- Hecatompylos by Travis Becker
... BC it was the Iranian Arsacid capital. Known to have been on the Silk Road between the Middle East and China, it may have been located between the Iranian cities of Damghan and Shahrud, but its precise site has not been established.
- Mirza Ali Modzhuz by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
... ; died Sept. 25, 1934, in Shahrud, Iran. Azerbaijan poet.Modzhuz was the son of a merchant and studied in a theological school. His first verses were published in Turkey, where he had settled in 1889. He returned to Azerbaijan in 1905.Modzhuz wrote satirical verses influenced by Azerbaijan democratic literature, particularly by the poet Sabir. His principal ...
- Modzhuz, Mirza Ali by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
... ; died Sept. 25, 1934, in Shahrud, Iran. Azerbaijan poet.Modzhuz was the son of a merchant and studied in a theological school. His first verses were published in Turkey, where he had settled in 1889. He returned to Azerbaijan in 1905.Modzhuz wrote satirical verses influenced by Azerbaijan democratic literature, particularly by the poet Sabir. His principal ...