with its favorable geographical location, qazvin has long been a center of civilization in the iranian plateau. due to its strategic importance and being situated on the way to routes going to west and east, qazvin has always enjoyed military and political significance in both the pre-islamic and the islamic period. after the muslim arabs’ conquest of persia, qazvin became one of the borders of...

in safavid era, ottoman rulers were interested in science and culture, and there were always iranian physicians, astronomers, scholars, artists and poets in their courts. although there were always wars between most ottoman sultans and the safavid kings, they could not prevent iranian culture from influencing that land. at the same time, artists and scholars went to other countries, including t...

according to the historians, the safavid dynasty was the pioneer of the shī‘ī ideology against the official rule of the ottoman empire in eastern countries. the safavid empire in iran came into being by the mutual assistance of the qizilbāsh troops rising form the geopolitics of asia minor. what is of importance, however, is the attitude and beliefs of these supporting troops of the safavid ord...

amir seyyed fathollah shirazi, a physician, historian and politician of indian mughal empire court, was one of the scholars of shiraz. initially, he served as a teacher at mansurieh school in shiraz. he worked for imamgholi mirza, the brother of king ismaeil ii, from safavid dynasty. after killing imamgholi mirza, by the order of the king, he went to india following the invitation of the muslim...

The emergence of the Safavid Empire in early sixteenth century marked a significant change geopolitics Middle East. This momentous coincided with widening Ottoman expansion eastward and exploration by European powers, especially Venice, possibilities forming alliances against Ottomans involvement Safavids. Thus, threat commercial interests contributed to development diplomatic, cultural, trade ...

this study is about philosophical view of soltan ali khorasani gonabadi, the writer of dastur al-alag manuscript, dating back to 1524 ad, on physicians. the original manuscript, kept at shiraz university of medical sciences museum, was studied thoroughly. in the preface of the book, soltan ali khorasani gonabadi explained his holistic view on medicine and considered ethical and philosophical ba...