as bothepic and history express some stories of the past, their existing similaritiesand dissimilarities and their relation have attracted the attention of scholars.these two kinds of stories have been so similar that previous experts could notdistinguish the historical events from epics. in shāhnāme, as an excellent samplewhich iranians consider as their pre-islamic history until the last qaja...

this kind of marriage (mir) is one of the controversial issues of pre-islamic iran. some have attributed it to all iranians while others have attributed it to a certain group in ancient iran. undoubtedly mir has never been specific to iran and similar typical examples can be found in other cultures and religions. this paper after presenting the history of mir looks at firdausi’s shahnameh that ...

some believe that ancient mythological and literary texts solely aimed to amuse and entertain, and were sprouted from their feelings and thoughts, and do not regard the study of the ancient and mythological stories as having the definiteness and clarity which science is known for it. hence, this is why mythological stories in reality convey the beliefs, nature, attitudes and the extent of human...

We propose the following definition which we call the double truncated (interval) weighted cumulative residual entropy (IWCRE) IEw φ (t1, t2) and the double truncated (interval) weighted cumulative entropy (IWCE) IE w φ(t1, t2) of a RV X|t1 < X < t2: Department of Statistics, Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), São Carlos, Brazil. E-mail: sa−[email protected] Department of Statistics, Fer...

literary adaptation is recasting literary books such as novels, short stories, or even poems in a new form such as films, stage plays, or even video games. persian literature abounds with dramatic events. there are many fascinating narratives such as shahnameh of ferdowsi, khmseh of nezami, mathnavi of rumi, and tarikh-e beyhaghi of beyhaghi, which have the dramatic capacity of literary adaptat...

In medical history of different nations, there are numerous documents concerning cancer. The present study is an investigation in ancient books to determine the part that medicine of Iran has played in the recognition of cancer. In all 31 Iranian medical and 5 Islamic medicine books mostly from 8 to 18 cent. A.D. have been examined. The findings showed that cancer in ancient medical books of Ir...