feroher (feroher)

[Pahlavi (also written frohar, feruer, ferver), enced by the ancient Persians, adherents of the Zoroastrian religion.-2. A IMG:content-1234.png:[graphic] name given, very questionably, to a symbol seen on monuments of Feroher. ancient Per- (From Bonomi's " Nineveh and its Palaces.") sian origin, representing a winged circle, with or without a manlike figure in it, hovering over the head of a king or other person, and believed by some to represent his tutelary spirit. fer oligiste (fer ol-e-zhest'). [F.: fer, quioxid, otherwise called hematite or specular IMG:content-1235.jpg:[blocks in formation]