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- proper noun A male and female
given name from theFarsi language.
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Examples
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But public appeals for no retaliation, particularly from one victim's father, Tariq Jahan, have helped to keep passions at bay.
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Speaking at Sunday's rally in a public park near the scene of the killings, Jahan told the crowd that the three boys did not die in vain.
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Located in Agra, India, the Taj Mahal is a mausoleum built by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan for his favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal in 1632.
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Speaking at Sunday's rally in a public park near the scene of the killings, Jahan told the crowd that the three boys did not die in vain.
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But public appeals for no retaliation, particularly from one victim's father, Tariq Jahan, have helped to keep passions at bay.
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When his wife, Mumtaz, died in 1631, Shah Jahan was grief-stricken, so much so that, according to one observer, he "gave up the practice of plucking out grey hair from his beard".
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He preferred to drink and carouse rather than to rule, and his wife, Nur Jahan, took on the responsibility of the state.
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Instead, spokesperson Jahan Wilson said, "We believe all South Dakotans should vote and encourage them to do so."
Stephanie Woodard: Ready to Rumble: A Lawyer on the Voting-Rights Frontline Stephanie Woodard 2010
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The fifth Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan 1592-1666, was more like his grandfather Akbar and his great-great-grandfather Babur: a schemer, a man of grand plans and ideas.
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As the crowd considered their options, Tariq Jahan, whose son was among those dead, appealed to the crowd not to avenge the crime.
UK Muslims Use Prayer, Not Revenge in Response to Hate Crime 2011
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