Iranian Schools Opened in the Ottoman Period and the Education of Iranians: 1883-1912
Belleten, 2023 With developing Ottoman-Iran relations and opening of diplomatic representations, since the second half of the 19th century, two states got closer in many respects.
Eralp Yaşar Azap
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Backgrounds and Consequences of Fars State Elites Immigration: the Case Study of Shiraz Hashemieh Family (1207-1245 AH) [PDF]
پژوهش های تاریخی, 2017 The analysis of historical events in Iran- most of them can be considered to be family-oriented- requires recognizing elites, local and tribal families, explaining their relationship with governments, and also understanding movements of this effective ...
Mohammad Keshavarz beyzai +1 more
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The Iranian Jewish Community in Search of Modern Social Life, 1848–1906
Folia OrientaliaPowerful European countries in late 18th and early 19th centuries supported religious minorities and expanded missionaries’ activities, thus paving the way for social changes and evolutions.
Nourddin Nemati +2 more
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The Effect of Nationalist Discourse on the Representation of Ancient Iran in the New Historiography of the Qajar Period (A Case Study of Khosravan's Book by Jalal al-Din Mirza Qajar) [PDF]
تاریخ نگری و تاریخ نگاری, 2019 The first effects of the nationalist discourse and the attempt to formulate a suitable history of it began from the middle of the Qajar dynasty (early Nasserid period) in Iran. For the intellectuals and modernists of this era, the ideology of nationalism
Mohammad Amir Ahmadzade, Mohammad Niazy
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Heuristic Analysis In Architecture Of Aqa-Bozorg Mosque-School In Qajar Dynasty [PDF]
Journal of Islamic Architecture, 2016 <p>Architecture during Qajar dynasty has witnessed significant developments. The change which was particularly prevalent in advanced form, was the combination of two function: mosque and school. An important issue in the mosque-school typology is the spatial layout of the space, so that the two functions could maintain their independence and do ...
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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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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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The power of silence: rethinking Iranian Jews’ power relations during the Qajar dynasty
British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, 2022 Peer ...
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Text, time, and travel: temporal pathways of postsocialism and Islam
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 31, Issue 1, Page 217-239, March 2025.Abstract As the concept of postsocialism faces increased scrutiny, there is a call to expand its spatiotemporal scope beyond socialist contexts in order to reclaim its analytical capacity. In Azerbaijan, the quiet resurgence of tezkirahs – biographical anthologies rooted in both the Islamic and Soviet traditions – presents an opportunity to explore how
Serkan Yolaçan
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A comprehensive review of HVS‐I mitochondrial DNA variation of 19 Iranian populations
Annals of Human Genetics, Volume 88, Issue 3, Page 259-277, May 2024.Abstract Iran is located along the Central Asian corridor, a natural artery that has served as a cross‐continental route since the first anatomically modern human populations migrated out of Africa. We compiled and reanalyzed the HVS‐I (hypervariable segment‐I) of 3840 mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequences from 19 Iranian populations and from 26 groups ...
Motahareh Amjadi +4 more
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