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" Baqqāl-bāzī - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Floor, Willem
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English
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1060922
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ALei1319
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Floor, Willem
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Baqqāl-bāzī - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Floor, Willem
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Leiden: Brill
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Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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(415 words)
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Baqqāl-bāzī (lit., grocer play, or baqqāl-uyīnī (same meaning)) was until the 1920s a popular Iranian form of satirical, improvisatory slapstick comedy ( maskhara , buffoonery, or tamāshā , spectacle), so called because the play’s main character was a rich grocer (baqqāl) who was made fun of by his insolent servant, who was often represented as a black (siyāh). If the black servant had a major role, this type of play was called siyāh-bāzī . Baqqāl-bāzī , known since the 17th century, was heir to an ancient pre-islamic tradition of
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Islam.
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