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“Fatally Tied Together”: The Intertwined History of Kurds and Armenians in the 20th Century by Leupold, David

“…More than a century years ago Talât Pasha declared famously that in the Eastern Provinces “The Armenian question does not exist anymore”. Today, far from being…”
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On the Structural Aspects of Persian Elites in Achaemenid Persia by Bahadori, Ali

“…This article, focused on the Persian Gobryas, the head of Patischorian tribe and a member of the mysterious circle bringing Darius I (the Great) to the throne…”
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Kufic Inscriptions of the 10th–13th Centuries from Avaristan by Aytberov, Timirlan, Khapizov, Shakhban

“…The paper presents the publication of several inscriptions in the Arabic Kufic script carved on stone in the period of the 10th-13th centuries and discovered…”
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Salafism in Azerbaijan: Changing the Sunni-Shiite Balance from Within by Cohen, Ronen A, Lisnyansky, Dina

“…The main effort of the Azerbaijani government regarding the historical conflict between the Shiites and the Sunnis in the state, is to keep the status quo…”
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‘Kill Me but Make Me Beautiful’: Harm and Agency in Female Beauty Practices in Contemporary Iran by Rahbari, Ladan, Dierickx, Susan, Longman, Chia, Coene, Gily

“…In this paper, drawing on notions, such as harmful cultural practices and beauty, and based on semi-structured interviews with young female university students…”
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Sufism in Central Asia: New Perspectives on Sufi Traditions, 15th−21st Centuries (Handbuch der Orientalistik, vol. 25), edited by Devin DeWeese, Jo-Ann Gross, Leiden/Boston: “Brill”, 2018.—340pp by Boyajian, Vahe

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Eberhard Werner, Rivers and Mountains, A Historical, Applied Anthropological and Linguistical Study of the Zaza People of Turkey including an Introduction to Applied Cultural Anthropology, Nürnberg: “VTR Publishing”, 2017.—549 pp by Thörne, Annika

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Iranica mutuata. IV. Zur persischen Bezeichnung von Stahl by Buyaner, David B

“…The paper deals with the etymology of NP pōlād “steel” suggested by Ernst Herzfeld more than seventy years ago, but overlooked both by his contemporaries and…”
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Preliminary Material by Iran and the Caucasus, Editors

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Richard Foltz, Iran in World History, New York: “Oxford University Press”, 2016.–151 pp by Evstratov, Anton

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Table of Contents by Iran and the Caucasus, Editors

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Legitimization of Statehood and its Impact on Foreign Policy in De Facto States: A Case Study of Abkhazia by Hoch, Tomáš

“…In many respects, de facto states play a highly specific role as actors within the international system of sovereign states. The lack of international…”
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Jihād in the Mamlūk Sultanate by Zelenev, Evgeny I, Iliushina, Milana

“…This paper focuses on the theory and practice of jihād in the Mamlūk Sultanate, especially during the Circassian period (1382-1517). Some ideas of Ibn Taymiyya…”
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Notes on Language Affinity and Imagined Kinships by Arakelova, Victoria

“…The paper is an attempt to analyse the emergence of virtual “alliances” based on imagined kinship between some ethnic groups and peoples of the…”
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Typology of Nominalisation of Adjectives in East Caucasian by Fedorenko, Anastasia

“…Traditionally, functioning of major classes of lexical items is described as follows. Nouns prototypically function as arguments, but can also serve as…”
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Barde/askan, the City of Gardens by Asatrian, Garnik

“…The article is an attempt to interpret the toponym Bardeskan/Bardaskan, which is the name of a city and a šahrestān (“county”) located in the south of the…”
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Gorani: A Review of Recent Works by Jügel, Thomas

“…This article discusses the publications of two documentation projects of the Gorani varieties of Gawraǰū and Zarda. It offers a number of alternative…”
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Prophets of the East: The Ilkhanid Historian Rashīd al-Dīn on the Buddha, Laozi and Confucius and the Question of his Chinese Sources (Part 1) by Calzolaio, Francesco, Fiaschetti, Francesca

“…The Ilkhanid vizier and historian Rashīd al-Dīn’s section on China (the History of China) in his world history, the Jāmiʿ al-tawārīkh, is the first Persian…”
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Sex-Slavery: One Aspect of the Yezidi Genocide by Nicolaus, Peter, Yuce, Serkan

“…Even though almost three years have passed since the black banners of the terror organisation, calling themselves the “Islamic State of Iraq and Syria” (ISIS)…”
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Variability in Noun Classes Assignment in Zilo Andi: Experimental Data by Moroz, George, Verhees, Samira

“…This paper evaluates the inter speaker variation in noun class assignment among speakers of the Zilo dialect of Andi (a Nakh-Daghestanian language spoken in…”
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