Khyber event has a dominant, important and symbolic position for the Shiites. The event is represented on the painting version of various eras in different ways. In this study, three paintings of the conquest of Khaybar were analyzed which were related to Timurid (historical sketch), Turkmen (KHAVARAN-NAME), and Safavi periods (Falname) based on Shiite discourses (Twelve Imams). Shiite discours...

After its formation in the early 16th century (10th century A.H.), the Safavid Shia government needed an organized, efficient, and capable system of education to consolidate its rule and to express the principles of its legitimate authority. This system could also help the government to meet its political and religious goals in the geographical context of Iran. This education system in the Safa...

Although the followers of Frankfurt school didn’t enter geopolitics domain directly, their theoretical subjects could lead to outline “critical geopolitics or resistance”. The basis of this new form of geopolitics concept is the confrontation with the official and dominant discourses . Accordingly, a perception of geopolitics concept can be proposed which is space-bound, as opposed to the class...