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• VAEΘĀ

  Mahnaz Moazami

  a short Avestan text with Pahlavi translation; each Avestan sentence is followed by its Pahlavi translation and sometimes with additional explanatory glosses.

• VAḤŠI BĀFQI

  Paul Losensky

  , Kamāl-al-Din (or Šams-al-Din Moḥammad), Persian poet of the Safavid period (b. Bāfq, ca. 1532; d. Yazd, 1583).

• VANDEN BERGHE, Louis

  Ernie Haerinck

  (1923-1993), Belgian archeologist who devoted almost all his research to Iran’s history.

• VATATZES, Vasilios

  Evangelos Venetis

  Greek scholar, merchant, traveler, pioneer explorer, and diplomat.

• VĀYU

  William W. Malandra

  “Wind, Atmosphere, Space,” name of a deity and the natural phenomenon.

• VAZIRI, ʿAli-Naqi

  Hormoz Farhat

  (b. Tehran, 1887; d., Tehran, 9 September 1979), composer, virtuoso tār player, musical theorist, and educator.

• VAZIRITABĀR, Ḥosayn-ʿAli

  Morteżā Ḥoseyni Dehkordi

  (1906-1958) musician and prominent performer of the qaranei (clarinet). 

• VENDĪDĀD

  Multiple Authors

  the common name given to the Avestan text widaēwa-dāta-, Pahl. jud-dēw-dād “The Law repudiating the Demons.”

• VENDĪDĀD i. Survey of the history and contents of the text

  William W. Malandra

  Of the three major divisions of the 21 Nasks of the Sasanian Avesta, the Vendīdād was the last of those called dādīg “dealing with law,” and 19th overall. 

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• VENDĪDĀD ii. Transmission of the Vīdēvdād in India

  Alberto Cantera

  The number of Pahlavi Vīdēvdād (PV) manuscripts that have been copied is quite high, but their distribution in time is irregular. Among these manuscripts, we have noticed that only a few are dated for certain before the 18th century.