naqib al-mamalek shirazi, the court storyteller of naser al-din shah, has composed two tales: amir arsalan and malek jamshid. naqib created amir arsalan for naser al-din shah and retold it to him frequently, but he composed malek jamshid in a different condition. this essay attempts to study stylistic differences between the two texts. the goal is to show the role of textural factors and the ci...

this article is concerned with a comparative review of jahân-nâme   by mohammad bin najib bakran and manuscripts of masâlek va mamâlek by abu al-hasan sâʽid bin ali jurjâni written by during the middle of ninth century ah. from this review it becomes clear that jorjâniʼs main source in writing his book was jahân-nâme and therefore jahân-nâme is also a good source for editing the masâlek.  howev...

nushāfarin nāme is an iranian prose folk tale recounting the passionate love and courageous acts of “prince ibrahim”, the son of “jahangir shah”, a king of china, to attain the hand of his beloved, nushāfarin gowhartāj ,the daughter of damascus king. there are stylistic features of folk tales and traditional romances to be perceived in this tale, as heroic deeds, and the presence of supernatura...

the public bathhouses are included in buildings as public utilities that have been expanded throughout islamic realm by arising islamic religion that cleaning is the preamble for most of its rites. unfortunately, from the beginning of islamic period until 8th hegira century (15th ad century) no stable sample of public bathhouses remained in iran, but many public bathhouses have still remained f...