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Encyclop忙dia Iranica
The Encyclop忙dia Iranica is a comprehensive research tool dedicated to the study of Iranian civilization in the Middle East, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and the Indian subcontinent.
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KHAKSAR, Mansur
poet, writer, editor and political activist. Khaksar had two eminent Persian poets, Ma岣ud Mošref Tehr膩ni and 岣ssan 笔补蝉迟腻, as his teachers in the last two years of high school. In 1959, his first poem was published in Omid-e Ir膩n, a noted weekly journal published by Mo岣mmad 膧峁mi in Tehran.
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CASPIAN SEA
actually a lake, the largest in the world (estimated surface area in 1986: 378,400 km², volume 78,600 km³; approx. between lat 37° and 47° N, long 46° and 54° E); it is bounded on the south by Persia.
Encyclopædia Iranica
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KHAKSAR, Mansur
poet, writer, editor and political activist. Khaksar had two eminent Persian poets, Ma岣ud Mošref Tehr膩ni and 岣ssan 笔补蝉迟腻, as his teachers in the last two years of high school. In 1959, his first poem was published in Omid-e Ir膩n, a noted weekly journal published by Mo岣mmad 膧峁mi in Tehran.

CASPIAN SEA
actually a lake, the largest in the world (estimated surface area in 1986: 378,400 km², volume 78,600 km³; approx. between lat 37° and 47° N, long 46° and 54° E); it is bounded on the south by Persia.