1. introduction thebeginning of the reign of kavus coincides with the battle of mazandaran. the exordium of the story is as follows: kavus and his heroes are drinking wine and celebrating his enthronement. the div (ahreman) made himself like a musician and demanded the chamberlain to let him play before the king.as soon as thechamberlain brings him to the presence of the king, he starts playing...

1. introduction the shahnameh opens with a preface which probably did not exist prior to ferdowsi. even if such a thing existed, it must have been different from the present introduction. putting this aside, the rest of the shahnameh has a clear beginning and ending. this has helped critics to determine the structure of the work as a whole by its content. however, we believe the shahnameh inclu...

The possibility of the same large-aperture KrF laser driver to amplify simultaneously both nanosecond pulses for thermonuclear target implosion and picosecond ones for fuel ignition is discussed relative to KrF-based Fusion Test Facility. In this way experiments were performed at hybrid Ti:Sapphire/KrF GARPUN-MTW facility on amplification of subpicosecond pulses. 2-TW, 330-fs pulses were produc...

Most interest in Fechner’s work went to the law of outer psychophysics, which relates external stimulus intensity and sensory experience. Yet, according to Fechner’s own conviction the validity of this law depends entirely on inner psychophysics’ prescription that brain activity and experience are different aspects of the same entity. This means there must be lawful connections between the two ...

in the corpus of persian texts, the word “dervish” generally represents a person who is satisfied with having few belongings and properties. in the islamic period, this word exactly corresponds to “sufi”. most of the lexicographers and researchers have mentioned two distinct equivalents for “dervish” in different persian texts. on the one hand, dervish means “beggar”. in this regard, “dervish” ...

introduction every day, we see the numerous works and articles which are published about shāhnāme. in this massive volume of writings, shāhnāme is in the center of attention and is viewed from different perspectives and angles: from the discussion on the words and lines of shāhnāme and to the reflections on its stories, characters and myths, from the ferdowsi’s life to the effect of the shāhnām...