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Babak (given Name)
Babak ( fa, بابک) is a common Persian given name for males. It derives from the Middle Persian name ''Pāpak'' "BĀBAK",''Encyclopedia of Islam'', second edition which means "beloved father". People with this name * Babak (c. 222), Persian prince and father (or stepfather) of Ardashir I, founder of the Sasanian Empire * Babak (Sasanian general) * Babak Khorramdin (795 or 798–838), Khurramite leader who fought against the Abbasid Caliphate * Babak Amir-Tahmasseb (born 1976), French-Iranian kayaker * Babak Hassibi, Iranian-American electrical engineer * Babak Jahanbakhsh (born 1983), Iranian pop singer * Babak Payami (born 1966), Iranian film director * Babak Rafati (born 1970), Iranian-German football referee * Babak Dehghanpisheh, American journalist * Bobak Ferdowsi Bobak Ferdowsi ( fa, بابک فردوسی, ; born November 7, 1979) is a flight engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He served on the '' Cassini–Huygens'' and Mars Science Laboratory ''Curiosity' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Middle Persian
Middle Persian or Pahlavi, also known by its endonym Pārsīk or Pārsīg () in its later form, is a Western Middle Iranian language which became the literary language of the Sasanian Empire. For some time after the Sasanian collapse, Middle Persian continued to function as a prestige language. It descended from Old Persian, the language of the Achaemenid Empire and is the linguistic ancestor of Modern Persian, an official language of Iran, Afghanistan (Dari) and Tajikistan ( Tajik). Name "Middle Iranian" is the name given to the middle stage of development of the numerous Iranian languages and dialects. The middle stage of the Iranian languages begins around 450 BCE and ends around 650 CE. One of those Middle Iranian languages is Middle Persian, i.e. the middle stage of the language of the Persians, an Iranian people of Persia proper, which lies in the south-western highlands on the border with Babylonia. The Persians called their language ''Parsik'', meaning "Persian". Anot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dehkhoda Dictionary
The ''Dehkhoda Dictionary'' ( fa, لغتنامهٔ دهخدا) is the largest comprehensive Persian encyclopedic dictionary ever published, comprising 200 volumes. It is published by the Tehran University Press (UTP) under the supervision of the Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute. It was first published in 1931. It traces the historical development of the Persian language, providing a comprehensive resource to scholars and academic researchers, as well as describing usage in its many variations throughout the world. The complete work is an ongoing effort that has taken over forty-five years of effort by Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda and a cadre of other experts. Although ''Dehkhoda'' covers a big part of literary terms and words in Persian, the first edition of it lacks most scientific and technology terms coined by the Academy of Persian Language and Literature during the past decades. However the newer editions cover them. Dehkhoda states in the preface of the first edition of the dictio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Papak
Pabag ( pal, 𐭯𐭠𐭯𐭪𐭩, ''Pāpak/Pābag''; New Persian: ''Bābak''), was an Iranian prince who ruled Istakhr, the capital of Pars, from 205 or 206 until his death sometime between 207–210. He was the father, stepfather, grandfather, or father-in-law of Ardashir I, the founder of the Sasanian Empire. He was succeeded by his eldest son Shapur. Background and state of Pars Pars (also known as Persis), a region in the southwestern Iranian plateau, was the homeland of a southwestern branch of the Iranian peoples, the Persians. It also was also the birthplace of the first Iranian Empire, the Achaemenids. The region served as the center of the empire until its conquest by the Macedonian king Alexander the Great (). Since the end of the 3rd or the beginning of the 2nd century BCE, Pars was ruled by local dynasts subject to the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire. These dynasts held the ancient Persian title of ''frataraka'' ("leader, governor, forerunner"), which is also att ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babak (Sasanian General)
Babak was a 6th-century Sasanian officeholder known for his major role in the reformation of the Sasanian military during Khosrow I's reign. Name His name has been recorded as "Babak, son of ʾlbyrwʾn ( ar, البيروان)" by al-Tabari. This Arabic corruption is reconstructed as ''Bērawān'' by Theodor Nöldeke and ''Behruwān'' () by Ahmad Tafazzoli. Mohammad-Taqi Bahar explains it as "Babak, son of Bīrū ( fa, بیرو)", which could be an alternative form of ''Wīrū'' (), a Persian male given name mentioned in ''Vis o Ramin''. The final ''-ān'' would be the suffix meaning "son of". '' Bābak'' is the Arabic and New Persian form of the Middle Persian ''Pābag''. Career Al-Tabari describes Babak as "a man of noble birth known for his magnanimous qualities and capability". He is mentioned as a secretary, but according to the ''Shahnameh'', Babak was a priest (''mowbed''). In an effort for reforming the military and establishing a standing army, King Khosrow I put Babak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babak Khorramdin
, native_name_lang = , birth_date = 795 or 798 , birth_place = Ardabil, Abbasid Caliphate , spouse = Banu , death_date = probably 7 January 838 (age 40 or 43) , death_place = Samarra, Abbasid Caliphate , years_active = 23 years , known_for = Leader of the Khorram-Dinān , opponents = Abbasid Caliphate Bābak Khorramdin (Persian: بابک خرمدین, ''Bābak-e Khorramdin'', from Middle Persian ''"Pāpak"''/''"Pābag"'', meaning ''"Young Father"''; 795 or 798 – January 838) was one of the main Iranian revolutionary leaders of the Iranian Khorram-Dinān ("Those of the joyous religion"), which was a local freedom movement fighting the Abbasid Caliphate. Khorramdin appears to be a compound analogous to ''dorustdin'' "orthodoxy" and ''Behdin'' "Good Religion" (Zoroastrianism), and are considered an offshoot of neo-Mazdakism. Babak's Iranianizing rebellion, from its base in Azerbaijan in northwestern Iran, called for a return of the polit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babak Amir-Tahmasseb
Bâbak Amir-Tahmasseb ( fa, بابک امیرطهماسب; born 19 May 1976) is an Iranian-born French sprint kayaker who competed in the early to mid-2000s. He won a gold medal in the K-1 1000 m event at the 2001 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Poznań. Amir-Tahmasseb also competed in two Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of fourth in the K-2 500 m event at Sydney in 2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from S .... He is a member of the Strasbourg Eaux-Vives club. References * *Official website*Exhaustive result list on Strasbourg Eaux-Vives website [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babak Hassibi
Babak Hassibi ( fa, بابک حسیبی, born in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian-American electrical engineer, computer scientist, and applied mathematician who is the inaugural Mose and Lillian S. Bohn Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computing and Mathematical Sciences at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). From 2011 to 2016 he was the Gordon M Binder/Amgen Professor of Electrical Engineering and during 2008-2015 he was Executive Officer of Electrical Engineering, as well as Associate Director of Information Science and Technology. He received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Tehran in 1989, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Stanford University in 1993 and 1996, respectively. At Stanford his adviser was Thomas Kailath. He was a Research Associate in the Information Systems Laboratory at Stanford University during 1997-98 and was a Member of the Technical Staff in the Mathematics of Communications Res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babak Jahanbakhsh
Babak Jahanbakhsh ( fa, بابک جهانبخش; born 21 March 1983) is an Iranian pop singer. Biography Born in Bochum, Germany, Jahanbakhsh started playing the piano at the age of five under the supervision of a German teacher at the Free Music School in Bochum. After finishing his father's education and returning to Iran, he became more interested in music and pursued Oriental music more seriously. The first person to encourage him to become a singer was the old composer Mojtaba Mirzadeh. He underwent new training courses and in 1997, at the age of 14, he received his official license from the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, which at that time was approved by Mohammad Ali Moallem, and in the same year he recorded a track for the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting. Discography Albums Production of his first album began in 2003, and in 2005 he released the album "''Chi Shodeh''", and in the same year he was selected as the second phenomenon of the year. He e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babak Payami
Babak Payami ( fa, بابک پیامی , born 1966) is an Iranian-Canadian film director, writer and producer. Biography Born in Tehran, Iran, Payami grew up in Afghanistan and Iran before leaving for Europe and subsequently Canada, where he became a Canadian citizen. He enrolled in the cinema studies program at the University of Toronto in the early 90s while working as translator and court interpreter. In 1998 he returned to Iran where he wrote, produced and directed his debut feature film ''One More Day'', which premiered in the official Panorama Special program of the Berlin International Film Festival 2000. He later wrote, directed and co-produced with Marco Mueller, his second feature film, ''Secret Ballot'', which competed in the official program of the Venice International Film Festival in 2001. It earned him several accolades in Venice, including the Best Director award. In 2002 Payami began production on ''Silence Between Two Thoughts'', which he wrote, directed a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babak Rafati
Babak Rafati ( fa, بابک رفعتی; born 28 May 1970) is an Iranian-German former football referee. As of February 2010, he has officiated more than 150 matches in the Bundesliga and the 2. Bundesliga. As of November 2011, he has officiated 84 top-flight German league games. Suicide attempt Rafati was scheduled to referee a Bundesliga match on 19 November 2011 between 1. FC Köln and 1. FSV Mainz 05, but never arrived, leading to the match's abandonment after a replacement could not be found. He was later found in his hotel room, having attempted suicide, and was rushed into intensive care Intensive care medicine, also called critical care medicine, is a medical specialty that deals with seriously or critically ill patients who have, are at risk of, or are recovering from conditions that may be life-threatening. It includes pro .... He confirmed that he was suffering from depression, and that would like to return to refereeing after he finished undergoing therapy. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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