Note 13 — THE “BĀZ-NĀMA-YI NĀṢIRĪ” A TREATISE ON FALCONRY DEDICATED TO NĀṢIRU ’D-DĪN SHĀH OF PERSIA In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
D. C. (Douglas Craven) Phillott translation
ʿAtabāt-i ʿAlīyāt, the “Exalted Thresholds,” is a Shīʿah term for the city of Kerbalā, the burial place of the martyrs Imām Ḥusayn, his family and his followers; sometimes Najaf and Kāz̤imayn are included.