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‛Ālī-Qāpū

‛Ālī-Qāpū, name of a building located on the western side of Naqsh-e Jahān Square.1 This

Beryān

Beryān, a renowned, savory, fatty dish, often served for lunch. The dish, which is called

Mahdavī, Muṣleḥ al-dīn

Mahdavī, Muṣleḥ al-dīn, a contemporary biographer and Isfahan researcher (1915/1334–1995/1374). Sayyed Muhammad-Hussein Mahdavī Eṣfahānī, known

Abū-Muslem Eṣfahānī, Muhammad Ebn Baḥr

Abū-Muslem Eṣfahānī, Muhammad Ebn Baḥr, a littérateur, lexicographer, grammarian, poet, kāteb, and Quran exegete of

Dhūfan, Muhammad-Taqī

Dhūfan, Muhammad-Taqī, a prominent contemporary shrine builder and a master metal engraver (1900–1978 / 1279–1357).1

Emrānī

‛Emrānī, a Jewish poet and writer from Isfahan in the 15th–16th/9th–10th centuries, (1454/858–alive in 1536/943).

Esther Khātūn

Esther Khātūn, one of the most renowned Jewish pilgrimage sites in Iran, is located in

Tamhīd al-Qawā‛ed

Tamhīd al-Qawā‛ed, A treatise on theoretical Sufism written in Arabic by Ṣāʾen al-Dīn Ali b.

Rose of Isfahan (Gul-e Surkh-e Isfahan)

Rose of Isfahan (Gul-e Surkh-e Isfahan), The rose of Isfahan, the floral emblem of Isfahan,

Chehel Sutūn

Chehel Sutūn, a ceremonial palace from the Safavid* period in Isfahan, featuring twenty columns.1 The