Sasanid music (from historical texts to archaeological evidence) [PDF]
The Sasanid government is the last government before the arrival of Islam to Iran. The great kings of this government including Khosrow Parviz and Bahram Gure were fond of music.
Afkhami, Behrouz, Parvin, Samad
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Cairn Burial of the historical period around Khansaar dam, Toujerdi district of Fars province, Iran [PDF]
In the historical period, the Fars region in Iran was one of the most important cultural areas in the world, and it is considered the origin of the ancient Achaemenid and Sasanian empires.
KHANIPOUR, Morteza +3 more
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An Alternative to the Thucydides Trap: The Buffer Zone of Byzantium and Sasanian Persia [PDF]
The return of contemporary great power rivalry has renewed interest in the idea of a ‘Thucydides trap’ within IR and security studies. Missing, however, are discussions of great power conflict between Thucydides and 1648.
Blachford, Kevin
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“Their Beastly Manner” : discourses of non-binary gender and sexuality in Shi’ite Safavid Persia [PDF]
The Safavid dynasty ruled Persia between sixteenth and eighteenth centuries and is known as a turning period in the political, social and religious trajectories of Persian history.
Rahbari, Ladan
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Periodic Revival or Continuation of the Ancient Military Tradition? Another Look at the Question of the Katáfraktoi in the Byzantine Army [PDF]
This article discusses the question of origin and identity of katáfraktoi – heavy-armoured cavalry in Byzantium. In the specialist literature on the subject, there is a widespread opinion that the heavily-armoured elitist cavalry, defined as catafracti
Wojnowski, Michał
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Renewal and perspectives in Iranian archaeology over the last two decades [PDF]
In memory of Olivier Lecomte. From Tureng Tepe to Ulug Depe a 45-year friendshipThese few pages provide a very schematic overview of archaeological research in Iran since the end of the 20th century.
Boucharlat, Rémy
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Hammams and the contemporary city: the case of Isfahan, Iran [PDF]
iFirst article (2012)Hammams, or public baths, are an essential part of the social life in urban Islam. Often, they have a rich and inspiring architecture. In Iran and, in particular, in Isfahan – a large and historic city in central of Iran – numerous
Kazemi, Zahra +1 more
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The Daylamite Involvement in the Lazic War (541-562) [PDF]
In the Late Antiquity, the Caucasus region had become a battle ground for the Byzantines and the Sasanians. The conflict between the two great empires escalated in the 6th century, when both sides overcame internal conflicts and pursued active foreign ...
KHOPERIA, Nika, KHOPERIA, Nika
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Megjegyzések Prokopios „perzsa történeteihez” (De bellis I, 2–6) [PDF]
Történeti műve bevezetŐjének végén Prokopios vázolja a bizánciak és a perzsák kapcsolatának történetét. A mű ezen részét (De bellis I, 2–6), mely anekdotába illŐ epizódokból, mesékbŐl és kitalált történetekbŐl áll, a kutatók a történeti hitelességet ...
Mészáros, Tamás
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Gordāfarid of Šāh-nāma, the woman, who revolutionized the naqqāli tradition [PDF]
Šāh-nāma of Firdowsī and the naqqāli tradition are two distinctive traditions of Iran. Šāh-nāma, an epic that tells the story of pre-Islamic Iran, focuses on a heroic narrative.
MORADI, Maryam +3 more
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