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‘Escaping Isn't for Everyone’: Kurdish Smugglers’ Navigational Tactics at Checkpoints in Iran

Development and Change, Volume 57, Issue 3, Page 578-598, May 2026.
ABSTRACT This article examines how Kurdish smugglers navigate state and insurgent checkpoints in the borderlands of western Iran. Drawing on ethnographic research, it analyses two key navigational tactics: persin, a form of negotiated passage involving transaction, recognition and the contingent toleration of authority; and jimi, rendered here as ...
Peyman Zinati
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Early Qajar Administration: An Analysis of its Development and Functions

, 1971
Any discussion of the degree and extent of governmental authority in early Qajar Iran involves an examination of the basic administrative structure as well as the more important restraints imposed by the nature of traditional society on the exercise of ...
Colin Meredith
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Study on Fabric Types in the Qajar era Kitchen and Catering Based on Harvard University Digital Archives [PDF]

Dānishhā-yi būmī-i Īrān
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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State of the Field: The History of Masculinities

History, Volume 111, Issue 394, Page 5-29, January 2026.
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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The Social – Political Functions Of Qajar Haramsara in Qajar Era

زن در فرهنگ و هنر, 2010
به منظور بررسی نقش سیاسی و اجتماعی زنان خاندان قاجار، مطالعه ی حرمسراهای این دوران اهمیت به سزایی خواهند داشت. موقعیت حرمسرا های دوره ی قاجار و کارکردهای سیاسی – اجتماعی آن، ضرورت تعمق در این نهاد را برای تبیین ساخت سیاسی دولت قاجاریه ایجاب می کند. برخی موضوعات، در محدوده ی کارکردهای حرم، اهمیت بیشتری خواهند داشت؛ از جمله: 1-روند ورود زنان به حرمسراهای
Hamid Hajian Pour, Masumeh dehghan
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More Than a Game: Football and Ethnic Contestation in Contemporary Iran

Digest of Middle East Studies, Volume 34, Issue 4, Fall 2025.
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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CFP: International Qajar Studies Association Conference

, 2013
Call for Papers for International Qajar Studies Association Conference Hosted by Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg, the International Qajar Studies Association (IQSA) will hold its 14th annual conference on Friday May 30th and Saturday May 31st 2014 in ...
Augustin Jomier
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Provincialising Early Feminism: A View from the Middle East

Gender &History, Volume 37, Issue 2, Page 591-605, July 2025.
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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The Study of Models and Physical Typology of Porch in Historical Houses; Case Study: Houses of Qajar and Pahlavi Eras in Tabriz [PDF]

مسکن و محیط روستا, 2022
The study of Iranian architectural spaces as well as historical houses demonstrates the combination and connection among the three open, closed, and semi-open spaces.
leila safari asl
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A Survey of the Persian Historic Bathhouses from the Safavid to the Qajar Period (With an Emphasis on Decorations and Architectural Features) [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Archaeological Studies, 2018
Decoration plays an important role in Islamic-Persian architecture. Being a synthesis of ancient traditions, Islamicinstructions, and different periods’ developments, this style of architecture applies various kinds of ornamentationthat convey spiritual ...
Marzyeh Ghasemi, Gholam- Ali Hatam, Farhad Tehrani   +2 more
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