Iranian classical dance as a subject for empirical research: An elusive genre
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Volume 1533, Issue 1, Page 51-72, March 2024.Iranian classical dance is a rich resource for academic research, both for humanities scholarship and for the empirical disciplines (e.g., empirical aesthetics, experimental psychology, affective neuroscience). To support such research, this paper (a) describes the aesthetics, characteristics, and history of Iranian classical dance; (b) outlines issues
Julia F. Christensen +2 more
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The Economic History Review, Volume 77, Issue 1, Page 60-89, February 2024.Abstract This paper contributes to a growing literature on state capacity with reference to the early modern Asian empires. The historiography of these states, and especially the Mughal empire of South Asia, has moved away from an image of unrestrained despotism towards that of a constrained state, but has yet to explore fully what these constraints ...
Safya Morshed
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Investigating the influence of power on Safavid period prose based on the sociology of language based on the book Alam Arai Abbasi [PDF]
Matn/Pizhūhī-i AdabīLanguage is one of the most prominent and important stylistic elements in literary studies. Any change and transformation in the form and content of the language of a literary work shows the evolutions of the attitude and knowledge of the creator of the ...
Manizhe Pourali, Ghahraman Shiri
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Transformation of Public Spaces and Changing Pattern of Mobility in a Historic City, Case Study: Isfahan, Iran [PDF]
, 2017 Esfahan is one of the central and historic cities of Iran, which dates back to 2000 years ago. The city is enriched with crafts and folk art, which has lead to it being registered as part of the Creative Cities Network of UNESCO. The centerpiece of the
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The Travailes of the Three English Brothers and the Textual Construction of Early Modern Identities [PDF]
, 2016 Day, Rowley and Wilkins’s travel and adventure play The Travailes of the Three English Brothers (1607) dramatises the misadventures of the three Sherley brothers between 1597 and the year of composition of the play.
López-Peláez Casellas, Jesús
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JAPAN ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW, Volume 7, Issue 1, January–December 2024.Land use maps based on 1839, 2011, and 2018. Abstract This study evaluates land use transformation in Kandahar's old city, also known as Ahmad Shahi city, the birthplace and first capital of modern Afghanistan. The city consists of four rectangular quarters and is surrounded by a high strong mud wall, entrance gates, and a moat.
Javed Ahmad Farooqi, Hiroko Ono
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Gabigaj: A Persian Herb for Protecting Manuscripts against Fungies and Insects from Safavid Era (1501-1722AD) [PDF]
Journal of Research on History of Medicine, 2020 Keeping old documents from damage is of considerable points in protecting national resources. Recently, some studies performed to find out ways of protecting manuscripts from defecting of some biologic or chemical factors.
Kamran Mahlooji +2 more
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Recognize of the Form and Spatial Structure of Safavid Historic Gardens. Case Study: Bagh-i Shah of Ashraf al-Belad City (Behshahr's old name), North of Iran [PDF]
, 2013 In Safavid period, some royal gardens have been created in Ashraf Al-Belad, a city that was established in place of an old residential village, in north of Iran which remained some traces of them at present time.
Samira Mansouri
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Analysis of astronomers position in society and the rule of the Safavid era [PDF]
مجله مطالعات ایرانی, 2019 Introduction The formation of the Safavi dynasty in Iran was important in several aspects that the most important was: the restoration of the national unity of Iran and the officialization of the Shiite religion.
زهرا اسفندیاری مهنی
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Europe and the other: Non-European concepts of civil society [PDF]
, 2005 The idea and contributions of this collection of articles on “Non-European concepts of civil society” originate from a European research project. The European Civil Society Network (CiSoNet) deals with a highly important aspect of European integration ...
Bruhns, Hinnerk, Gosewinkel, Dieter
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