Meghan Nuttall Sayres edited the characters of Anahita's Woven Riddle Tuesday, September 13, 2011.
- Changed the section title: Cast of Characters/Important People
- Added a character: Anahita: (Ah-na-hee-ta)—a semi-nomadic weaver who lives in the village of Hasanabad, Iran, and belongs to an Afshar tribe.
- marked the description of Anahita as not a spoiler
- Added a character: Farhad: Far-hod)—Anahita’s father, or Baba, the kadkhuda of the Afshar tribe. A kadhuda is a tribal wise man and leader who resides with a branch of the Afshar tribe and is appointed by the khan.
- marked the description of Farhad as not a spoiler
- Added a character: Maman Bozorg: (Maa-mon Ba-zorg)—the words for grandmother; Anahita’s paternal grandmother.
- marked the description of Maman Bozorg as not a spoiler
- Added a character: Mojdeh: (Moje-day)—Anahita’s mother, Farhad’s wife
- marked the description of Mojdeh as not a spoiler
- Added a character: Mullah: (Moo-la)—a Muslim religious practitioner.
- marked the description of Mullah as not a spoiler
- Added a character: Shirin: (Sheer-een)—Anahita’s female cousin.
- marked the description of Shirin as not a spoiler
- Added a character: Granduncle: A dyemaster; Anahita’s grandmother’s brother.
- marked the description of Granduncle as not a spoiler
- Added a character: Ali and Fatima: (Ah-lee) and (Fat-ee-ma)—husband-and-wife villagers who own a teahouse
- marked the description of Ali and Fatima as not a spoiler
- Added a character: Reza: (Ray-za)—a schoolmaster
- marked the description of Reza as not a spoiler
- Added a character: Arash: (Awe-rash)—a Qajar prince and governor of Marv whose mother belongs to a Yomut tribe
- marked the description of Arash as not a spoiler
- Added a character: Khan: (Khawn)—chieftain of the entire Afshar tribe who represents the tribe with the shah’s government
- marked the description of Khan as not a spoiler
- Added a character: Jaleh: (Jaw-lay)—a woman in Arash’s tribe
- marked the description of Jaleh as not a spoiler
- Added a character: Ismail: (Iss-mail)—Farhad’s trusted subject and adviser in Marv Pirouz (Peer-oose)—a street kid/orphan in Marv whom Arash befriends
- marked the description of Ismail as not a spoiler
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