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Hunting in the Ghaznavid State: Courtly Culture, Military Practices and Political Power
History, EarlyView.Abstract Hunting occupied an important place in the royal court culture of the Ghaznavid state (963–1186 CE). Ghaznavid hunting culture developed through the interaction of Turkic‐Islamic political traditions, Persianate models of kingship and local ecological settings. Rather than constituting a fully formalized institution, Ghaznavid hunting practice
Arslan Durdu
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« Parsadan Gorgijanidze’s Exile in Shushtar: A Biographical Episode of a Georgian Official in the Service of the Safavids ». Journal of Persianate Studies 1, 2, 2008, p. 218-229. [PDF]
, 2013 At the beginning of the article, Maeda states his opinion that many Safavid ġolāms were far from severing all ties with their homeland: here the Author agrees with the views of other modern Safavid scholars but he (rightly, in the opinion of the present ...
Rota, Giorgio
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James Lyman Merrick's Aborted “Mission to the Mohammedans of Persia”
The Muslim World, EarlyView.Abstract James Lyman Merrick (1803‐1866) served as a missionary of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) in Persia between 1835 and 1845. He was America's first missionary to the Muslim world. Based on his field research on the Persians’ religious beliefs, he correctly predicted that the conversion of Persia's Muslims into ...
Hooman Estelami
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Iranian Religious-political Development in Light of Three Epochal Transformations Bahman Khodadadi [PDF]
Political Studies Forum, 2022 Three epoch-making upheavals have had a tremendous impact on the Iranian polity throughout its long history. These upheavals have radically reshaped and restructured the society in terms of its religio-political and jurisprudential institutions.
Bahman Khoadadadi
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Brain and Behavior, Volume 16, Issue 6, June 2026.The figure presents an integrative model of sleep disturbances among Yazidi survivors of the 2014 genocide perpetrated by the Islamic State (ISIS). Genocide‐related trauma, including mass violence, sexual violence, displacement, and historical trauma, is associated with sustained neurobiological dysregulation, including hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal ...
Jan Ilhan Kizilhan +3 more
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The consequences of holding Shiite religious rituals in the Safavid [PDF]
پژوهشهای تاریخی ایران و اسلام, 2013 The Shiite religious rituals for a period of two centuries were held through the support and backing of the Safavid government. However, the consequences of holding these rituals have not been examined and investigated as expected.
حسن زندیه +2 more
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The soul of the soil: Unearthing a Nation's eco‐empathy through 1200 years of Persian poetry
People and Nature, Volume 8, Issue 6, Page 1987-2002, June 2026.Abstract Cultivating a profound sense of connection with the natural world, conceptualized as eco‐empathy, is increasingly recognized as a vital precursor to effective environmental stewardship. While scientific data frame ecological crises, literary traditions offer a unique archive for tracing the history of this empathetic bond. This study positions
Isa Esfandiarpour‐Boroujeni +7 more
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Sociology Compass, Volume 20, Issue 6, June 2026.ABSTRACT This article examines gender diversity in Islamicate societies across historical and contemporary contexts, emphasizing the interplay between social norms, religious frameworks, and structural power. It addresses the methodological challenge of avoiding anachronistic applications of modern categories such as “gender” and “sexuality” to Muslim ...
Vanja Hamzić
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, 2010 Studies on the pre-dynastic claim of the Safavids to sayyid status suffer from a dearth of primary source materials. Scholars have advanced various conjectures, but it is not yet clear when the Safavids began to promote this claim or indeed when the so ...
Kazuo Morimoto
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The Criticism of Roger Mervyn Savory’sApproaches to Safavid History [PDF]
پژوهشنامۀ انتقادی متون و برنامههای علوم انسانی, 2018 As long as the researchers of the Safavid history are concerned, the name of Roger Mervyn Savory is a historian whose name is well known and familiar to all. He is a author whose name has repeatedly been a led in the majority of works full of replicas in
Ali Salarishadi
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