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James Lyman Merrick's Aborted “Mission to the Mohammedans of Persia”
The Muslim World, EarlyView.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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Method and Insight in Historiography Eskandar Bayg Monshi inTarikh-e 'Alamara-ye 'Abbas (with emphasis on the events of Gilan) [PDF]
تاریخ نگری و تاریخ نگاری, 2014 Historiography thought in the historiography the Safavid dynasty and official was continued based on old traditional structure and based on the attitude of the pious king and Shi'ah promoters.
Mohammad Shoormeij
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The soul of the soil: Unearthing a Nation's eco‐empathy through 1200 years of Persian poetry
People and Nature, Volume 8, Issue 6, Page 1987-2002, June 2026.Abstract Cultivating a profound sense of connection with the natural world, conceptualized as eco‐empathy, is increasingly recognized as a vital precursor to effective environmental stewardship. While scientific data frame ecological crises, literary traditions offer a unique archive for tracing the history of this empathetic bond. This study positions
Isa Esfandiarpour‐Boroujeni +7 more
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The Effect of Conflicts in SafavidEra on the Urban Foundations and Economic Resources (907–1052 AH) [PDF]
تحقیقات تاریخ اجتماعی, 2014 The Safavid regime formed under conditions when the Ottoman Empire in the west and Uzbek Khans in the east of Iran sought to enter into fight. Geographical differences and religious conflicts led to long-time warfare between the Safavid regime and these ...
Abdollah Motevali Motevali
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Kemunduran dan Kehancuran Kerajaan Safawiyah di Persia
Afkaruna, 2023 The Safavid Daulah is a dynasty that has an important role in Islamic history. The process of the collapse of the Safawiyah Daulah in Persia, after leaving Caliph Abbas I there were six Caliphs who continued the government of the Safawiya Daulah.
Muhammad Basri +3 more
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Sociology Compass, Volume 20, Issue 6, June 2026.ABSTRACT This article examines gender diversity in Islamicate societies across historical and contemporary contexts, emphasizing the interplay between social norms, religious frameworks, and structural power. It addresses the methodological challenge of avoiding anachronistic applications of modern categories such as “gender” and “sexuality” to Muslim ...
Vanja Hamzić
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National Colonialism: Nation‐State, Colonialism and Colonisation of Kurdistan
Nations and Nationalism, Volume 32, Issue 2, Page 414-425, April 2026.ABSTRACT This article develops the concept of ‘national colonialism’ to capture colonial relations in the nation‐state form. It does so through a critical appraisal of the concept of ‘internal colonialism’, which largely fails to explain the links between nationalism and colonial relations.
Behnam Amini
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A Harem in Disorder: Narrating Elite Female Seclusion in Late Mughal Delhi
Gender &History, Volume 37, Issue 3, Page 817-827, October 2025.ABSTRACT This article examines the late Mughal period, a time of dramatic political reconfiguration, to trace the relevance of practices of elite female seclusion, and particularly of the complex space of the imperial harem, to narrations of an empire under strain.
Emma Kalb
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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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An analysis of Safavid Sheikhs’ political-military relations with Sharvanshahan (1460-1495) [PDF]
پژوهش های تاریخی, 2017 The present study aims at investigating the political-military relations of Safavid Sheikhs with Sharvanshahan, and also making an attempt to propose answers to the questions on the topic.
Jahanbakhsh Savagheb
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