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	CalendarHome.com - Iranian calendar - Calendar Encyclopedia
		Persians have been keen on the idea and importance of having a calendar system throughout their recorded history.
		In Afghan Persian (also known as Dari), the Arabic language names of the zodiac signs for the months are used instead of the names adopted in Iran.
		Their names for the months and days are Parthian equivalencies of the Avestan ones used before and they differed slightly from the Middle Persian names used by the Sassanian.
	encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /Persian_calendar.htm (2147 words)

	.Names of the Caspian Sea - (The Circle of Ancient Iranian Studies - CAIS)©
		The toponymy of the waterway in northern Iran comprises the names of continents, oceans, seas, lakes, countries, forests, mountains and deserts which are part of the history, geography, mythology, culture and customs of various nations and tribes.
		In 1918, Iran protested the change of the name of her former province of Aran (Arran) to Azerbaijan Republic as a contradiction to the historical facts taken place with a political motive.
		One of the reasons for the multiplicity of the names of this waterway is its tourist attractions, on account of which its coasts has become the habitat of various tribes, cultures and dialects.
	www.cais-soas.com /CAIS/Geography/Caspian_Sea_Names.htm (1670 words)

	Persian Feminine Names
		Persian was popular both as the language of ordinary people and as a language with a rich and varied literature.
		The following are names of Persian poetesses and royal ladies from the end of the Timurid dynasty and beginning of the Safavid dynasty.
		This selection of names is by no means a guide to the general naming practices of Persian women for several reasons.
	www.ellipsis.cx /~liana/names/other/persian.html (588 words)

	Persian names - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		For specific Persian names, see List of Persian given names.
		Persian names, prior to the reign of Reza Shah (r.
		In many cases an individual was known by the name of the district, city, town, or even the village from which they came by using the locality's name as a suffix, for example: Nuri, Khurasani, Mazindarani, Tihrani, Isfahani, and Shirazi.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Persian_names (358 words)

	Articles By ShashiTharoor
		Ayoob argues that "Arabic names are assumed by Indian Muslims not because of cultural affinity.
		Persian was the court language and the language of literature and of high culture.
		Therefore, names like Parvez, Parveen, Firoz, Firoza, Shireen, Mehnaz, Mehjabeen, Shahnaz, Humayun, once adopted by elite families, also gradually became popular among the lower strata of society, although I would wager that Persian names are more common among the elite than they are among the `subalterns'.
	www.shashitharoor.com /articles/hindu/names.php (938 words)

	Iranian calendar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In Afghan Persian (also known as Dari), the Arabic language names of the zodiac signs for the months are used instead of the names adopted in Iran in 1925.
		Thirteen days were named after Fire, the Waters, Sun, Moon, Tiri and Geush Urvan (the soul of all animals), Mithra, Sraosha (Soroush, yazata of prayer), Rashnu (the Judge), Fravashi, Bahram (yazata of victory), Raman (Ramesh meaning peace), and Vata, the divinity of the wind.
		Their names for the months and days are Parthian equivalents of the Avestan ones used previously, differing slightly from the Middle Persian names used by the Sassanians.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Iranian_calendar (2393 words)

	Appendices of Walbridge, Essays and Notes on Babi and Baha'i History
		A source of particular confusion for Westerners studying Baha’i history is the complex system of names used by Persians, particularly prior to the modernization of Persian names in the twentieth century.
		The given name (ism) is the name given to a child at birth.
		Names from professions: People were frequently nicknamed according to their professions, such as Banna (builder), Mujtahid (jurisconsult), Mustawfi (accountant), Katib (copyist), Qahvachi (coffee-maker), and Ashtchi (soup-maker).
	www.h-net.org /~bahai/bhpapers/vol6/waless/appxs.htm (5052 words)

	The Hindu : Our names, our pluralism
		There is a second set of Muslim names that have the prefix Abdul (literally servant or slave, the equivalent of Das in Hindu names).
		Persian was the court language and the language of literature and of high culture.
		Therefore, names like Parvez, Parveen, Firoz, Firoza, Shireen, Mehnaz, Mehjabeen, Shahnaz, Humayun, once adopted by elite families, also gradually became popular among the lower strata of society, although I would wager that Persian names are more common among the elite than they are among the `subalterns'.
	www.hinduonnet.com /mag/2003/06/22/stories/2003062200600300.htm (949 words)

	Behind the Name: Iranian Names (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The full name consists of one or more given names and a family name.
		Iranian given names are most often derived from the Persian language.
		Some names are taken from legendary and historic figures, such as Arash and Jamshed, while others are simple vocabulary words, like Omid and Laleh.
	www.behindthename.com /glossary/view.php?title=iranian_names (86 words)

	Medieval Naming Guides: Arabic and Islamic
		There are a few names in that article which are not in the new one; Da'ud was unable to re-document them for the new version and took the safe route of omitting them.
		Names from inscriptions written in Arabic and found in greater Persia, dating from the ninth to the early twelfth century.
		Names of men and two women found in Arabic-language inscriptions from the ninth to early twelfth century.
	www.s-gabriel.org /names/islamic.shtml (890 words)

	The Genealogy of the Persian Kings
		The writers of a former generation were occupied in unraveling and piecing together the varying accounts of these ancient historians without the knowledge of the still more ancient Inscriptions recently discovered, which were caused to be written by the persons concerned in the events recorded.
		It must be noted that the confusion which has hitherto been experienced arises from the fact that appellatives have been mistaken for proper names; to say nothing of the confusion arising from their transliteration or translation into other languages.
		Those in small capitals are the corresponding Persian names as given by DARIUS HYSTASPIS on the Behistun rock, and by CYRUS on his Cylinder; while the names in ordinary small type are the appellatives.
	www.angelfire.com /nv/TheOliveBranch/append57.html (1369 words)

	Persian Feminine Names from the Safavid Period
		Ancient Persian was an Indo-European language, related to modern languages such as English, Italian, and Russian, and had its own writing system.
		Thus, medieval Persian names could have ancient Persian, Arabic, or Turkish sources; in particular, Islam had a strong influence on Persian name choices.
		Some women are known by just a single name, and there are no patronymic bynames (bynames based on the father's given name), though these phenomena could be artifacts of the transcription.
	www.s-gabriel.org /names/ursula/persian.html (590 words)

	You've Come Only a Little Way, Baby \| TIME
		Apparently, foreign names are so utterly out of the question that most people don't even bother trying to bribe the guy at the government records office, where you register your child's birth.
		The tradition of banning names dates to the beginning of the Islamic Revolution in the early 1980s, when Iran's fundamentalist leaders sought to purge the country of both Western culture and its own Persian, pre-Islamic past.
		Persian ones, despite originating from the language actually spoken in Iran, had to be checked against the official list.
	www.time.com /time/world/article/0,8599,1540450,00.html (1007 words)

	UCI's Persian center names first key appointments
		Samuel M. Jordan Center for Persian Studies and Culture-- Nasrin Rahimieh, a scholar of modern Iranian literature and cinema, and Hossein Omoumi, a scholar of traditional Persian music and accomplished player of the ney, the Persian reed flute.
		Best known for her research on intercultural encounters between Iran and the West, Rahimieh is a global leader in Persian studies and recently was elected president of the International Society for Iranian Studies, a community of more than 500 scholars.
		He developed a mechanism that can be added to the ney, enabling the user to play notes that were impossible to create in the past, and he invented a system that adjusts surface tension on the tombak and daf, allowing the player to tune the instruments.
	www.parstimes.com /news/archive/2006/uci_persian_studies.html (1012 words)

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		Mírzá, if it comes after the first name of a person, indicates that he is a prince or a male descendent in a royal family, like Mas'ud Mírzá, Zill-i-Sultán, who was one of the sons of Nasiriddin Sháh and Governor-General of Isfahan.
		Sometimes Mírzá was part of a special name given to a person such as the name of the father of Bahá'u'lláh that was Mírzá Buzurg.
		Mir coming before the first name indicates that the person who is a descendent of Prophet Muhammad and has a principalship position, like Mir Muhammad Husayn Imám Jum'ih of Isfahan (Principal Mullá appointee of the King for the city of Isfahan).
	bahai-library.com /?file=wilmette_persian_arabic_names (908 words)

	Archive(2004/12) « Persian Gulf Forever (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		of maritime border with the Persian Gulf, in contrast to all the newly established sheikdoms and Arab countries bordering the waterway with a population one-tenth of that of the Iranians in the north.
		While this symbolic dispute over the name of the waterway is going on, its environmental state is in jeopardy due to excessive exhaustion of its non-renewable [oil, gas] resources and due to three wars in the past twenty five years without any sustainable improvement of the socio-political and economic status of the locals.
		Incomplitization and distorting this historical name, is an illegal and unconventional act and in contrast to the resolutions of the UNGEGN and UN Conferences on the Standardization of Geographical Names.
	persiangulf.blog.com /2004/12 (9271 words)

	Persian Cat, Persian Kitty, Gorbeh, Persian Cat Gallery, Persian Cat Names, Persian Cat Stories, Persian Cat Humor, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Persian is one of the most widely recognised and popular breeds in the world - and one of the oldest.
		The first of these cats, the Persian, was believed to have evolved on the high, cold plateaus of the country then named Persia, hence their name.
		The Persian is a medium to large cat with heavy bones and excellent balance from section to section.
	www.farsinet.com /gorbeh (663 words)

	Iranian Diaspora Pre-Islamic
		That of personal names can only be safely used, however, to identify Iranians where there is additional information, or when such names occur in groups, or in significant associations and settings, because during the Achaemenid period Persian names were sometimes adopted quite extensively by their non-Iranian subjects.
		Most satrapies of the empire were governed by Persians, the wealthier and most important ones being generally entrusted to royal princes; but some of the minor non-Iranian satrapies became hereditary fiefs in the families of Persian nobles, who settled permanently there.
		Persians in the Russian empire: 74,000 Persian subjects in Russia in 1897.
	www.iranian.com /Dec96/Iranica/Diaspora/Diaspora.html (1718 words)

	Making a Name Change or Choosing a Baby Name - What you need to know about name meanings
		Although the name Persia-F creates the urge to be reliable and responsible, we emphasize that it causes procrastination, lack of confidence, and the inability to realize your goals and ambitions.
		This name, when combined with the last name, can frustrate happiness, contentment, and success, as well as cause health weaknesses in the fluid systems, and worry or mental tension.
		This name also gives you a love of home and family, and as a parent you would likely be fair and understanding.
	www.kabalarians.com /female/persia-f.htm (411 words)

	Persian Gulf Online
		Research should be given high priority so that moves to change history by calling the Persian Gulf by other fictitious names will be halted, president of the Iranology Foundation, Hassan Habibi, said in a conference of world Iranologists, the second of its kind held in the country, IRNA reported.
		The society's use of dubious names for the Iranian islands of Greater and Lesser Tumbs and Abu Mussa are also irresponsible and condemnable, the former president of the Islamic Republic declared.
		Both Iranian and non-Iranian Internet users who are well-aware of the history of the Persian Gulf region have been using a variety of ways to express their anger against misnomer of the Persian Gulf.
	www.persiangulfonline.org /takeaction/news0105-1.htm (339 words)

	Persian Names to be Published in a Single Book
		The names and meanings are given in both in English and Persian languages.
		What is interesting about this book is that it has some guidelines which show how people may choose the appropriate Persian name based on some criteria important to different people.
		This way, every English-speaking individual may learn about Persian names and understand their meanings as well as a Persian speaking person and choose one for his or her child if it suits their taste.
	www.payvand.com /news/06/jan/1271.html (249 words)

	"Baby Names: Nzames Dictionary, Lucky names, boy name, girl name with meaning at find your fate"
		A suitable name is selected, as a special name giving ceremony is held known as namkaran in which all relatives and friends are called to meet and bless the child.
		But now a days educative class select children name according to its mea ning, not through their association with religion.Indian names are most often derived from Sanskrit, the ancient Indo-European language of India.
		Hindu names tend to be from the Sanskrit language, the sacred texts of Hinduism being an important source.
	www.findyourfate.com /numerology/babynames/indiannames-girls.html (271 words)

	Geography of Iran: Names of the Caspian Sea
		The names of the sea have been derived from five roots, which also designate the tribes residing in the vicinity, the surrounding towns and port cities as well as a few equivalents of the word`Sea' in other dialects and others which have been used to refer to the waterway without any justification.
		Among all such historical names, the Persian Gulf and Caspian Sea are chosen to be examined from various aspects.The name of Persian Gulf has been recorded in more than 300 historical, literary and geographical sources as well as 2,000 ancient maps dating back to the 19th century.
		In 1918, Iran protested the change of the name of Aran area to Azerbaijan Republic as a contradiction to the historical facts taken place with a political motive.
	www.iranchamber.com /geography/articles/names_of_caspian_sea.php (1624 words)

	Persian Months, origin of the names
		The names of the 12 Persian months are taken from the ancient Zoroastrian texts and the origins are deeply rooted in their belief system.
		Khashtra Vairya (Shahrevar), is the lord of sky, all stones, metals, warriors and the protector of the poor and the weak.
		Mar (marg in modern Persian) means death, ‘a’ at the beginning of any word changes the meaning into the opposite.
	www.iranonline.com /festivals/Persian-months/index.html (1008 words)

	Avesta names; Old Persian names; Parsi names; Irani Zoroastrian names
		GAVE, GEV: Name of the son of Gudarz, and the husband of Banugushnasp, the brave daughter of Rustam
		KAIKOBAD: Name of founder of Kayanian dynasty; Av.
		SHIDUSH: Shining shoulder; name of the son of Gudarz; a disciple of Azar Kaevan
	www.avesta.org /znames.htm (3309 words)

	Persian Masculine Names in the Nafah.ât al-uns - Ursula Whitcher, alias Ursula Georges
		The article discusses the names of nineteen men whom Mojadeddi places in the "Naqshband cluster": that is, they are nineteen teachers and students in an academic lineage which includes the famous Sufi teacher Bahâ' al-Dîn Naqshband.
		The given names are uniformly Arabic in origin; this could be an artefact of the data, since the men in question were prominent religious figures, but it could also reflect a broader trend in Persian naming.
		In some cases, a particular name could serve as a given name or a title in different contexts: originally, the caliph granted names like `Alâ' al-Dîn "excellence of the faith" and Bahâ' al-Dîn "brilliance of the faith" to rulers and important civil servants, but today these names are also used by ordinary people.
	www.doomchicken.net /~ursula/sca/onomastics/nafahat (578 words)

	Iran determined to fight false names for “Persian Gulf”
		Doing away with the re-export issue is the best way to counter the unjustifiable moves by some Arab countries of the Persian Gulf region in refraining from mentioning the word “Persian” when referring to Persian Gulf, a member of Iran’s Chamber of Commerce said.
		However, if they insist on the use of the fake name, the time is ripe for changing our re-export origins and transferring them to some other places elsewhere,” the Persian service of ISNA news agency quoted him as saying here on Friday.
		In all its transactions with foreign countries, in particular the Persian Gulf littoral states, Iran has always insisted on mentioning the prefix “Persian”.
	www.mehrnews.ir /en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=425125 (244 words)

	Persian Music, Iranian Music at Best Iran Travel.com
		It is possible that there was not a lot of difference between Babylonian-Assyrian music and Iran at that time and the Persian names of tabire (drum) and karranay (trumpet) may be derived from names of the Akkadian tabbalu and qarnu.
		In the 10th century, Persian musicians became favorite at Arab court and the Persian lute was a favored instrument.
		Ispahan was named as one of the ancient modes of Persia.
	www.bestirantravel.com /culture/music.html (718 words)

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