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• BAAT

  N. Sims-Williams, J. Russell

  Middle Iranian personal name, borrowed in Armenian. i. Baat in Iranian sources. ii. Armenian Bat. Baat is the name of a disciple of Mani mentioned several times in the Coptic “crucifixion narrative.”

• BĀB (1)

  D. M. MacEoin

  “door, gate, entrance,” a term of varied application in Shiʿism and related movements.

• BĀB (2)

  H. Algar

  Title given to certain Sufi shaikhs of Central Asia.

• BĀB AL-ABWĀB

  cross-reference

  Ancient city in Dāḡestān on the western shore of the Caspian Sea, located at the entrance to the narrow pass between the Caucasus foothills and the sea. See DARBAND (1).

• BĀB AL-BĀB

  cross-reference

  Shaikhi ʿālem who became the first convert to Babism, provincial Babi leader in Khorasan, and organizer of Babi resistance in Māzandarān (1814-49). See BOŠRŪʾĪ.

• BĀB, ʿAli Moḥammad Širāzi

  D. M. MacEoin

  the founder of Babism (1819-1850).

• BĀB-E FARḠĀNĪ

  cross-reference

  title given to certain Sufi shaikhs of Central Asia. See BĀB (2).

• BĀB-E HOMĀYŪN

  A. Sh. Shahbazi

  Sardar Almāsīya was renamed Bāb-e Homāyūn and rebuilt as a two-storied structure. The lower level was partly dressed with ashlar masonry and partly faced with glazed tiles of brilliant colors. Access was gained through a large gateway crowned by a round arch and flanked by arcades, porticoes and guardrooms.

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• BĀB-E MĀČĪN

  cross-reference

  title given to certain Sufi shaikhs of Central Asia. See BĀB (2).

• BĀBĀ AFŠĀR

  cross-reference

  , MĪRZĀ. See ḤAKĪMBĀŠĪ.