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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‘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 Destiny of Government during the Occultation from the Perspective of Seyed Ja’far Kashfi [PDF]
سیاست متعالیه, 2020 The purpose of the present study is to review the essence of government during occultation from the perspective of Seyed Ja’far Kashfi, one of the Shi’ite scholars in the Fath Ali Shah Qajar dynasty. In this regard descriptive analysis was used to survey
Sadegh karimi, Alireza Abtahi
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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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The Study of Human Motifs in Golestan Palace (Kakheh Golestan) Complex’s Tiles [PDF]
Jilvah-i hunar, 2018 The Golestan Palace complex, residence of Qajar dynasty monarchs, is considered one of the most beautiful and oldest buildings of Iran. This palace consists of a variety of buildings placed beside each other at a large area.
E. Panjehbashi, Farnia Farhad
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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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Historical and cultural development of Iranian Kheymeh Shab Bazi from Qajar dynasty to present / Saba Aslian [PDF]
, 2014 Kheymeh Shab Bazi is the name of Iranian marionette puppet theatre that goes back to at least 800 years ago. It is usually performed in a small booth at night. “Historical and cultural development of Kheymeh Shab Bazi from Qajar dynasty to the present”
Saba , Aslian
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