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Relics, Images, and Christian Apotropaic Devices in the Roman-Persian Wars (4th-7th Centuries)

open access: yesEikón Imago, 2022
This paper analyses the military use of holy relics, images, and other Christian apotropaic devices in the Roman-Persian wars. I examine a wide range of literary evidence from the 4th to the 7th century exploring where, why, and how different Christian ...
Joaquin Serrano del Pozo
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The first of Sassanid kings and the question of to the Kingdom of arrival Narseh [PDF]

open access: yesپژوهش‌های تاریخی ایران و اسلام, 2014
Sassanian after   access to power, Attempted tothe focus of the central government, and  to recognize the state religion. But this Objectives did not continue normal process.
حمید کاویانی پویا،
doaj   +1 more source

Six Sassanian artworks engraved with hunters: king, crown prince, aristocrat or pretender to the throne?

open access: yesCercetări Arheologice
This article focuses on six Sassanian plates that have caused contradictory opinions about those depicted on them. Considering these works and a historical context, the authors have assessed the prevailing opinions and expressed their own views and ...
Parastoo Masjedi Khak   +3 more
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JUNDI SHAPUR UNIVERSITY [PDF]

open access: yesتاریخ اسلام, 2005
The forgotten University of Jundi Shapur had played a very significant and valuable role in pre-Islamic Iran, particularly during the Sassanian period. Numerous documents testify to the brilliance of this advanced Sassanid scientific center in philosophy,
Seyyed Asghar Mahmood-Abadi
doaj  

Beit Ras/Capitolias: an archaeological project 2014–2016 [PDF]

open access: yesPolish Archaeology in the Mediterranean, 2017
Polish excavations at the site of Beit Ras (ancient Capitolias) in the governorate of Irbid, northern Jordan, investigated an area in the northern part of the ancient town, to the west of the Roman-age theater.
Jolanta Młynarczyk
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The Antiquity of the Avesta [PDF]

open access: yes, 1905
Paper read before the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, read 26th June 1896. Dr.
Duong, T. Q.   +5 more
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Higher Objectives of Islamic Law (Maqāṣid al‐Sharīʿa) in Substantiating Justice in Land Tax

open access: yesThe Muslim World, EarlyView.
Abstract This article discusses the relationship between the systemization of kharāj (land tax) and the higher objective of Islamic law or Maqāṣid al‐Sharīʿa. After the conquest of Sawād region (located in modern‐day southern Iraq), the First Caliph ʿUmar (634 ‐ 644 CE) introduced a new approach to the distribution of ghanīmah (spoils of war), leaving ...
Öznur Özdemir, Mehmet Asutay
wiley   +1 more source

Early christianity in Iraq and the Gulf: a view from the architectural remains [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
The spread and settlement of Christianity in the Arabic world prior to Islam is not the most popular topic. Archaeological focus was mainly directed to the early historic period and indigenous beliefs.
De Langhe, Kaatje
core   +1 more source

Priscian of Lydia and his Solutiones ad Chosroem An introduction, translation from the Greek into Russian and notes [PDF]

open access: yesSCHOLE, 2013
The article focuses on the Solutiones deorum de quibus dubitavit Chosroes Persarum Rex of Priscian of Lydia, one of the six Athenian philosophers who travelled to the Sassanian king Chosroes I in 531–532 CE.
Eugene Abdullaev
doaj  

Marriage and divorce law in Pre-Islamic Persia. Legal status of the Sassanid’ woman (224–651 AD)

open access: yesCogent Arts & Humanities, 2019
For more than 400 years, the Sassanid Persia was the greatest state in Asia. Zoroastrianism supported by Shahanshahs had an immense influence on the legal principles of the state.
Katarzyna Maksymiuk
doaj   +1 more source

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