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CIS Newsletter 16.1 CENTER FOR IRANIAN STUDIES NEWSLETTER Vol. 16, No. 2 SIPA-Columbia University-New York Fall 2004 ENCYCLOPÆDIA IRANICA SHIRIN EBADI Fascicles 5 and 6 of Volume XII Published AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY Fascicle 1 of Volume XIII in Press The last two fascicles (5 and lowing 29 entries: IDEOGRAPHIC 6) of Volume XII of the WRITING, the representation of lan- Encyclopædia Iranica were com- guage by means of “ideograms,” pleted in the Summer and Fall of i.e. symbols representing “ideas,” 2004, and the bound volume will be rather than symbols which represent distributed in late December 2004. With sound, are discussed in three articles: the publication of fascicle 6, the ‘H’ en- In ANCIENT IRAN, by N. Sims-Williams; tries have been completed and titles in the ANCIENT NEAR EAST, by D. Testen; beginning with the letter ‘I’ have com- and in Middle Persian, referred to Dr. Shirin Ebadi menced. The last two fascicles of vol- HUZWARESH, term describing the use of with President Lee Bollinger ume XII feature over 100 articles on Semitic masks in Middle Persian texts, various aspects of Persian culture and by D. Durkin-Meisterernst. Columbia University’s Center for history, including eight article series on Iranian Studies and The Institute of specific subjects: three entries on Pre-Islamic historical geography is Human Rights at the Law School hosted Hosayn b. Ali in addition to three re- treated in two entries by I. N. a reception in honor of Dr. Shirin lated articles, two entries on Hormuz Medvedskaya: IDA, land and city, part Ebadi, the recipient of the 2003 Nobel Island, two entries on Hydrology, three of Inner Zamua, located on the south- Peace Prize, who in her research and as entries on ideographic writing, two en- Continued on page 2 Continued on page 5 tries on the Ilam Province, two entries on Persian ibex, and four entries on Il- Gala Benefit Dinners khanid history and art. 2004-2005 Annual gala benefit dinners organized by Friends of the Encyclopædia PRE-ISLAMIC Iranica are becoming a frequent feature of our fundraising activities. The recent HISTORY AND CULTURE series of such galas began in New York in 1999, followed successively by events in Washington D.C. in 2001, Los Angeles in 2002, Miami in 2003, and Lon- Topics related to pre-Islamic his- don on September 30, 2004 (see page 9). The next gala benefit dinners will take tory and culture are treated in the fol- place in Houston, Texas on November 13, in Garden City, Long Island on December 11, 2004, and in New York City on March 3, 2005 (see p. 6). HOUSTON GALA LONG ISLAND GALA November 13, 2004 December 11, 2004 The theme of the Houston Gala is Following the successful “fueling the future.” The Gala honors fundraiser for the victims of the Bam four Iranians who have distinguished earthquake organized by the Naghavi themselves in various fields of the oil family with the support of Dr. and Mrs. and gas industries. Mohammad Farivar last March, Dr. Azita Khan Naghavi has organized a A committee chaired by Hamid & benefit dinner for the Encyclopædia Lily Kouros and Ali & Gita Iranica at the luxurious Garden City Saberioon, with the participation of a Hotel, Garden City, Long Island, on number of socially active Iranian- Saturday, December 11, 2004 at 7 p.m. Americans in Houston, Texas, was Mrs. Homa Sarshar will be the Mas- formed in early 2004 to organize a ben- ter of Ceremonies and six distin- efit dinner for the Encyclopædia Iranica guished Iranian-Americans will be “The Simorgh,” from IL-KHANID BOOK ILLUSTRATION Continued on page 8 Continued on page 6 CISNewsletter 2 Continued from page 1 western shore of Lake Urmia; and HUDIMIRI, peripheral district and city in Elam. HUNS, collective term for horsemen of various origins leading a nomadic lifestyle, by M. Schottky; and HUNNIC COINAGE, coins struck from the late 4th to the early 8th century by Central Asian invaders of northeastern Iran, by M. Alram. HUVISHKA, ruler of the Great Kushan lineage (2nd century), by A. D. H. Bivar. Sasanian history is discussed in nine entries: M. R. Shayegan has con- Khwaja Nasir-al-Din Tusi observatory complex, Maragha, tributed HORMOZD I, throne name of from IL-KHANID ARCHITECTURE Shapur I’s son and successor, Hormozd- Ardashir (3rd century) and A. S. Shahbazi has contributed the follow- Five entries are devoted to Iranists and Orientalists with interests in Iranian ing: HORMOZD, brother of Sasanian great ISLAM AND SHI’ISM king Shapur II, who participated in Studies: HEINRICH HÜBSCHMANN, emi- Julian’s Persian expedition (4th cen- nent 19th-20th century German scholar Topics related to Islam and Shi’ism tury); HORMOZD II, Sasanian great king of Iranian and Armenian studies, by E. are treated in eleven entries: six entries Kettenhofen and R. Schmitt; THOMAS (4th century); HORMOZD III, Sasanian are devoted to HOSAYN B. ALI, the third HYDE, English Orientalist, first to at- great king, eldest son of Yazdgerd II (5th Imam of the Shi’ites: LIFE AND SIGNIFI- tempt a comprehensive description of century) ; HORMOZD IV, Sasanian great CANCE IN SHI’ISM, by W. Madelung; IN Zoroastrianism, by A. V. Williams; king, successor to Khosrow I POPULAR SHI’ISM, by J. Calmard; THE PAUL HORN, 19th century German phi- Anushiravan (6th century); HORMOZD V, PASSION OF HOSAYN (ta’zia), by P. lologist, specialist in Iranian and Turk- Sasanian great king (7th century); and Chelkowski. HOSAYNIYA, buildings spe- HORMOZAN, one of the last military lead- ish languages, by E. Kettenhofen; cifically designed to serve as venues for ers of Sasanian Persia. Shahbazi has HÜSING, 19th-20th century German Moharram ceremonies commemorating also contributed HOSHANG, founder of scholar of Old Iranian and Elamite stud- the martyrdom of Imam Hosayn; ies, by R. Schmitt; and HOSHANG mythical Pishdadian dynasty; and HOSAYNIYA-YE MOSHIR, a Hosayniya HUNTING in pre-Islamic Iran. JAMASP, distinguished 19th century building located in an old quarter of Parsi scholar-priest, by M. Boyce and Shiraz, famous for its exquisite colored F. Kotwal. tiles; and HORR-E RIAHI, leading tribes- man in Kufa who intercepted Imam Other articles treating pre-Islamic Hosayn and his followers, leading them religion and culture include: HUSHT, to Karbala, all by J. Calmard. Zoroastrian-Persian term designating the area assigned to a priest, by M. HOSAYN B. RUH, third of the four Boyce and F. Kotwal; HUMATA HUXTA special vicegerents of the Hidden Imam HUWARSHTA, three Avestan words which from 917 to 938, by S. Amir encapsulate the ethical goals of Zoro- Arjomand; HOQAYNI, nesba of two astrianism, by M. Boyce; ORACLE OF Zaydi Imams, by W. Madelung; HORR- HYSTASPES, collection of prophecies as- E A MELI, an outstanding Twelver Shi’ite cribed to Vishtaspa, by W. Hadith scholar of the Akhbari school Sundermann; HORDAD, one of the (17th century), by M. Bar Asher. Avestan entities, mentioned in associa- HOSAYN HAFEZ KARBALA’I, Major Per- tion with Ameretat, by A. Panaino; sian historian of Sufis and poet (16th HYDARNES, Greek rendering of the Old century) by L. Lewisohn. HORUFISM, a Persian male name Vidarna, by R. body of antinomian and incarnationist Schmitt; HYMN OF THE PEARL, Syriac doctrines evolved by Fazl-Allah Mourning self-infliction, poem composed in the 3rd century in Astarabadi (14th century), known to his from HOSAYN B. ALI Edessa, by J. R. Russell. followers also as Fazl-e Yazdan (“the 3 CISNewsletter generosity of God”), is treated by H. the genesis of the acceptance of homo- Algar. The principal features of sexuality, homoeroticism in Sufi litera- Horufism were elaborate numerologi- ture, studies of the representation of cal interpretations of the letters of the homosexuality, and homosexuality in Perso-Arabic alphabet and an attempt modern times. to correlate them with the human form. The movement that espoused these Other articles on Persian literature teachings was relatively short-lived in include: HYPERBOLE, described in the Persia, but it had a significant prolon- context of the classical Persian system gation in Anatolia and the Balkans, pri- of elm-e badi’; HOSN-E TA’LIL, rhetori- marily under the auspices of the cal device among the figures of ‘elm-e Bektashi order. badi’; IHAM, or double entendre, a kind of play on words based on a single word ISTORY: H Soltaniya, mausoleum of Sultan Oljeytu, with a double meaning, all by N. MEDIEVAL TO MODERN from IL-KHANID ARCHITECTURE Chalisova. History from Medieval to Modern HUMOR in Persian literature, con- times is discussed in 15 entries: IL- entries: IJEL, Timurid prince (14th-15th tributed by J. T. P de Bruijn, is a wide KHANIDS, Mongol dynasty in Persia from centuries), by J. Woods. HOSAYN B. ranging entry in which the author ex- 1260 to 1335, founded by Hulagu Khan, BAYQARA, common designation for the amines the concept of humor through- is the subject of five entries: DYNASTIC last Timurid ruler of major importance out Persian literature to the present time HISTORY and HULAGU KHAN, both by R. in Khorasan (15th century), by the late and pays particular attention to its many Amitai; Il-khanid BOOK ILLUSTRATION H. R. Roemer; HOSAYNI BALKHI, trans- forms and genres including puns, paro- by S. Carboni; and Il-khanid CERAM- lator into Persian of Wa’ez-e Balkhi’s dies, satirical diatribes, etc. The func- ICS AND PORTABLE ARTS by P. Morgan. Arabic work, Faza’el Balkh (12th cen- tion of humor in society as a critical tool Il-khanid ARCHITECTURE is written by S. tury), by the late A. H. Habibi. HOSAYN against hypocrisy, pedantry and bigotry Blair, who underlines that the architec- KHAN SHAMLU, Safavid governor, is also discussed with a wealth of illus- ture produced during this period in Per- nephew of Shah Esma’il I (16th cen- trations.
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