Stage Historical and literary evidences and texts as well as works of art of the Safavid era point to the abundance of gatherings of festivity and joy in this era. These gatherings have been a part of programs of the Safavid kings and princes on various occasions. The painters of Tabriz II School have made significant efforts to demonstrate the magnificent manifestations of the kings and prince...

Context affects the author and his writing. Consideration of this effect on Amali books has been less studied. Amali are hadith-historical books that are not compiled by a Muḥaddith. Therefore, environmental factors such as context are effective in selection, summarization and emphasis on its topics. Due to the special position of Shaykh Saduq among Shiite Amali are hadith-historical books that...

If we consider the formation of a national government under the banner of Shiism as the most important achievement of the Safavids during 254 years, then it is not wrong to consider "artistic individuality" and its follower, "artistic self-awareness" as the most amazing achievement of Isfahan school painters. Some art critics and historians, while examining the paintings of the Isfahan school, ...

Though it is widely assumed that Sunni Islam does not have an equivalent to the Christian ecclesiastical hierarchy, Shii groups such as the Medieval Ismailis did have an organised teaching, spiritual, and temporal hierarchy. Evidence gathered from primary sources shows that this Ismaili 'ecclesiastical' hierarchy is strictly intertwined with the Ismaili interpretation of Neoplatonic cosmology a...

In this study I have argued for a theoretical foundation of a coherent and defensible religious education (RE). It has been said that for RE to be accepted as a reasonable subject matter it should be researchable. But for a subject to be researchable, or research based, it needs to be supported by reason, a kind of reason that have a public and universal character. On the other hand we need a c...

Introduction: As an integral part of man's spiritual beliefs, religion has always played an essential role in his life. The relationship between religion and art is such that in most cases, by looking at a work of art and analyzing the visual elements used in it, one can understand the beliefs of the creator of the work or in other words, the work of art is a reflection of an artist's beliefs. ...

چ وقف با کارکردهای متنوع خود و جایگاه ویژه اش در فرهنگ تشیع از جنبه های مختلف جامعه شناختی، اقتصادی، تاریخی، کالبدی، فرهنگی، سیاسی و غیره می تواند مورد بررسی قرار گیرد. موقوفات در تأسیس و تداوم حیات نهادها و مراکز دینی، مذهبی، فرهنگی، اقتصادی و اجتماعی عام المنفعه تأثیر فراوانی داشته و منشأ اثرات فراوان بوده اند. در این پژوهش که به کمک شیوه اسنادی و با رویکردی تاریخی تهیه شده، سعی بر این بوده ...

چ وقف با کارکردهای متنوع خود و جایگاه ویژه اش در فرهنگ تشیع از جنبه های مختلف جامعه شناختی، اقتصادی، تاریخی، کالبدی، فرهنگی، سیاسی و غیره می تواند مورد بررسی قرار گیرد. موقوفات در تأسیس و تداوم حیات نهادها و مراکز دینی، مذهبی، فرهنگی، اقتصادی و اجتماعی عام المنفعه تأثیر فراوانی داشته و منشأ اثرات فراوان بوده اند. در این پژوهش که به کمک شیوه اسنادی و با رویکردی تاریخی تهیه شده، سعی بر این بوده ...