al-ṭabaqāt al-kubrā by muḥammad b. sa‘d baṣrī (d. 230/844) is one of the significant books on the biography of the prophet (s.a.w.), his companions, successors to the companions, and the transmitters of ḥadīth up to the early decades of third ah century. with a case study of imam ‘alī’s life in this book, the present research seeks to elucidate the difference of the reports presented by the tra...

The mutL gene product is part of the dam-directed mismatch repair system of Escherichia coli but has no known enzymatic function. It forms a complex on heteroduplex DNA with the mismatch recognition MutS protein and with MutH, which has latent endonuclease activity. An N-terminal hexahistidine-tagged MutL was constructed which was active in vivo. As a first stop to determine the functional doma...

with the advent of shāhabbās, the safavid dynasty enjoyed its pinnacle of power. in this era, thanks to the endurance of cultural traditions and long reign of the safavids, and also the extraordinary patronage of artists by the court, the strengthening and establishing of art became realized. shāhabbās’ accession to the throne caused significant political change and as a result, many traditiona...

Andreas Vesalius (1514 –1564) is one of the greatest anatomists of all time. His lasting recognition is due to two major achievements: being instrumental in making anatomy an empirical science and presenting the results of his work in an extraordinarily innovative way. The latter is also his connection with the arts. Vesalius was born in Brussels. He started his education in Leuven, attended th...

fakhr al-dīn al-rāzī, theologian and philosopher of the 12th centuriy (1148-1209), has a huge literary production in many scholary disciplines of his time. nothwithstanding some original ideas which are mostly found in his theological and philosophical writings, most of his other works are compilations based on other sources. some of these sources still exist, while most of the others seem to h...

â  â  ibn al-amid’s poetry â â â â â  s.f. mirghaderi * â  hossein kiani** â  â  abstract â  ibn al-amid is one of the most distinguished writers of the arabic literature who is believed, even by his contemporary critics, to be at the top of his profession due to the unique characteristics of his writings. besides being a writer, ibn al-amid also had a taste in composing poems. his poems are ...