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Originating from the Persian word for the gem, lāžward, [ 1] lapis lazuli is a rock composed primarily of the minerals lazurite, pyrite and calcite. As early as the 7th millennium BC, lapis lazuli was mined in the Sar-i Sang mines, [ 2] in Shortugai, and in other mines in Badakhshan province in modern northeast Afghanistan. [ 3]
Anahita / ɑː n ə ˈ h iː t ə / is the Old Persian form of the name of an Iranian goddess and appears in complete and earlier form as Aradvi Sura Anahita (Arədvī Sūrā Anāhitā), the Avestan name of an Indo-Iranian cosmological figure venerated as the divinity of "the Waters" and hence associated with fertility, healing and wisdom.
The Persian version of Wikipedia was started in December 2003. As of August 2024, it has 1,010,518 articles, 1,332,530 registered users, and 91,962 files, and it is the 19th largest edition of Wikipedia by article count, and ranks 22nd in terms of depth among Wikipedias. It passed 1,000 articles on 16 December 2004, and 200,000 on 10 July 2012.
Line drawing copy of two frescoes from cave 38B at Bezeklik Grottoes. Manichaeism ( / ˌmænɪˈkiːɪzəm /; [ 4] in New Persian آیینِ مانی Āyīn-e Mānī; Chinese: 摩尼教; pinyin: Móníjiào) is a former major world religion, [ 5] founded in the 3rd century CE by the Parthian [ 6] prophet Mani (216–274 CE), in the Sasanian Empire.
The word for tulip in Persian is "laleh" (لاله), and this has become popular as a girl's name. [63] The name has been used for commercial enterprises, such as the Laleh International Hotel, as well as public facilities, such as Laleh Park [ 61 ] and Laleh Hospital, [ 64 ] and the tulip motif remains common in Iranian culture.
The splendid fairywren ( Malurus splendens) is a passerine bird in the Australasian wren family, Maluridae. It is found across much of the Australian continent from central-western New South Wales and southwestern Queensland over to coastal Western Australia. It inhabits predominantly arid and semi-arid regions.
—Omar Khayyam In effect, Khayyam's work is an effort to unify algebra and geometry. : 241 This particular geometric solution of cubic equations was further investigated by M. Hachtroudi and extended to solving fourth-degree equations. Although similar methods had appeared sporadically since Menaechmus, and further developed by the 10th-century mathematician Abu al-Jud, : 29 : 110 Khayyam's ...
Al-Khwarizmi. Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi[ note 1] ( Persian: محمد بن موسى خوارزمی; c. 780 – c. 850 ), often referred to as simply al-Khwarizmi, was a polymath who produced vastly influential Arabic-language works in mathematics, astronomy, and geography. Hailing from Khwarazm, he was appointed as the astronomer and head ...