American Journal of Islam and Society, 1995 God‘s reasoning is unfathomable. Nevertheless, not only orientalists but Muslims are well-advised to ponder on occasion questions linked to the Night of Destiny (laylut al qadr): Why, of all people, was Muhammad, a person who lived in Arabia, of all ...
Murad Wilfried Hofmann
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Gay in the Sasanian period: some preliminary notes on its circular urban plan [PDF]
, 2018 This paper examines the Sasanian allegedly circular city of Gay, in the region of Isfahan. Material traces of the city have unfortunately been lost so we are forced to rely on Islamic literary sources alone.
Duva, Federica
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A note on an Umayyad carved ivory plaque kept at the Walters Art Gallery [PDF]
, 2017 This paper proposes an iconographical and stylistic analysis of a carved ivory plaque kept at the Walters Art Gallery in Baltimore (acc. no. 71.62). It will show that it is not a Coptic artefact featuring a Sasanian king, as assumed until now, but an ...
DI CESARE, Michelina
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Himyarite Knights, Infantrymen and Hunters [PDF]
, 2007 Newly found Himyarite reliefs and other finds shed light on the nature of hunting and warfare toward the end of the Himyarite age. While technically speaking, some are published, for the first time they are recogniseable in the present study in good ...
Robin, Christian, Yule, Paul
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Of highland-lowland borderlands: local societies and foreign power in the Zagros-Mesopotamian interface [PDF]
, 2016 Narratives of civilization are spun from the juxtaposition of a civilized self with that of a barbarous other. Such an opposition is never more easily constructed than from the distinctiveness of lowland and mountain topographies, environments, and life ...
Casana, Jesse, Glatz, Claudia
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State and aristocracy in the Sasanian Empire
, 2015 This thesis aims to consider the competing visions of Sasanian Iran advanced by Arthur Christensen in ‘L’Iran sous les Sassanides’ (1944) and Parvaneh Pourshariati in ‘Decline and Fall of the Sasanian Empire’ (2008), discuss the relevant evidence in relation to their arguments, and to suggest our own theory of how the Sasanian Empire operated ...
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Appling NORTH et al.'s "Natural State" Theory to Interpret SAFAVID's State Evolution from Rise to Its Peak [PDF]
دولتپژوهیExtended AbstractIntroductionInvestigating how the Safavid state emerged and flourished in today’s Iran territory is very useful for understanding Iran's history and current situation.
Mazaher Ziaei
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Reconstructing landscape evolution in the Lower Khuzestan plain (SW Iran): integrating imagery, historical and sedimentary archives [PDF]
, 2010 During the late Holocene, an avulsion-controlled Karun megafan developed in the Lower Khuzestan plain. Based on the interpretation of satellite data, at least three different Karun channels were detected.
Heyvaert, Vanessa +2 more
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Migrations of Turkic Tribes to the Caucasus in the 3-5 Centuries
ЕмінакThe purpose of the research paper is devoted to the analysis of migrations of Turkic tribes in the Caucasus in the 3-5 centuries, their influence on the ethnic composition, socio-political structure and economic development of the region.
Terigele Zhang
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The Representation of Shah Ismail I as the Ideal King: Khandmir’s Iranshahr Model in Habib al-Siyar for Legitimizing the Founder of the Safavid State [PDF]
پژوهش های تاریخیThe Safavids ascended to power in Iran through the force of Qizilbash swords. However, as they aimed to establish a long-lasting rule, they introduced distinct cultural claims to legitimize their government.
Amir Ghodsi Simakani +2 more
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