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In this essay I seek to explore the icon of the Fighting Cock movement (Khorus Jangi) and of its Manifesto, " The Slaughterer of the Nightingale, " in order to consider its implications and imagistic allusions. In outlining the background... more
This article analyzes the techniques by which the kings of the early Sasanian dynasty engaged the past and shaped the experience of future generations. I concentrate on the innovations and legacy of the first two kings of kings of the... more
Cengiz Han’ın ölümü ile birlikte onun kurmuş olduğu büyük imparatorluk oğulları arasında pay edilmiştir. Çağatay Han, Doğu ve Batı Türkistan’ın hemen hemen bütün bölgelerinde hakimiyet kurmuştur. Çağatay Hanlığı dini çeşitlilik... more
A brief student-friendly overview of the Achaemenid dynasty and its empire
This chapter seeks to place Iran’s recent foreign policies in the Cold War and beyond in the broader context of the country’s experiences in international affairs. Modern Iran emerged around 1501, when Esma‘il I, a youthful prince... more
اطلس تاریخی ایران در دوران ساسانی
نشر نی
تهران
1395
نشر نی
تهران
1395
PDF ON REQUEST Dynastic connections in the Arsacid Empire and the origins of the House of Sāsān, in: The Parthian and Early Sasanian Empires: Adaptation and expansion, Editors: Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis; Elizabeth Pendleton; Touraj Daryaee;... more
Prof. Hamid Dabashi’s book, focusing on the dynamics of change and transition within the Shi’ite historical context, presents a panoramic perspective discussing conflict, uprising and conciliation periods of this significant sect within... more
Mustafa Bıyıklı’nın Editör olduğu Türk Dış Politikası kitabının - Cumhuriyet Dönemi, “Türkiye’nin ve Büyük Güçlerin İran Politikası (1945-1979)” başlıklı bir kitap bölümü yazmıştır. Kitap bölümünde İkinci Dünya Savaşı sonrasında... more
The Israeli-Iranian relations have undergone different friendly and hostile periods for decades. The current fundamentalist period is only one among different durations that reshaped the foreign policy for both states before and after the... more
Structural functionalism is a social approach to trace out the complex society where all segments work together regarding promoting solidarity and stability. Likewise, cosmopolitanism means a society where people from distinct cultures,... more
“Wanderings Beyond Codification and Desire,” in Anthrohistory. Unsettling Knowledge, Questioning Discipline. Edward Murphy, Chandra D. Bhimull, Fernando Coronil, Monica Eileen Patterson and Julie Skurski eds. University of Michigan Press,... more
Much attention in the West has focused on Iran as a problem country. This book challenges the representations of Iran as a hostile regional power led by ideologues, and goes further by discussing how international relations are viewed... more
In this article, I attend to two forms of hearings (or nonhearings) in two distinctive courtsof law, both involving the persecution of Iranian dissidents in the 1980s. Drawing on myethnographic and archival research, inside and outside of... more
In this paper, an attempt has been made to gather information about the Elamite cities and lands in the period when the Awan dynasty was known as the ruler of the Elamite world, and some suggestions have been made about the history,... more
An essay about the classic Persian novel 'Savushun' and its relevance in terms of contemporary Iranian politics.
«تشیع علوی و تشیع صفوی»، نظریهای است که 44 سال قبل توسط علی شریعتی طرح شد و مباحث، نقدها و حتی تنشهای قابل توجهی را برانگیخت. اینک، پس از گذشت بیش از چهار دهه از طرح این نظریه، شاید وقت آن باشد که با نگاهی به مختصات درونی این متن، به... more
Lettres de Reader Bullard adressées à sa femme et à ses enfants, auxquelles E. C. Hodgkin, son neveu, journaliste au Times de 1952 à 1972, a ajouté quelques dépêches déclassifiées du Foreign Office.
The notion of revolution has been observed through various definitions. For instance, in political science, revolution is a sudden and fundamental change in the government, whether a complete change from one constitution or a modification... more
Published by the Institute for History of Science, University of Tehran, Tarikh-e Elm is an Iranian journal founded in 2003 by Prof. Hadi „Alem-Zadeh, the then institute director. The Tarikh-e Elm is the first journal wholly dedicated to... more
As the theory of multiple modernities began to question the uniform transformation and conversion of all modern societies, several culturally specific definitions of secularism/laïcité by modernising elites were already prevalent in... more
This text gives some very small selection of details included in the forthcoming Caracalla: A Military Biography (as an advertisement) due to be published by Pen & Sword this year and in fact provides also a short overview of some of the... more
Sixty-six years ago, “Operation Ajax,” as the plot was code-named, reshaped the history of Iran, the Middle East, and the world. Following WWII, the tides of nationalism and anticolonialism poured across Asia, Africa, and Latin America.... more
Les Clés du Moyen-Orient (2017)
For a country that was never colonized, the title of the present article is greatly preoccupying; and indeed, what happens in today’s Turkey should consume much thought and analysis among not only Turks but also Russians, Chinese,... more
The Qajar Army in Russo-Iranian Wars: The Irregular Cavalry (in Russian)
The fifth chapter assesses the IRGC’s extraterritorial activities. The IRGC is a constitutional organization and has the characteristics of a regular army structure. Generally, the conditions of the use of military force are defined by... more
Recovering Biographies of Enslaved Africans in Nineteenth-Century Iran: A First Attempt Anthony A. Lee Lecturer, UCLA Abstract African slaves were brought to Iran in large numbers in the nineteenth century as part of the... more
The security apparatus of the Islamic Republic of Iran-that is the combination of those institutions and organizations that are responsible for internal and external security including matters of national defense and intelligence-differs... more
پیکرکهای الهه مادر-سیمای زن در آثار پیش از تاریخ ایران
1905 öncesi dönem, İran için istikrarsızlık- taviz-istikrarsızlık fasit dairesinin giderek daha tahripkâr olmaya başladığı bir devirdir. Harici güçlere verilen tavizlerin en önemlisi, 1890 Mart’ında İran’daki tüm tütünün üretim, satış ve... more
Land Reform and Expropriation from Female Owners (1962-1972); Western Iran Case Study Goal: the general aim of the present paper is to outline the evolution of female landlords during Land reform revisions. We want to show why and how... more
The Yemen, is the birth place and hub for a number of monotheistic religious convictions . In its North West region, just 243 kilometers away from San'aa, the official capital of the Republic of Yemen , lies a spiritual center, a holy... more