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This review covers the book, Persian Archery and Swordsmanship: Historical Martial Arts of Iran by Dr Manouchehr Moshtagh Khorasani. He is the author of several books in this field (Arms and Armor from Iran The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period ...
Bede Dwyer
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The Transition of the Persian Carpet Designing, Referring to the Herat and Shiraz Miniatures, since 1446 until the First Decades of the 16th Century AH in Iran [PDF]
Throughout the history, the development of carpet designs, especially rug patterns, have been influenced by political, social, and cultural factors. These variables have played a decisive role in the aesthetic and the transformation of Persian city-woven
Davood Shadlou
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An Analysis of a Persian Archery manuscript written by Kapur and Cand
The present article deals with an analysis of an undated Persian archery manuscript titled Resale-ye Kamandari [Archery Manuscript] written by Kapur Cand. It is written in Persian and judging by the style it should have been written by a Persian. Persian
Bede Dwyer +1 more
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Structural analysis of Persian romance [PDF]
Among the literary texts of Persian, there are ten poems called Vis and Ramin by Fakhruddin Ass'ad Gurgani; Khosrow and Shirin, Haft paykar, Sharafnameh and Eghbalnameh by Nezami Ganjavi; Gol and Nowrooz, Homay and Homayoun Khwaju Kermani; Jamshid and ...
Somayeh Olfat Fasih +2 more
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A Persian archery manual by Mohammad Zaman
Persian archery manuals provide lots of useful information on shooting with a Persian composite bow. The main aim of this article is to provide, for the first time, a full annotated translation of an undated Persian archery manual written by Mohammad ...
Manouchehr Moshtagh Khorasani +1 more
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Manouchehr Moshtagh Khorasani [Manūčehr Moštāq Ḫorāsānī]. Persian Archery and Swordsmanship. Historical Martial Arts of Iran [PDF]
This monumental volume constitutes the most significant recent contribution, written in a Western language, to the study of the theory and practice of classical Persian chivalry. Its impressive thematic and illustrative breadth are explained by the fact that the book is the work of an eminent practitioner of traditional Persian martial arts, or razm ...
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Depictions of archery in Sassanian silver plates and their relationship to warfare
This article provides an examination of archery techniques, such as drawing techniques of the bowstring, the method of grasping the bow grip and placing the arrow, and their relationship to warfare as depicted on 22 Sassanian and early post-Sassanian ...
Kaveh Farrokh +2 more
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Indian and Persian swordsmanship: A Comparative Analysis
The existing cultural interconnection between Iran and North India, which existed and developed over a long period of time, is known today as “Indo-Iranian” or “Indo-Persian”, which could be applied to the region, culture, literature, weapons and other ...
Aleksey Kurochkin +1 more
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Background and Objectives: This study was done to translate and evaluate the validity and reliability of the Persian version of the Sport Concussion Assessment Tool 5 (SCAT5) among Iranian martial arts athletes.
Zahra Imani Pahlavanloo +4 more
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The Origin of Metonymical Combination (Derafshi Shodan/Kardan) Based on Ferdowsi's Shahnameh [PDF]
The ironic combination of "Derafshi shodan/kardan" in the meaning of "to be infamous" was used for the first time in Ferdowsi's Shahnameh, and it has no history in other poetry and prose works before that.
Farideh Vejdani
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