this research endeavors to assess the following questions on the following topic. mohammad khan balouch was one of the political and military elite at the end of safavid dynasty. he was supported by the racial group called balouchs and helped by sunnite sects in southern parts of iran. what were the main factors for his rise? what were the fate and the results of his movement? the rebellion hap...

Abstract This article examines the way in which Iran's eighteenth-century ruler Nader Shah was portrayed contemporary Europe as well Iran, and how resulting image—half national hero, half ruthless warlord—has resonated until today. In an age short on ‘great’ leaders, spoke to imagination like no other ruler, Western or Asian. Nader's subsequent record can be read a palimpsest, layered series of...

following the death of nader shah afshar, the province of kurdistan, with sanandaj being the capital, ruled by the local influential dynasty of ardalan, underwent a severe power struggle triggered by pretenders to the government of iran, just as many other provinces experienced a similar power struggle. in addition, the strategic location of kurdistan as the closest neighboring province of otto...

The present study aims to know the specifications, minting, and usage of contemporary coins in Afghanistan, which can be an important step identifying history Afghanistan by studying it. Before appearance coins, all transactions were done kind, was called kind-to-kind exchange or barter. Since barter associated with many difficulties did not provide for needs general public considering variety ...

Does it Help or Hurt Kerry if Nader is on the Ballot? We report results of a pair of experiments designed to test whether Ralph Nader’s presence on the ballot in 2004 makes some voters more, not less, likely to vote for John Kerry. Intuitive spatial considerations suggest Nader should hurt Kerry, because most voters placed Nader left of Kerry and Kerry left of Bush. But a psychological theory b...

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compeleceng.2014.08.005 0045-7906/ 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. q Reviews processed and recommended for publication to the Editor-in-Chief by Guest Editor Dr. Masoud Daneshtalab. ⇑ Corresponding author. E-mail addresses: [email protected] (A. Demiriz), [email protected] (N. Bagherzadeh), [email protected] (O. Ozturk). Ayhan Demiriz a,⇑, Nader Bagherzad...