This paper is an attempt to distinguish and discuss the Iranian (as distinct from the Turkish, Arabic and Islamic) elements in the present pattern of kinship and marriage practice in Persia in their historical context. This will entail also a discussion of what can be known of the pre-Islamic Iranian system. Disciplines Anthropology | Social and Behavioral Sciences This journal article is avail...

the relation between economy and medicine had a long history since ancient times. supplying (providing) health care and the required drugs and medical equipments were the main concerns of the human communities even when they were at rather primitive stages of civilization. later, in developed civilizations, trade was added to the concepts of medical economy. in this study, various economic acti...

this article examines lord byron’s allusions to persian literature, history, culture and its ancient religion. the influence of persia on byron is considerable. byron was greatly influenced by orientalists such as sir william jones and their translations of eastern literatures. after examining byron’s allusions to persia, one realizes that byron’s attitude with regard to persia appears to be am...

Abstract Chemical compositional data sets of archaeological artefacts are often analysed using standard statistical procedures. Adopting a different approach, we examine the major element oxides found in Parthian and Sasanian glazed pottery by identifying statistically important ratios conjunction with expert knowledge scientist during, rather than after, identification process. This results me...

met with in Birjand during eighteen months of hospital experience amongst the garrison of troops stationed there. Six of these cases were admitted to hospital during May and the last few days of April, 1919. One case occurred in the middle of J une, and the other two during the first three days of July, 1919. Case 1.?The first admission, a young Indian clerk of the Works Department, was on Apri...

persian scholars greatly influenced the advancement of medical sciences during the middle ages. as a review of the books surviving from that time shows, infectious diseases was one main field of interest for these scientists. among this group of health problems, rabies was specifically described by persian physicians, particularly by avicenna (980 – 1037 a.d.) in his famous “canon of medicine.”...

Zoroastrianism is one of the oldest extant religions in the world, originating in Persia (present-day Iran) during the second millennium BCE. Historical records indicate that migrants from Persia brought Zoroastrianism to India, but there is debate over the timing of these migrations. Here we present genome-wide autosomal, Y chromosome, and mitochondrial DNA data from Iranian and Indian Zoroast...