Exterior of a Parsee burial ground near Teheran

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Full title: Exterior of a Parsee burial ground near Teheran [electronic resource].
Format: Photo           
Language: English
Published: [S.l.] : The Graphic, 1871.
Series: SOAS Digital Library.
CLIP.
R_IRN.
Subjects:
Cemeteries.
Dokhmas.
گورستان.
دخمه.
آسیا -- ایران -- استان تهران -- تهران -- قصر فیروزه.
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245 0 0 |a Exterior of a Parsee burial ground near Teheran  |h [electronic resource]. 
260 |a [S.l.] :  |b The Graphic,  |c 1871. 
490 |a Sketches in Persia. 
500 |a Published in The Graphic on 30 December 1871, page 1 
500 |a The Parsi, or Parsee, is a Zoroastrian community. The Parsi burial ground, dakhma or dokhma (from Middle Persian dakhmag) , often referred to as a Tower of Silence in English, is a circular, raised structure for excarnation built by Zoroastrians for the transfer of the dead to birds 
506 |a This image is believed to be in the Public Domain 
533 |a Electronic reproduction.  |b London :  |c SOAS, University of London,  |c SOAS University of London,  |c Archives and Special Collections,  |d 2016.  |f (SOAS Digital Library)  |n Mode of access: World Wide Web.  |n System requirements: Internet connectivity; Web browser software. 
535 1 |a Archives and Special Collections. 
650 0 |a Cemeteries. 
650 0 |a Dokhmas. 
650 |a گورستان. 
650 |a دخمه. 
650 |a آسیا -- ایران -- استان تهران -- تهران -- قصر فیروزه. 
752 |a Iran  |b Qasr-e-Firuzeh-ye-Yek  |d Tehran. 
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