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  • ...Farabi]] was born, and Aristan-Bab, an important representative of Islamic culture and teacher of [[Ahmed Yesevi|Khoja Ahmed Yasawi]], preached here. ...and animals. Otrar is mentioned in numerous sources such as medieval Arab, Persian and Turkic authors. These sources refer to it as one of the [[Zhetysu]] (Se
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  • ...rkestan, Kazakhstan.jpg|thumbnail|262px|Backside view of mausoleum where [[Persian miniature painting]] can be best observed.]] Khoja Ahmed Yasawi (Khawaja or Khwaja (Persian: خواجه pronounced khâje) corresponds to "master", whence Arabic: خو
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  • |[[Persian people|Persians]] ...>{{cite web|title=Dagestan marks Nowruz|url=http://vestnikkavkaza.net/news/culture/52840.html|accessdate=21 March 2015}}</ref>
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  • ...play.asp?eventid=189|accessdate=April 26, 2008|publisher=Festival of World Culture|work=Event Listings|title=Rhythms of Uzbekistan: Featuring Shod & Lyazgi |a Persian script:
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  • ...s|Cossack]]" is of the same origin.<ref name=etym/> The [[Persian language|Persian]] suffix ''[[-stan]]'' means "land" or "place of", so ''Kazakhstan'' can be ...ed by the mid-16th century with the appearance of the [[Kazakh language]], culture, and economy.
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  • ...ssolved in water is a primary ingredient of ''[[qurutob]],'' a traditional Persian dish in [[Tajik cuisine|Tajik]], [[Afghan cuisine|Afghan]] and [[Iranian cu ...y Persian book of poetry ''[[Shahnameh]]''. ''Khoshk'' ([[Persian language|Persian]] : خشک meaning "dry") which indicates that the kashk or kishk is prepa
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  • ...hMI7vG8tNePyQIVhi4PCh2d4w_U#v=onepage&q=Dastarkhan%20turkic&f=false ''Food Culture in Russia and Central Asia''] Greenwood Publishing Group, 1 jan. 2005 ISBN ...hMI7vG8tNePyQIVhi4PCh2d4w_U#v=onepage&q=Dastarkhan%20turkic&f=false ''Food Culture in Russia and Central Asia''] Greenwood Publishing Group, 1 jan. 2005 ISBN
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  • ...l speech is pronounced similar to Қ. The letter Һ is used only in Arabic-Persian borrowings and is often pronounced like an unvoiced Х.{{clarify|date=Novem ...m, December 13, 2007]</ref> However, on January 30, 2015, the Minister of Culture and Sports Arystanbek Mukhamediuly announced that a transition plan was und
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  • ...therwise give a sense of how the applicant would likely mesh with the DMOZ culture and mission.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dmoz.org/cgi-bin/apply.cgi |titl [[Category:Persian-language websites]]
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  • '''Buzkashi''' (literally "goat pulling" in [[Persian language|Persian]]), (similar games are known as '''kokpar''',<ref>[http://www.independent. ==In popular culture==
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  • ...eak [[Bukhori]], a dialect of [[Tajik Language|Tajik]] ([[Persian language|Persian]]). Their name comes from the former Central Asian [[Emirate of Bukhara]], ...s are reported in the press," contrary to incorrect perceptions in popular culture caused by the country's fictional portrayal in the 2006 film ''[[Borat]]''
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  • ...d other [[Central Asia]]n countries. Suzani is from the [[Persian language|Persian]] سوزن ''Suzan'' which means [[Sewing needle|needle]]. The art of makin [[Category:Kazakhstani culture]]
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  • ...ماتی}} in [[Ottoman turkish language|Turkish]] and [[Persian language|Persian]] written with the [[Perso-Arabic script]]. During the [[Middle Ages]] (8–10th centuries), a city culture developed in Almaty. There was a transition to a settled way of living, the
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  • ...ongol]] tribes united to establish the [[Kazakh Khanate]]. With a cohesive culture and a national identity, they constituted absolute majority on the land unt |Persian
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  • ...enturies. [[Joseph Fletcher (historian)|Joseph Fletcher]] cites Turkic and Persian manuscripts related to the preaching of the 17th century [[Kashgar]]ian [[S ...nicity outside China, yet they have close relations with the Hui people in culture, ethnic characteristics and ethnic identity."
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  • ...van association, which runs a Sunday school teaching Armenian language and culture to the community's children.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.publish.diaspora ...0% could speak [[Russian language|Russian]], and 14.8% could speak [[Tajik Persian|Tajik]]. According to interviews with community members, the first Armenian
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  • ...uropean languages from [[Turkish language|Turkish]] and [[Persian language|Persian]] (''tātār'', "mounted messenger"). From the beginning, the extra ''r'' The Persian word is first recorded in the 13th century in reference to the hordes of [[
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  • ...of Chechnya was dominated by the [[Khazars]] and then the [[Alans]]. Local culture was also subject to [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] and [[Kingdom of Georgia ...ories for several years. Notable in Chechen history, this particular Russo-Persian War marked the first military encounter between Imperial Russia and the [[V
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  • ...e-shift from [[Middle Iranian languages|Middle Iranian]] to Turkic and New Persian was predominantly the result of an ''elite dominance'' process.<ref>A. H. N ...and phonetical features of the Uzbek language as well as the modern Uzbek culture reflect the more ancient Iranian roots of the Uzbek people.<ref name="Irani
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  • ...bn=978-90-04-28529-3|pages=385–}}</ref> Europeans communicated to him in Persian.<ref name="Rossabi2014 3">{{cite book|author=Morris Rossabi|title=From Yuan ...of the Crusading period, through the eyes of an observant outsider from a culture thousands of miles away.
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