ferdowsi's shahname (one of the most valuable literary works in iran and in the world) can be studied from different viewpoints. this important literary work can be analyzed from various dimensions including literature, sociology, mythology and elements of the story. one quite new aspect which can lay the ground for research in shahnameh and can be very useful and give great results to us ...

abstract   in this article first of all we invest the name of therita in avesta and then the frequency of this name in middle persian texts, after that introduce the first doctor in the historical books of islamic iran that some of them say he is fereidoon and some say he is jamshid. these three iranian mythical characters somehow have connections with medicine, and in order to define the first...

Studying the history of science could help develop an understanding of the contributions made by ancient nations towards scientific advances. Although Iranians had an important impact on the improvement of science, the history of Iranian medicine seems not to have been given enough attention by historians. The present study focused on the history of anesthesia and pain management in Iranian med...

tarikh-e jahangosha is the most important work about kharazmshahian and the mongols. utilising imagery, rhetoric, abundant persian and arabic poems, quranic verses and traditions, and proverbs have caused the prose to resemble poetry, fading its historical goals. here, quoting verses from the mythological parts of shahnameh, rostam and sohrab stories (37verses), and rostam and esfandiar (26 ver...

banugoshasb-nameh is a national epic poem written in imitation of ferdowsi's shahnameh about banugoshasb's life and courage, daughter of rostam. the poem, the only epic in persian literature is the central story of a heroic woman. most researchers, who have studied this poem, have focused on the presence of banugushasb in the context of epic and her heroism. they sometimes related her...

At the time of subversion and containment, power structure applies various strategies for its survival. It manages ideological anxieties employs defense mechanisms to contain dissident forces. Tragic works have potential display tensions in structure, subversive forces appliance survive. By comparing classical tragic works, it is possible reach a comparative schema monarchist structure. Hence, ...

diplomacy is an institution as old as the state; and diplomats have always been alongside rulers. for most people, politics and diplomacy is a mysterious realm, full of astonishing rewards. in the common perception, politicians and diplomats were often seen as shrewd, ruthless, planner and sometimes just characters. diplomacy was also considered as a technique which did not comply with fixed ru...

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the old, rich and popular tradition of verbal story telling by narrators has been prevalent among all indo-europeans, especially aryans who were living in the iranian plateau, in the eastern parts of iran and khorasan. this tradition of oral narration has kept fiction and also historical events and has transmitted them to us. the writer of this article tries to evaluate this tradition and analy...

1. introduction in epic narratives, heroes have a specific and key role in the processing of epic development. some heroes’ roles are based on the situation in which they have been created. thus, the epic narrator states their life journey from the beginning to the end in a vicissitude process. however, some heroes do not have a specific position in epic stories as they appear as a thunder in s...