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An Archaeometallurgical Investigation on Some Archaeological Metal Finds From the Sasanian Site of Jahāngir, Western Iran

open access: yesArchaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Twelve metal artifacts from recent excavations at the Sasanian archaeological site of Jahāngir in western Iran have been analyzed. These items include both decorative and utilitarian artifacts. The samples were examined using micro‐X‐ray fluorescence (μ‐XRF), scanning electron microscopy with energy‐dispersive X‐ray spectroscopy (SEM‐EDS), and
Omid Oudbashi   +2 more
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Introducing the Sources of Persian Poems in Bidlisi’s Sharafnameh.

open access: yesپژوهشنامه ادبیات کردی, 2022
Sharafnameh is a historical, literary Persian prose text, and one of its prominent features is combining history with poetry. Bidlisi has used 554.5 lines of poetry in Sharafnameh while mentioning the poets of only 148 (26.69 %) lines. Thus, the poets of
Yadullah Mohamadi, Sayyed Ahmad Parsa
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The caliph and the falcons: a ninth‐century history from Iceland to Iraq

open access: yesEarly Medieval Europe, EarlyView.
In the late ninth and early tenth centuries, an extraordinary number of falcons were given to the ʿAbbāsid caliphs in Baghdad, many of which were white. Gifts from competing dynasties in the northern provinces of the Caliphate, at least some of these birds were almost certainly gyrfalcons from near the Arctic Circle.
Caitlin Ellis, Sam Ottewill‐Soulsby
wiley   +1 more source

Higher Objectives of Islamic Law (Maqāṣid al‐Sharīʿa) in Substantiating Justice in Land Tax

open access: yesThe Muslim World, EarlyView.
Abstract This article discusses the relationship between the systemization of kharāj (land tax) and the higher objective of Islamic law or Maqāṣid al‐Sharīʿa. After the conquest of Sawād region (located in modern‐day southern Iraq), the First Caliph ʿUmar (634 ‐ 644 CE) introduced a new approach to the distribution of ghanīmah (spoils of war), leaving ...
Öznur Özdemir, Mehmet Asutay
wiley   +1 more source

Scents of care: Multispecies relations in Pakistan's heatwave

open access: yesThe Australian Journal of Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines how odour, intensified by heat, shapes the sensory aspects of social and multispecies relations in Pakistan. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in Kasur's tanneries and Lahore's animal shelters during a period of record‐breaking heat, it analyses how smell structures inclusion and exclusion, mediates encounters with humans
Muhammad A. Kavesh
wiley   +1 more source

the Textual Criticism of the Sulaymān position and his Role in the Evolution of the Iranian Epic [PDF]

open access: yesمتن شناسی ادب فارسی, 2015
The prophets of Israel became imbricatedwiththecharacters andmythsof ancient Persia, a fact which can, on the one hand, be ascribed to the efforts of Parsis and Muslims attached to ancient Persian culture to legitimise Persian mythology.
فرزاد قائمی
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Review of Visual Boutiques of Espacementalism in Indian Style: The Case of Bidel Dehlavi\'s Poems [PDF]

open access: yesفصلنامه نقد ادبی, 2023
One of the main propositions in understanding Espacementalism is that this literary trend does not claim to be new in its visual boutiques. In the Espacementalism manifesto, the existence of similar cases in classical Persian poetry is clearly ...
AliReza Rayat-e Hasanabadi
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Introduction: The (Im)material Spectrum of Manuscript and Print Interaction☆

open access: yesRenaissance Studies, Volume 40, Issue 2, Page 148-165, April 2026.
Abstract This introductory essay to the special issue on Early Modern English Textual Cultures Between Manuscript and Print first outlines previous research into different kinds of interaction between manuscript and print. Examples of this interplay include, for instance, the transmission of text and images from one medium into another, the use of ...
Sara Norja, Mari‐Liisa Varila
wiley   +1 more source

Fostering Creativity Through Educational Interventions in Higher Education: A Systematic Review

open access: yesThe Journal of Creative Behavior, Volume 60, Issue 1, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Creativity has gained relevance over the years in education, and especially recently due to its consideration as a transversal competency in higher education, but there is still a lack of integration of knowledge. This qualitative systematic review explores literature on educational interventions designed to enhance creativity and investigates
Carlota Rodríguez‐Silva   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Qalandariyyat as a subgenre of mystical ghazal (with an emphasis on a ghazal by Sanā'ī) [PDF]

open access: yesادبیات عرفانی
“Studies of Qalandariyyat predominantly employ two main approaches. The first is an interpretative approach, where symbolic images that appear unconventional and contrary to religious norms within these poems are interpreted and elucidated as mystical ...
Fatemeh Rahimi, Hatef Siahkuhian
doaj   +1 more source

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