Mirza Gholam Reza Isfahani (D. 1304 Ah) Qajar era’s calligrapher, is a comprehensive personality with own way in Iran’s calligraphic history, who is a unique calligrapher in Qajar era. Mirza Gholam Reza has been proficient at all common dengues and templates in calligraphy, and especially he has created a new way in black homework template. Gholam Hossein Amir Khani (B. 1318) is one...

The Mashhad Musalla is one of the largest and most beautiful historic musallas in Iran. Mashhad Musalla has been built during the Safavid Empire, ordered by Suleiman I. Tile's inscription on the Iwan of Musalla gateway gives the date of the end of construction, in the year 1087 AH. This monument is located at the east of Mashhad. The building has a high porch and two porticoes on both sides. Mu...

the purpose of this study is to investigate and explore the causes of identity crisis as one of the debilitating consequences of colonial project after the withdrawal of colonial power. in order to do justice to the full-length severity of displacement that was the fruit of indentureship, v. s. naipauls west indian epic, a house for mr biswas, has been scrutinized with the main focus being the ...

in this study, scour of mashkid bridge pier located in mashkid river of saravan county has been studied and to measure the scour rate, the numerical model hec-ras 4.0 has been used. upon selection of mashkid river as the case study and whereas the studied zone is important with respect to the climatic conditions and showery monsoon raining and flowing the great and destructive floodwaters, ther...

Using domes to cover large gaps has a long history in Iran. Lack of solid and long woods, which indeed are the main elements of the flat coverage, has introduced vaults and domes as the popular options for coverage purposes. In Iranian architecture, domes enjoy a considerable position. The Iranian Muslim architect has used his talent and taste, as best as possible, to build mosques, as not only...

vaghf is a prominent sign of benevolence, giving aid to human being, promoting islamic community' s objectives, and regulating social and economic affairs. the admirable tradition has long been commonplace in iran, and emerged as a new one, when islam was introduced to the country. the article has mentioned related verses and hadiths as well. the vaghf process was improved in safavid era, ...

Ta’zieh is one of the religious forms of the Iranian drama which has been flourished in Qajar dynasty and more specifically in Nassery era according to the researchers of the Iranian drama field. They believe that the main reasons for this development in Qajar dynasty are sustainment of the Shi’ite religious authority from Safavid dynasty on and establishment of temporary as well as...