The rise and ruin of a medieval port town: A reconsideration of the development of Julfar
Abstract Julfar was a major port town of the Persian Gulf during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries AD. A possession of the Hormuzi empire, it was a lucrative source of taxes and pearls, and a port of trade for northern Oman, tapping into maritime trading networks connecting the Middle East with Africa, India, Southeast Asia and China.
Robert Andrew Carter +3 more
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A Study of Coffeehouse Paintings Containing Religious Themes on Public Opinions [PDF]
Coffeehouse painting is a style of painting created by illiterate painters during Qajar dynasty and began to grow based on social and political conditions of its time. Its clearest manifestation can be observed in constitutional period.
zahra hosseinabadi, m mohammadpour
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Heuristic Analysis in Architecture of Aqa-Bozorg Mosque-School in Qajar Dynasty [PDF]
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.
Hosseini, A. (Azarafrooz)
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Изучение декора зданий эпохи Сефевида (с выборочным обзором Чешме Эмарат и Багхшах в Бехшахре) [PDF]
Throughout history, man has wanted to create his own living space for various reasons. This aspect can be seen even in early humans who lived in caves such as Lascaux in France and Valtamira in Spain.
AmirKolaee, Ebrahim +2 more
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Abstract Two different sociopolitical projects of nation formation seem to be in praxis in Kurdistan simultaneously: The Kurdistan Region of Iraq aspires to be an independent nation‐state, while the movement led by the Kurdistan Workers' Party advocates a democratic confederal project. How did this bifurcation arise?
Yasin Sunca
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Analyzing the Semantic Layer in the Plant and Animal Motifs of the Painting Arrays of «Qavam House» [PDF]
Problem Definition: The "Qavam House" building is one of the beautiful samples of Qajar architecture in Shiraz, contemporary with the reign of Naser al-Din Shah.
Sasan Samanian +2 more
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Songs between cities: Listening to courtesans in colonial north India [PDF]
In the aftermath of 1857, urban spaces and cultural practices were transformed and contested. Regional royal capitals became nodes in a new colonial geography, and the earlier regimes that had built them were recast as decadent and corrupt societies ...
al-Masumi +59 more
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Studying the Place of Intertextuality in Iranian Painting (Case Samples: Qajar Era)
Intertextuality studies are as one of the significant approaches in literature and art. This term for the first time was proposed by Julia Kristeva 60s and later it was expanded by persons such as Roland Barthes, Gerard Genette & et al. Nowadays we are living in a world which is full of texts and these texts are born in it, grow and finally give ...
Panahi Siamak +2 more
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Iconology of Beloved Hand in Flower and Bird Miniature [PDF]
In Iranian cultural society, the rose and the nightingale symbolize lovers. The rose and bird, or rose and nightingale, are integral to Persian painting, with roots traceable to pre-Islamic times. This combination has been examined as a symbol.
Muhammad savari
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Iconography of Prophet Muhammad ( pbuh ) in the Tilework of Houses in Shiraz [PDF]
Tiling is one of the ways of idealistic impression in traditional Iranian architecture ornaments. In Qajar era, architecture ornaments got a new effect by religious icons and themes.
Effatolsadat Afzaltousi, Ladan Salahi
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