the mādayān ī hazār dādestān «the book of thousand judgements» only an incomplete manuscript of several legal collections of sasanian era is at hand. noinformation about the life of farroxmard vahrāmān (f son v) collector is available. in principle, it is possible that the book be written under the reign of khosrow parviz, the last king listed in the book. .this article will examine the legal t...

north-western iran comprises diverse geographical landscapes, including pastures of piedmonts, mountains, and well-watered plains. the present chronology of this region, nevertheless, is based exclusively on data collected from sites around the urmia lake, other regions being almost totally ignored. during the late bronze age (hereafter lba) a new way of life took shape in the mountainous regio...

Correspondence: Khosrow Kashfi Department of Physiology, Pharmacology, and Neuroscience, City University of New York Medical School, 138th Street and Convent Avenue, New York, NY, USA 10031 Tel +1 212 650 6641 Fax +1 212 650 7692 Email [email protected] Background: The Wnt/β-catenin/T cell factor (TCF) signaling pathway is important in the development of nonmelanoma skin cancers (NMSCs). Nitr...

In every mythological story, a quest for immortality and eternality depicts man’s inner fervor for unity with gods and the supreme power. Man seeks full immersion in life and longs for immortality at the same time. In other words, he wants to live both in time and in eternity. The desire for eternity in man shows his ceaseless struggle with time, and even more so an intense fight with death to ...

among the agents collection that should observe in instability of rural residences is attention urban dropped sewages ،because of more excecuted works in industvies and home consumption of cities are dealing with water . there fore ،more using of water results in more production of sewage and these sewages have safe place in human consumption cycle. these processes hurt direct evacuation of sew...

The effectiveness of IT departments and the value they are adding to their organizations in many cases are hampered by poor relationships between IT professionals and their end users. This situation impacts on IT professionals' ability to produce service and support of high quality that delivers competitive advantage for the company. This paper is based on a research study conducted to look int...

haft-peykar (or bahram-nameh) is the fourth nizami’s verse composition in terms of time and one of his masterpieces besides his khosrow and shirin. haft-peykar consists of two general parts: the first part is about bahram and his life and the second one is about the stories of his seven wives. the structure of the book makes it possible to be criticized through a formalistic approach. the chara...

since eighth century, much attention has been given by painters on khamseh works due its romantic and lyric stories. female is a heroine or she has a significant role in most of khamseh works, that show its contributions on nezamis works. unlike common negative view about women in society, nezami considered a high social level for them. in the different periods these stories, especially lily an...

some of the iranian artworks during the 10th-14th centuries have been illustrated by narrative scenes showing a cavalier archer king in the hunting ground of gazelles; while a tiny lyre playing girl sat back him. according to shāhnāma-i-fērdowsī and haft peykar-i- nizami ganjavi, such scenes narrate the story of sassanid king bahram-i- gūr and āzāda, his lyre player servant girl. it should be n...