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IRANIANS |
Persians |
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CATS |
Persians, Siamese, etc. |
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MITHRAS |
The sun god of the Persians. |
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KERANA |
A kind of long trumpet, used among the Persians. |
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PERSIAN |
Of or pertaining to Persia, to the Persians, or to their
language. |
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LOKI |
The evil deity, the author of all calamities and mischief,
answering to the African of the Persians. |
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MAGI |
A caste of priests, philosophers, and magicians, among
the ancient Persians; hence, any holy men or sages of the East. |
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AHRIMAN |
The Evil Principle or Being of the ancient Persians; the
Prince of Darkness as opposer to Ormuzd, the King of Light. |
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SCIMITAR |
A saber with a much curved blade having the edge on the
convex side, -- in use among Mohammedans, esp., the Arabs and persians. |
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KHAN |
A king; a prince; a chief; a governor; -- so called among the
Tartars, Turks, and Persians, and in countries now or formerly governed
by them. |
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TIARA |
A form of headdress worn by the ancient Persians. According
to Xenophon, the royal tiara was encircled with a diadem, and was high
and erect, w... |
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SCAPHISM |
An ancient mode of punishing criminals among the
Persians, by confining the victim in a trough, with his head and limbs
smeared with honey or t... |
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ZOROASTRIANISM |
The religious system of Zoroaster, the legislator
and prophet of the ancient Persians, which was the national faith of
Persia; mazdeism. The sy... |
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SHIAH |
A member of that branch of the Mohammedans to which the
Persians belong. They reject the first three caliphs, and consider Ali
as being the fir... |