FIRUZABAD

fĭrooˈzəbädˌ, town (1991 pop. 43,424), Fars prov., S Iran, near Shiraz. The town has a noteworthy palace built (3d cent.) by Ardashir I; it is a large rectangular building, 180 ft (55 m) wide and 300 ft (91 m) long. Firuzabad is said to be the birthplace of Firuzabadi (1329–1414), compiler of a great Arabic dictionary.

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books on: Firuzabad  - 33 results

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Iran from the Earliest Times to the Islamic Conquest
Book by R. Ghirshman; Penguin Books, 1954
Subjects: Iran--History--Ancient To 640 A.D
...321 90 Palace of Firuzabad 322 91 Palace of Firuzabad. Restored facade 322...324 94 Firuzabad: Tower with fire altar 325...
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Persian Art, Parthian and Sassanian Dynasties, 249 B.C.- A.D. 651
Book by Roman Ghirshman, Stuart Gilbert, James Emmons; Golden Press, 1962
...plan of Darabgerd, when building Gor-Firuzabad. Thus a preoccupation with defence governed...essentially Iranian in character. 159 - FIRUZABAD. PALACE OF QALA-E-DUKHTAR 3rd CENTURY...died Ardashir refused to recog 160 - FIRUZABAD. AERIAL VIEW OF THE CITY FIRST HALF...
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Landlord and Peasant in Persia: A Study of Land Tenure and Land Revenue Administration
Book by Ann K. S. Lambton; Oxford University Press, 1953
Subjects: Farm Tenancy (Islamic Law), Farm Tenancy--Iran, Land Tenure (Islamic Law)--Iran, Land Tenure--Law And Legislation--Iran, Landlord And Tenant (Islamic Law)--Iran, Landlord And Tenant--Iran, Real Property Tax (Islamic Law), Real Property Tax--Law And Legislation--Iran
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The Road to Oxiana
Book by Robert Byron; Oxford University Press, 1982
Subjects: Afghanistan--Description And Travel, Byron, Robert--1905-1941, Iran--Description And Travel, Middle East--Description And Travel
...137 Shiraz 137 Kavar 141 Firuzabad 144 Ibrahimabad 149 Shiraz 157...
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Dictionary of Islamic Architecture
Book by Andrew Petersen; Routledge, 1999
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Between Cult and Culture: Bamiyan, Islamic Iconoclasm, and the Museum
Journal article by Finbarr Barry Flood; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 84, 2002
Subjects: Art--Political aspects, Art--Social aspects, Bamiyan, Afghanistan--Social aspects, Buddhists--Social aspects, Culture conflict--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Culture conflict--Social aspects, Freedom and art--Political aspects, Freedom and art--Social aspects, Museums--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Museums--Social aspects
...assertions of orthodoxy, the same sultan erected a celebrated if enigmatic monument next to the Great Mosque of his capital, Firuzabad, in which was incorporated an antique Buddhist pillar guarded at each of the four corners of the monument by a single monumental...
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The Ahrari Waqf in Kabul in the Year 1546 and the Mughul Naqshbandiyyah
Journal article by Stephen F. Dale, Alam Payind; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 119, 1999
Subjects: Central Asia--History, Islam--History, Kabul, Afghanistan--History
...territories, but this time to Delhi, where he first stayed at the Firuzabad fort, a royal residence.(50) He probably resided there because...India 1639-1739 (Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1991), 11. Firuzabad was a Delhi Sultanate-era palace. 51 Yohanan Friedmann...
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Orient Oder Rom? Qajar "Aryan" Architecture and Strzygowski's Art History
Journal article by Talinn Grigor; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 89, 2007
Subjects: Architecture, Islamic--Evaluation, Indo-Europeans--Evaluation, Iran--Social aspects, Islamic architecture--Evaluation, Orient oder Rom (Book)--Criticism and interpretation, Strzygowski, Josef--Criticism and interpretation
...such sources, although his examples of domed squares were drawn largely from the Sassanian repertoire: the royal palaces of Firuzabad (450 CE) and Sarvistan (350 CE) found in Iran, as well as Kuh-e Khwaja in Afghanistan. Strzygowskis mix-up of Sassanian and...


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magazine articles on: Firuzabad  - 2 results

 
 
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Life under Islamic Rule - Persian Cultural Traditions Became an Important Part of Islamic Civilization, but Today Iran Struggles to Find Its Identity, Torn between the Desire for Democratic Progress and Adherence to the Laws of Islam
Magazine article by Eva Harnik; World and I, Vol. 17, February 2002
Subjects: Culture--Iran, Iran--Description and travel, Islam--Social aspects, Manners and customs--Iran
...massaging, and depilation treatments available according to social rank. I suddenly understood here what I had seen before in Firuzabad: a dome on a square base, a unique architectural invention dating from the Sassanid era. Triangular arches, ever decreasing...
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"Ferus"
Magazine article by Peter Plagens; Artforum International, Vol. 41, December 2002
Subjects: Pop art--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Pop art--Exhibitions
...between the big color circlebased abstraction Firuza bad II, 1970, and the big, color-plus-darkness circle-based abstraction Firuzabad III, made the same year. That revelation, while potentially informative, shouldnt come at the expense of two superb smaller...


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encyclopedia articles on: Firuzabad  - 2 results

 
 
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Firuzabad
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
FIRUZABAD firoo z bad , town (1991 pop. 43,424), Fars prov., S Iran, near Shiraz. The town has a noteworthy...by Ardashir I; it is a large rectangular building, 180 ft (55 m) wide and 300 ft (91 m) long. Firuzabad is said to be the birthplace of Firuzabadi (1329 1414), compiler of a great Arabic dictionary. ____________________ The Columbia Encyclopedia...
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Persia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
...whose affairs were linked with those of the Byzantines) the Sassanid court was legendary in its splendor. Ctesiphon and Firuzabad were magnificent cities, the administration of the empire was efficient, the productivity of the cities was remarkable, and...


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