Qajar Bonapartism: The Model of State–Class Relationship in Qajar Iran
IntroductionThe present research deals with the discrepancy between the hypothesized theory of the Asiatic mode of production and the empirical evidence from the Qajar era. Specifically, it explored whether the state–class relationship in the Qajar era can accurately be characterized as oriental despotism (or an Asian state), or it reflects a state ...
Sara Sharifpour +2 more
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The Changing Value of "Alf Laylah wa Laylah" for Nineteenth-Century Arabic, Persian, and English Readerships [PDF]
This article traces the social and cultural circumstances of nineteenth-century c lations and translations of Alf Laylah wa Laylah into English, Arabic, or Per particular to gauge what cultural value these modem editions were thought t for their ...
Kamran Rastegar
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James Lyman Merrick's Aborted “Mission to the Mohammedans of Persia”
Abstract James Lyman Merrick (1803‐1866) served as a missionary of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) in Persia between 1835 and 1845. He was America's first missionary to the Muslim world. Based on his field research on the Persians’ religious beliefs, he correctly predicted that the conversion of Persia's Muslims into ...
Hooman Estelami
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The Most Important Performing Arts Arisen from \u3cem\u3eShahnameh\u3c/em\u3e of Ferdowsi: \u3cem\u3eShahnameh-khani\u3c/em\u3e and \u3cem\u3eNaqqali\u3c/em\u3e of \u3cem\u3eShahnameh\u3c/em\u3e [PDF]
Shahnameh of Ferdowsi is the Iranian national epic, which reflects the history, cultural values, sense of nationhood, and ancient religions of Persia by the only use of Persian pure words in the age of Arabic influence on the literature and science ...
Jahandideh, Mitra, Khaefi, Shahab
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State of the Field: The History of Masculinities
Abstract This State of the Field article discusses how, when and why the history of masculinities has emerged since the 1980s, and why it continues to be an important research field today. The article begins with the field's multiple origin stories and then discusses its expansion in chronology, geography and theme, as well as newer directions for ...
ERICA L. FRASER
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On the Roman Bondage Number of Graphs on surfaces [PDF]
A Roman dominating function on a graph $G$ is a labeling $f : V(G) \rightarrow \{0, 1, 2\}$ such that every vertex with label $0$ has a neighbor with label $2$. The Roman domination number, $\gamma_R(G)$, of $G$ is the minimum of $\Sigma_{v\in V (G)} f(v)
Samodivkin, Vladimir
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Learning from the past in today's architectural design case study: architecture in hot and arid zone of Yazd in central Iran [PDF]
Statement of the Problem – Inquadramento del problema Al giorno d’oggi si discute molto nella comunità scientifica mondiale circa le questioni riguardanti lo sviluppo sostenibile, la salvaguardia delle energie non rinnovabili e l’architettura sostenibile.
Bolouhari, Saghi
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More Than a Game: Football and Ethnic Contestation in Contemporary Iran
ABSTRACT This study examines a particular form of ethnic resentment, namely the use of sport as a medium for expressing repressed ethnic feelings. It focuses on how a sports club, going beyond mere entertainment and athletics, becomes a center for disseminating ethnic sentiments. Specifically, it explores the role of Tractor, a football club founded in
Ehsan Kashfi
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Study on Fabric Types in the Qajar era Kitchen and Catering Based on Harvard University Digital Archives [PDF]
Textiles had wide-ranging applications in people's daily lives during the Qajar era, as in any other era. This study aimed to identify different applications of fabrics in Qajar kitchens and catering and also examine their decorations and accessories ...
ameneh mafitabar
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Provincialising Early Feminism: A View from the Middle East
Abstract ‘Provincializing Europe’, derived from Dipesh Chakrabarty's work of that name, argued that an imagined ‘Europe’ was a founding myth for modernity. While not mentioning feminism, this analysis is a valuable starting point for tracing the path of the term ‘féminism’ from France to Britain to the Ottoman Empire and from the USA to the Arab world –
Ruth Roded
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