Phantom novel Phantom , the Persian s name is given as Nadir Khan ... is Oded . In Nicholas Meyer s novel The Canary Trainer , the role of the Persian is largely taken ... is the equivalent of Charlie and the Persian takes the role of John Bosley fictional detective Bosley ... of the Opera Persian Category Fictional Iranian people Persian, The ... more details
Jews had no right to speak Aramaic, and should instead use either Hebrew or Persian. Aramaic, however, remained the language of the Jews in Israel as well as of those in Babylonia , although in the latter country a large number of Persian words found their way into the language of daily intercourse and into that of the schools, a fact which is attested by the numerous Persian derivatives in the Talmud Babylonian Talmud . But in the Aramaic Targum there are very few Persian words ... who had moved to Israel. See also Judeo Tat language Jud o Iranian languages PersianJews References ...Persian languages Jud o Persian , or Jidi IPAc en icon d i d i also spelled Dzhidi or Djudi , refers to both a group of Jewish dialects spoken by the Jew s living in Iran and Jud o Persian texts written ... language s or dialect s spoken by Jewish communities throughout the formerly extensive Persian ... Persian dialect spoken by the Jewish communities of the area around Tehran , Mashhad Citation needed date January 2009 . Judaeo Persian dialects are generally conservative in comparison with those of their Muslim ... Qur an Hafiz . Another name used for some Judaeo Persian dialects is Latorayi , sometimes interpreted ... Jewish languages such as Yiddish or Judaeo Spanish . Persian words in Hebrew and Aramaic The earliest evidence of the entrance of Persian words into the language of the Israelites is found in the Bible ... Aramaic , contain besides many Persian language Persian proper names and titles, a number of nouns ... Empire . More than five hundred years after the end of that dynasty the Jews of the Babylonian diaspora again came under the dominion of the Persians and among such Jews the Persian language held a position similar to that held by the Greek language among the Jews of the West. Persian became to a great extent the language of everyday life among the Jews of Babylonia and a hundred years after the conquest ... they were protected from the introduction of Persian elements. Literature There is an extensive Jud o ... more details
Persian music may refer to various types of the music of Persia Iran or other Persian speaking countries wiktionary Persia Persian traditional music Persian ritual music Persian pop music Persian symphonic music Persian piano music See also Music of Iran disambig ... more details
Several wars are termed Persian or called simply the Persian War Greco Persian Wars Roman Persian Wars Russo Persian Wars Russo Persian War 1722 1723 Persian Expedition of 1796 Russo Persian War 1796 Russo Persian War 1804 1813 Russo Persian War 1826 1828 Turco Persian Wars disambiguation Anglo Persian War Persian Gulf Wars Iran Iraq War 1980&ndash 1988 , also known as the Persian Gulf War or the First Gulf War Gulf War 1991 , also known as the Persian Gulf War, Operation Granby, or Operation Desert Storm Iraq War 2003&ndash present , also known as the Second or Third Gulf War, an ongoing conflict disambig ... more details
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About Persians the usage of Persian people as a pan ethnic group designating the people of modern Iran ... Khorramdin Ismail Samani File Persian Khwarazmi ir.jpg 70x90px Muhammad ibn Musa al Khwarizmi ... spaces 4 small suggestive estimates small pop5 1,400,000 br 2,000,000 ref5 ref There are 1,000,000 Persian ... i cias.com e.o persian l.htm ref region6 flagcountry Iraq br spaces 4 small suggestive estimates small ... Iraqi cities are of Persian ancestry. The figure could be much higher. ref6 ref cite web title Iraq ... pwo diaspora.html The Persian Diaspora, List of Persians and Persian Speaking Peoples living outside ... Germany pop8 200,000 ref8 lower ref http www.persianwo.org Disporia.htm Persian World Outreach Persian speaking people outside of Iran ref ref name TZ http www2.gtz.de migration and development ... http www.cbs.gov.il reader shnaton templ shnaton.html?num tab st02 24x&CYear 2008 Jews, by country ... region33 flagcountry Finland pop33 2,000 ref33 lower ref name farsinet languages Persian language Persian smaller varieties of Dari Persian Dari , Hazaragi , and Tajik language Tajiki , Luri , Gilaki ... The Persian people ref name Congress cite web url http lcweb2.loc.gov frd cs profiles Iran.pdf title ... the modern Persian language ref R. N. Fyre, IRAN v. PEOPLES OF IRAN in Encycloapedia Iranica, The largest ... called F rsi in Persian, since it was primarily the tongue of the people of F rs. ref and closely akin ... form of Archaic Persian See maps also on page 10 for distribution of Persian languages and dialect ref ... Group, 2006. pg 89 ...Iranians speak Persian or a Persian dialect such as Gilaki or Mazandarani ref The origin of the ethnic Iranian Persian peoples are traced to the Ancient Iranian peoples , who were part of the ancient Indo Iranians . The synonymous usage of Iranian and Persian has persisted ... the term Persian as well as related Iranian languages and ethnic groups. However, these terms have ... Persian translates to from or of Persis which is a region north of the Persian Gulf located in Fars ... more details
Persian weave is a method of weave used in jewelry and other art forms. When used for making chains, the Persian weave makes a dense chain with a fascinating ring pattern. Persian weaves works best with relatively large rings. The Persian family of weaves is a rope type weave based on a stacked ring orientation. In the construction of Persian people Persian weaves the rings become stacked and form pairs, resulting in a different grain and a thicker, tighter weave. Most Persian weaves have both left and right handed versions. Sorts Half Persian 3 in 1 Half Persian 4 in 1 Full Persian 6 in 1 Double Persian 10 in 1 External links http corvuschainmaille.ning.com group Tutorials forum topics half persians 3in1 4in1 5in1 Half Persian weaves http www.mailleartisans.org articles articledisplay.cgi?key 519 Half Persian 3 in 1 weave Jewelry Category Jewellery Category Jewelry making Category Weaves Category Decorative arts decorative art stub ... more details
Persian Expedition may refer to Expeditions A Stenka Razin 1699 expedition commanded by Stenka Razin A Russo Persian War 1722 1723 1722 expedition commanded by Peter the Great The Persian Expedition of 1796 , commanded by Catherine the Great Other meanings Anabasis Xenophon Anabasis Xenophon , a written work, titled Persian Expedition in a well known translation disambig ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Persian mysticism , or the Persian love tradition , is a traditional interpretation of existence, life and love in Iran . It relies on revelatory and heart felt principles in its reasoning. In fact, Perso Islamic sufism is the practical aspect of Persian mysticism. Thought Persian mystical thought has been analysed critically by Abdolhossein Zarrinkoub , Abdolkarim Soroush , and Dariush Shayegan . In Ghazzali , one can witness the fear based mysticism in its most detailed and eloquent form in Rumi , one can find love based mysticism in Hafiz Shirazi Hafiz the pleasure based mysticism. Under Rumi s influences, Abdolkarim Soroush is currently working on power based or epic mysticism. Music Shahram Nazeri Davood Azad Medieval Persian mystical figures Rumi Hafiz Shirazi Hafiz Farid al Din Attar Saadi poet Saadi Baba Taher Najmeddin Kubra Shams Tabrizi Bayazid Bastami Abul Hassan Kharaqani Shahab al Din Suhrawardi Mansur Al Hallaj Omar Khayy m philosophic Mysticism Eghbale Lahori Modern art and the Persian mystical tradition Persian mysticism has a significant impact on Iranian modern art. World experts in Persian mysticism Abdolhossein Zarrinkoub Abdolkarim Soroush Darius Shayegan Peter Lamborn Wilson See also Persian poetry Persian traditional music Persianate DEFAULTSORT Persian Mysticism Category Persian philosophy Category Persian culture Persian culture Category Esoteric interpretation of the Quran ... more details
About the Iranian and English Weekly Paper Refimprove date February 2008 Infobox Newspaper title Persian Weekly logo File Persianweeklylogo.jpg 300px caption Persian weekly Logo type Weekly newspaper Fridays chiefeditor Abbas Najafi Zarafshan category Culture Iranian British staff Dr Kaveh Ahmadi, Dr Bijan Kimiachi, Fereshteh Kadivar, owners Golden Class Ltd. format Tabloid newspaper format Tabloid political None Company Golden Class Ltd foundation 29 June 2007 headquarters London country GBR language Persian language Persian English language English circulation 3,000 website http www.persianweekly.co.uk persianweekly.co.uk ISSN 2042 213X Persian Weekly Persian language Persian is the only Non political , Non religious , Non affiliate and impartial weekly newspaper to exclusively serve the vibrant Iranian Persian community in United Kingdom and abroad IRAN . ref http www.persianweekly.co.uk index.php?option com content&view category&layout blog&id 29&Itemid 439 Persian Weekly About us ref History Persian Weekly Persian language Persian publication was first established and founded by Abbas Najafi Zarafshan in June 2007 for the purpose of serving the Persian community in London and United Kingdom . Also many people from countries in the near and Middle East such as Iran , Pakistan , Afghanistan and Tajikistan speak Persian language Persian who read Persian Weekly. Editors Abbas Najafi Zarafshan 2007 present Newspaper Features The Persian Weekly has a variety of sections including Our Readers Views Letters from readers. Births, Marriages & Deaths Entertainment Includes events that are on in United Kingdom over the coming weeks. Classifieds Advertising section for readers. Sport Sport News. Online On March 2010 Persian Weekly relaunched their website ... links http www.persianweekly.co.uk Persian Weekly website persianweekly.co.uk Category Weekly newspapers published in the United Kingdom Category Persian language newspapers UK newspaper stub fa ... more details
For the breed of cat known as a Persian Blue, or Blue PersianPersian cat File Sabz Burj on Mathura road traffic circle, Delhi.jpg right thumb This Persian influenced dome in India uses Persian blue tiles. Persian blue not to be confused with prussian blue comes in three major tones Persian blue proper a bright medium blue medium Persian blue a medium slightly grayish blue that is slightly indigoish and a kind of dark blue that is much closer to the web color indigo this darker shade of Persian blue is referred to as Persian indigo , dark Persian blue . or regimental . . Other colors associated with Persia include Persian Pink , Persian red and Persian green . Persian blue The color Persian blue is named from the blue color of some Iranian pottery Persian pottery and the color of tile s used .... Persian blue is a representation of the color of the mineral lapis lazuli which comes from Iran Persia ... recorded use of Persian blue as a color name in English language English was in 1669. ref Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York 1930 McGraw Hill Page 201 color sample of Persian blue Page 95 Plate 36 Color Sample L4 ref infobox color title Persian blue textcolor white hex 0067A5 r 0 g 103 b 165 c 100 m 100 y 21 k 11 h 248 s 75 v 48 source http tx4.us nbs nbs p.htm ISCC NBS Persian indigo Persian indigo is also called dark Persian blue . fact date September 2011 Another name for this color seldom used nowadays is regimental . Persian indigo is named for an association with a product from Persia Persian cloth dyed with Indigo dye indigo . The first recorded use of regimental the original name for the color now called Persian indigo as a color name in English was in 1912. ref Maerz ... g gerome 108685.htm Painting The Snake Charmer 1870 by Jean Leon Gerome shows a snake charmer in a Persian market with Persian blue tiles in background clr Shades of blue Persian Shades of violet Category Shades of blue fa fr Bleu Persan it Blu di Persia ru simple Persian blue ... more details
Infobox language name Western Persian nativename big big F rs pronunciation IPA fa f si states flag Iran br flag Iraq br flag UAE br flag Qatar br flag Bahrain speakers region Western Asia familycolor Indo European fam2 Indo Iranian languages Indo Iranian fam3 Iranian languages Iranian fam4 Western Iranian languages Western Iranian fam5 Southwestern Iranian languages Southwestern Iranian fam6 Persian language Persian dialects Tehrani accent Tehrani , Abadani Persian Abadani , Arak, Iran Araki , Bandar Abbas Bandari , Isfahan Esfahani , Kashan i, Kerman i, Mashhad i, Qazvin i, Shiraz i, Yazd i script Persian alphabet Perso Arabic script nation flag Iran agency Academy of Persian Language and Literature iso3 pes notice IPA Contains Perso Arabic text Western Persian lang fa F rs is the most widely spoken dialect of Persian language Persian . It is spoken in Iran and by minorities in Iraq and the Arab states of the Persian Gulf Persian Gulf states. It is one of three major dialects of Persian together with Dari Persian Eastern Persian spoken in Afghanistan , and Tajik language Tajik Persian spoken in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan . Western Persian is also known as Farsi, Western Farsi, Iranian Persian, or simply Persian. Iranian languages Category Persian dialects and varieties Category Languages of Iran Category Languages of Iraq lang stub fa hr Zapadni perzijski jezik ... more details
Unreferenced date August 2009 Persian arts Persian Empire Persia Iran has an ancient tradition of its own design of motifs. These special and unique motifs are used, among others, in the Persian carpet and rug designs and traditional Persian attire. These motifs have a rich history and the Persian language has an extensive terminology Clarify date August 2009 concerning the design and sorts of these motifs. Citation needed date August 2009 List of Motifs and Designs add pictures Buta, or Buta Jeghe i Paisley design Lachak Toranj Toranj Mahi dar ham Heris, East Azarbaijan Heris Golabtoon DEFAULTSORT Persian Motifs Category Persian art Category Visual motifs Category Textile patterns textile arts stub Iran stub art stub ... more details
Unreferenced stub date December 2009 Orphan date December 2008 Abadani Lang fa is a Persian language Persian dialect spoken in the southwest of the Khuzestan province mainly in Abadan and Khorramshahr , in Iran . Category Persian dialects and varieties Ie lang stub fa ... more details
Refimprove date March 2007 Persian Arab generally refers to people who are of both Arab people Arab and Persian people Persian ethnic or cultural background. History and current situation In pre Islamic times, there were many Arabs who lived in the cultural sphere of Persia and who use Persian as their written language. These are referred to as Persian Arabs in Arabic al ?arab al furas ... Arabic. One of Muhammed s early followers, Salman Al Farsi , was Persian. After the rise of Islam .... During the various Islamic kingdoms and empires, there was much intermixture between Persian and Arabs ..., soldiers or religious figures . In other words, they have Persian Arab roots. Among Muslims in South Asia, especially in Pakistan see languages of Pakistan , both Arabic and Persian are considered ... to be of Persian or Arab descent. Self identification The term Persian Arab is rarely used as a self appellation. Most tend to identify more strongly as either Persian or Arab and consider themselves ... , Bahrain , United Arab Emirates UAE and the other Arab states of the Persian Gulf Gulf states are of Persian descent. Most tend to consider themselves as Arabs, while at the same time being aware of their Persian roots. In Iraq, Shi ite Arabs tend to sympathise with Iran more than Sunnis, because ... see Greater Iran , headline Iraq . However, Persian speakers in the above countries often consider themselves to be Persians or Iran ians. There are 455,000 Persian speakers in Iraq, 80,000 in UAE ... Ahvaz and consider their mother tongue to be Arabic, though almost all are bilingual in Persian and many may have a better command of written Persian than written Arabic, since the medium of education at schools in Iran is Persian language Persian . Some Arabs e.g. those of the Khamseh clans even use Persian as first language. ref http www.ethnologue.com show language.asp?code afb ref Outside ... tongue and 12,000 spoke Persian. ref http timesofindia.indiatimes.com Guess whos speaking ... more details
coord 30 42 30 N 51 35 55 E display title Image 2persian gate wall.JPG thumb 300px right Site of the Persian Gate the road was built in the 1990s. Persian Gates was the ancient name of the pass now known as Tang e Meyran , connecting Yasuj with Sedeh to the east, crossing the border of the modern Kohgiluyeh va Boyer Ahmad and Fars Province Fars provinces of Iran , passing south of the Kuh e Dinar massif, part of the Zagros Mountains . The pass controls the link between the shore and the central part of Persia. In the last weeks of 331 BCE, it was the site of the fierce Battle of Persian Gate , in which the Macedon ian king, Alexander the Great , faced stiff resistance by the last Achaemenid Empire Achaemenid troops commanded by Ariobarzanes satrap of Persis Ariobarzan . See also Battle of the Persian Gate Literature Henry Speck, Alexander at the Persian Gates. A Study in Historiography and Topography in American Journal of Ancient History n.s. 1.1 2002 15 234. External links http www.livius.org pen pg persian gate persian gate.html Livius.org Persian Gate Category Alexander the Great Category persian history Category History of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer Ahmad Province Category History of Fars Province hr Perzijska vrata sh Perzijska vrata ... more details
The Persian scale is a musical scale frequently found in Persian Music , and to a lesser extent, Arab or non Persian Middle Eastern Music. The Persian scale is characterized by the liberal use of half steps 4 , augmented seconds 2 , and frequent use of chromaticism . Compare this to the one augmented second of the harmonic minor or the use of only two half steps in all diatonic scales. The sequence of steps is as follows ref Sternal, Mark John 2005 . Guitar Total Scales Techniques and Applications , p.156. ISBN 0976291703. ref W Whole step H Half step H WH H H W WH H Beginning on C C Db E F Gb Ab B Image Persian scale on C.png 550px thumb center Persian scale on C audio Persian scale on C.mid Play . See also It is most closely related to the Phrygian dominant scale as their bottom tetrachords are the identical ref Stetina, Troy 1999 . The Ultimate Scale Book , p.61. ISBN 0793597889. ref . It can also be obtained by flattening the fifth degree of the double harmonic scale . Source references External links http jguitar.com scale?root F 23&scale Persian&fret 0&labels none¬es sharps Persian Scale demonstrated for a Guitar scales Category Musical scales Category Persian music ... more details
Disputed date August 2011 The Persian language influenced the formation of many modern languages of the Greater Middle East , Central Asia , and South Asia n regions, including Urdu . ref http www.ethnologue.com 15 show family.asp?subid 90019 ref Following the Turko Persian Mahmud of Ghazni Ghaznavid conquest of South Asia , the speech based in Khariboli and other dialects of the Indian subcontinent received a massive influx of Persian language Persian , Turkish language Turkish and Arabic language Arabic vocabulary, as well as a limited number of grammatical patterns from these languages. This hybrid was called Zaban e Ordu language of the army to distinguish it from Farsi , the court language, and was later shortened to just Urdu . It grew from the interaction of Persian language Persian and Turkic Languages Turkic speaking Muslim soldiers and the native peoples. ref Hindi by Yamuna Kachru ... 9 v onepage&q urdu 20heavy 20persian&f false ref Under Persian influence from the state, the Persian ... vocabulary largely from Persian. ref Hindi By Yamuna Kachru http books.google.co.uk books ... 20heavy 20persian&f false ref Some grammatical elements peculiar to Persian, such as the enclitic ez fe .... Despite the heavy influence of Persian on Urdu, linguistically, Urdu is not an Iranian languages Iranic language as is Persian but rather as an Indo Aryan language like Punjabi language Punjabi ... because of the hybrid nature of the language. Many distinctly Persian forms of literature, such as Ghazal ... of Iranian and South Asian heritages. A famous cross over writer was Amir Khusro , whose Persian and Urdu .... See also Iran Pakistan relations Persian language Persian Urdu Hindustani language References Reflist External links http www.scribd.com doc 8127441 English to Urdu Dictionary English to Urdu and Persian trilingual dictionary http www.urdustuff.com Urdu and Persian Forum Category Persian language ... Persian and Urdu ... more details
Calligraphy Persian Calligraphy lang fa is the calligraphy of Persian script Persian writing system . It has been one of the most revered arts throughout Persian history. It is considered to be one of the most eye catching and fascinating manifestations of Persian culture . History The history of calligraphy in Iran dates back to the pre Islam era. In Zoroastrianism beautiful and clear writings were always praised. http www2.enel.ucalgary.ca People far hobbies iran calligraphy.html in past 500 years iranian calligraphy is florished by Nasta l q transl fa Nasta l q also anglicized as Nastaleeq in Persian language Persian Nastaliq transl fa nasta l q is one of the main script styles used in writing the Perso Arabic script , and traditionally the predominant style in Persian calligraphy Around one thousand years ago, Ibn Muqlah in Persian and his brother created six genres of Iranian calligraphy namely Tahqiq , Reyhan , Sols , Naskh , Toqih and Reqah . These genres were common for four centuries in Persia. In 7th century Hijri calendar , a new genre of Persian calligraphy was invented and named Ta liq script Ta liq . Morteza Gholi Khan Shamlou and Mohammad Shafi Heravi created a new genre called Shekasteh Nasta l q . Abdol Majid Taleqani brought this genre to its highest level. Contemporary Persian calligraphy In 1950, Society of Iranian ... Zendeh Roudi , Jalil Rasouli , Parviz Tanavoli , and Masih Zad use Persian calligraphy ... Persian prince tomb taj mahal.jpg thumb persianCalligraphy on the File Agra castle India persian poem.jpg thumb right Calligraphy of Persian poems on large pishtaq Nasta liq script Shekasteh Nasta l q ... List of Persian calligraphers External links http persiancalligraphy.org History of Calligraphy.html Brief history of Persian Calligraphy Category Islamic calligraphy Category Persian calligraphy Category Iranian art Category Persian art fa tg ... more details
Persian red is a deep reddish orange earth or pigment from the Persian Gulf composed of a silicate of iron and alumina , with Magnesium oxide magnesia . It is also called artificial vermillion . The first recorded use of Persian red as a color name in English language English was in 1897. ref Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York 1930 McGraw Hill Page 201 ref Persian red in human culture Architecture Henry Hobson Richardson insisted upon a ground of Persian red for the murals John LaFarge executed lining the interior of Trinity Church Boston Trinity Church, Boston . ref Raguin, Virginia C. Decorator John LaFarge in The makers of Trinity Church in the city of Boston , ed. James F. O Gorman, D. Amherst University of Massachusetts Press, c2004. p 120 ref References references Shades of red Category shades of red Persian red es Rojo persa it Rosso di Persia ... more details
Deleted image removed Image Persian triology.jpg right thumb 200px Persian Trilogy is a set of three orchestra l works composed by Iranian classical musician, Behzad Ranjbaran . All three works were inspired by stories from Shahnameh , the Book of Kings, the great Persian epic poem written by legendary Iranian peoples Iranian poet Ferdowsi . Ranjbaran used three episodes from this epic as the basis for his music ref http www.payvand.com news 04 nov 1081.html Behzad Ranjbaran s Persian Trilogy Bot generated title ref Simorgh a tone poem in three movements describing the fabulous magical bird Simorgh her involvement with humankind and the natural elements surrounding her the mountain, the moonlight and the sunrise. The Blood of Seyavash conceived as a ballet in seven movements, relating the story of Prince Seyavash as young prince and heir, his seduction and betrayal, his trial by fire, his tormented loyalties, the seeds of envy, his idyllic love, and the prophecies fulfilled. Seven Passages derives its inspiration from an episode in Shahnameh titled The Seven Trials of Rostam . Persian Trilogy was performed by London Symphony Orchestra . Notes Reflist See also Persian Symphonic Music Rostam and Sohrab opera Shahnameh Category Persian music Category Persian symphonies ... more details
Multiple issues context October 2009 refimprove March 2008 prose December 2009 persian arts Iranian craftwork , are handicrafts works that are useful in ordinary life or are decorative.They are made completely by hand or using only simple tools. Usually the term is applied to traditional means of making goods. Weaving Persian carpet Carpet and Rug weaving Ghalamkar Iranian Termeh weaving special table cloths Kilim s Persian embroidery broderi dzi Zardozi Zaridozi decorating fabric s by sewing with golden stitches Metal works Iranian art Khatam kari Khatamkari Iranian art Mina kari Minakari Toreutics Qalam zani ref The Cambridge History of Iran by I. Gershevitch 1985 p.154 ref Wood works Moarragh Wood carving Stone and Mosaic Ceramic and mosaic works Sculpture Sculpturing gallery File Persian Folklore Dress.jpg Iranian Folkloric dress of Abyaneh File Boite khatam.jpg A sample of Iranian Khatamkari File Iranian Termeh.jpg A sample of Iranian Termeh File ChosroesHuntingScene.JPG Persian metal Engraving golden plate ,depicting King Khosrau I Anushirvan gallery See also Iranian art Persian Sassanid art patterns References Reflist DEFAULTSORT Persian Handicrafts Category Persian handicrafts Iran stub fa ... more details
Persian language Persian grammar Persian language Persian is the body of rules describing the properties of the Persian language . Persian grammar is similar to that of many other Indo European languages , especially those in the Indo Iranian languages Indo Iranian family. Middle Persian ... Grammatical case case markings, and Persian has inherited such characteristics. Word order While Persian has a subject object verb SOV word order, it is not strongly Left branching language left ... asks a yes no question yes no question in written Persian, appears at the beginning of a sentence .... If the object is specific, then the order is S O r PP V . However, Persian can have relatively ... noun phrase. This scrambling characteristic has allowed Persian a high degree of flexibility for versification and rhyming. Nouns main Persian nouns Persian nouns have no gender grammar grammatical gender . Persian nouns mark with an Nota accusativi accusative marker only for the specificity ... g n and y n , although h is also common. ref cite book title Persian year 1997 last Mahootian first ... plural some nouns borrowed from Arabic. Pronouns Main article Persian pronouns Persian is a Null ... did m Adjectives Main article Persian adjectives Adjective s typically follow ... your cat. Verbs main Persian verbs Normal verbs can be formed using the following morpheme pattern ... remnants of its usage can still be observed in contemporary stylish Persian compositions ... colspan 4 Grammatical voice Active Voice Mood Tense Romanization Persian Indicative present tense ... colspan 4 Grammatical voice Passive Voice Mood Tense Romanization Persian Indicative Present ... verb is tenseless Prepositions Preposition s in Persian generally behave similarly to those in English ... just the most frequent ones class wikitable Prepositions Persian English nd r in literary ... at, in mesl e like t till, until h m chon like, as, such formal See also Persian ... more details
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