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Shiraz

noun
1.
A city in central southwestern Iran; ruins of ancient Persepolis are nearby.





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"Shiraz" Quotes from Famous Books



... their best to countermine the ascetic idea inherent in Christianity, are not ashamed of the sensual appetite; but rather the reverse. I have heard in Persia of a Religious, highly esteemed for learning and saintly life who, when lodged by a disciple at Shiraz, came out of his sleeping room and aroused his host with the words "Shahwat dram!" equivalent to our "I want a woman." He was at once married to one of the slave-girls and able to gratify the demands ...
— The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 9 • Richard F. Burton


Words linked to "Shiraz" :   metropolis, city, Persia, Iran, urban center, Islamic Republic of Iran


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