in public ceremonies, some of the deepest collective memories of the city are being shaped. in safavid era, feasts and funerals; which were either celebration of iranian old traditions or shiite rituals, provided some of the most memorable scenes in public life of the city. this has been mentioned frequently in itineraries and travelogues - both iranians and foreigners. these ceremonies gradual...

this paper, following a formalist approach, attempts to explain art as a zeitgeist, or 'spirit of the age'. it is aimed to investigate the enhancement of the painting by armenian artists of isfahan on the bases of historical literature and documents left since 17th, 18th and 19th century, as well as the available secondary sources tries to examine the iranian–armenian community's...

Abstract The relations between the Islamic empires of early modern period—the Ottomans, Safavids, and Mughals—have long been subject research, as have links each them Europe. present paper adopts a different approach, addressing Central Eastern Europe part single geopolitical continuum. This is done by focusing on events late 1630s—the Safavid-Mughal conflict over Kandahar Ottoman-Safavid Treat...

Printed news reports circulated, in the 16th and 17th century, which revealed sudden conversion to Christianity – some were real, but several invented of powerful monarchs from abroad. How such announcements written or invented? Different scenarios existed. There was genuine news, added cosmetic false details, sometimes overly enthusiastic interpretations. although invented, arguably, simplify ...

handmade carpets have been used from ancient times for floor covering. most of the researchers around the world have a common idea about the roots and origins of carpet making which belong to persia. although rugs and carpets were introduced to the world such as floor covering but since it was expensive, it had been used such as a hanging picture or cloth tables especially for american people. ...

This paper presents the motivation as well as the development for Dynasty, a 3-D game. Dynasty is a multiplayer 3D first person shooter game that is based in Ancient China. Players compete against each other to collect the majority of chi (energy) in the world and restore it to order. This document also discusses the Software Requirements Specification and Design documents used to develop Dynas...

among the main factors of friendly commercial and political relations between safavid iran and india were reciprocal needs and policies of safavid kings concerning trade development. thus, various regions of iran, especially isfahan, had became a good market for indian goods. isfahan as a capital of safavid state was a centre of commercial activities of such indians as baniyans, multanians, and...