One of the most significant characteristics of Shia heritage is said to be the fact that it is provided in written discourse. From their outset, Hadiths that are attributed to Prophet and Imams have always been conveyed to the next generation through books and Shia’s principles. Then, Authors of Hadith bookss, especially writers of The Four Books, gathered them together and provided a written...

Ibn al-Ghazāeri and al-Najāshi are assumed to be rijāl scholars of early era whose thoughts have undoubtedly affect on rijāl scholars of late era. Ibn al-Ghazāeri was dependent to rijāli views of Qom’s Hadith narrators. Analyzing their rijāli perspectives indicates a sort of similarities between them. This point results from especially describing and introducing narrators in his Kitāb al-rijāl....

Up to now, about the first art history as we know today, i.e "Golestān-e Honar" by Qādī Mir Ahmad Qomi and "Lives of the Artists" by Giorgio Vasari, different researches and studies from different aspects of bibliographical, historical and literary has been done. But what has been neglected is a broader and deeper view into the epistemic foundation and theoretical frame of historiography and vi...

In some narrations, it is narrated from the Imams (AS) that Shahrbanu, the mother of Imam ‎Sajjad (AS), was the daughter of Sassanid Yazdgerd. Such these narrations have led to the ‎belief that Imam Sajjad (AS) was a prince and of Iranian descent among the Imāmiyya. The ‎main question of the study is whether the existing historical reports confirm the ‎content of narrations related to the fact ...

Abu Al-Hasan Ali ibn Ebrāhim Qomi (born in 307AH) is one of the most eminent hadith narrators. The Shiite experts have verified his trusteeship. The exegesis attributed to him which is now accessible for all, includes points that is not in accordance with his scientific status. According to the authors of the present article, in this exegesis there are some forged narrations which stand on exag...