phonic features in translation of quran   in tabari language     abbasali ebrahimi [1]       received: 2011/11/21   accepted: 2013/03/04       abstract   historically, the linguists have divided the iranian languages into three historical eras, (a) ancient era, (b) middle era, and (c) new era. the tabari language is one of the languages of the new era as the continuity of middle era languages. ...

The coinage of the Sasanian Empire (224-651 CE) is not only the most important primary source for its monetary and economic history, but also of greatest relevance for its history and art history.Coin hoards are of pivotal importance for studying Sasanian coinage. On August 29,2007,two jars were unearthed during the construction work for the new border sentry post of “Havār-Barxāh-loh” in the P...

the round city of ardeshir khwarah, with its concentric layout, can be considered as the first city which established by the founder of the sasanian dynasty as a symbol of the sasanian royal ideology. ardeshir khwarah plays a key role in establishment of sasanian sovereignty and urban planning. however, a little is known about the history of the city. it seems even stranger if we consider the r...

the demonstration of female figures on sasanian silver vessels was an interesting subject to sasanian silversmiths which caused much dispute among the scholars over whose character the female figure represents. are they representations of the goddess anahita or members of her cult? is there any connection between them and the cult of asiatic dionysus? the other question that arises is whether t...

one of the most important sits of sasanian period in iran from which the royal hunting plaques were recovered has been chal tarkhan of eshgh abad. there was a sasanian palace containing a considerable number of stucco representing variety of subject pointing to a deep understanding of sasanian stucco art. in spite of the researchers made by e.g. thompson and kroger on this plaques yet, there ha...

Abstract The Sasanian period (224–651 CE) marked an era of large‐scale urban projects in southwest Asia, including Iran's semi‐arid highlands, with particular efforts to manipulate water bodies. This study presents a recent interdisciplinary investigation spring‐fed pond at the entrance Palace Ardashir (Firuzabad plain, Iran), part recently registered World Heritage site. Historical accounts su...

While process technologists are obsessed to follow Moore’s curve down to nanoscale dimensions, design technologists are confronted with gigascale complexity. On the other hand, post-PC and post dotcom products require zero cost, zero energy yet software programmable novel system architectures to be sold in huge volumes and to be designed in exponentially decreasing time. How do we cope with the...