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More Than a Game: Football and Ethnic Contestation in Contemporary Iran

open access: yesDigest 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
wiley   +1 more source

Manifestation of the Masnavi (Masnavi-ye-Manavi) poems related to the prophets stories in Safavid paintings

open access: yesپیکره, 2022
بیان مسئله: مثنوی معنوی مولوی یکی از برترین کتاب‌های ادبیات عرفانی کهن فارسی و حکمت پارسی پس از اسلام است که مضامین عرفانی و ادبی آن یکی از موضوع‌های اصلی نگاره‌های دوره صفویه (907-1135 ه.ق) محسوب می‌شود. حکایات موجود در مثنوی دستمایه‌ای برای بیان اندیشه‌های عرفانی مولوی است. سرچشمه این داستان‌ها، قرآن و احادیث و روایاتی است که مولوی از آن استفاده کرده
Mahnaz Shayestehfar, Narges Karimi
openaire   +1 more source

Perceptions of Turkish film and television among Turkish‐Australians in Broadmeadows

open access: yesThe Australian Journal of Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 2, Page 340-355, August 2025.
Abstract This article investigates the importance of Turkish film and television in preserving Turkishness among the Turkish‐Australian diaspora. Turkish film and television are found to be crucial to diversifying constructions of Turkishness in the diaspora.
Orhan Karagoz
wiley   +1 more source

A Comparative Study of the Paintings of Ibrahim in the Fire with Verses, Narratives and Interpretations of the Qur'an from the Ilkhanid to the Safavid Era

open access: yesنگره, 2022
Miracle as a divine sign and proof is a clear and rightful indication to show the prophecy and its connection with God. The miracles of the prophets are among the religious topics and part of Qur'anic topics that have been discussed in several chapters. In the meantime, the miracle of coldness and healing of fire for prophet Ibrahim (peace be upon him)
Mehdi Mohammadzadeh   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

The Integration of Art and Politics in the Portraiture of Shah Ismail I from the Safavid Era to the Qajar Period [PDF]

open access: yesنگره
Introduction: The ascension of Shah Ismail I, the founder of the Safavid dynasty, in the 10th century AH brought about significant transformations in the political, social, religious, and artistic realms.
Niloofar Farahipour   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

FROM ETERNITY TO APOCALYPSE: TIME, NEWS, AND HISTORY BETWEEN THE MUGHAL AND BRITISH EMPIRES, 1556–1785

open access: yesHistory and Theory, Volume 64, Issue 2, Page 201-228, June 2025.
ABSTRACT The eighteenth‐century origins of colonial orientalism in India spurred not just the translation of Indian texts but the production of interstitial histories, works that were forged in the intellectual culture of the Mughal Empire and created by individuals who explicitly sought to inform and influence their new colonial patrons.
Abhishek Kaicker
wiley   +1 more source

Afterlives of the Persian Gifts to Versailles

open access: yesJournal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Volume 47, Issue 3, Page 279-295, September 2024.
Abstract The fate of diplomatic gifts after their presentation can reveal patterns of instability and shifting narratives on the items themselves and how they were perceived and received at the time. Often, these important pieces of material evidence disappear or are decontextualised from their exchange.
Samantha Happe
wiley   +1 more source

“Death or conversion”: From welfare to famine in the Jewish quarter of Lleida, Spain (12th–14th century)

open access: yesInternational Journal of Osteoarchaeology, Volume 34, Issue 3, May/June 2024.
Abstract The urban planning work carried out in the old seminary district of Lleida, over an area of more than 6,000 m2, uncovered important remains of the old Cuirassa quarter. This quarter was inhabited by the Jewish aljama between the 12th century and the end of the 15th century CE.
Ariadna Nieto‐Espinet   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Survey on ways of painting development in the first part of Qajar period [PDF]

open access: yesنگره, 2012
In Qajar era, Iran was strongly influenced by European industrial developments and other attractions and welcomed the arrival of their ideas and products. This process has gradually influenced on Iranian art, but certainly some traditions remained stable.
Siamak Alizadeh
doaj  

Identification of British figurines in miniatures by Isfahan school [PDF]

open access: yesنگره, 2019
In the era of Shah Abbas I of Persia, open door policy extended communication with neighboring and non-neighboring countries, then various figurines and personalitiesfrom most participators and communicatorssuch as slaves, crews, ambassadors, businessmen,
shahnaz amini   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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