The present study attempts to investigate the role of Sufism in development of story-telling, naqqāli (narrating of important old Iranian stories) and Rawzahkhāni (telling story of mourning for Imams) arranged in three sections. The first part of the article is intended to inspect story-telling as a social practice of Sufism. It also expresses the reasons behind Safavid Scholars’ opposition wit...

Ali Afzal Ghate’ Ghazvini was a renowned physician, scholar, and calligrapher of the Safavid era whose personality and efforts in the field of medicine have not been fully recognized thus far. Among his works, three medical treatises can be of use in researching the medicine of the Safavid era. The present article adopts a descriptive-analytic method to introduce one of these treatises, Favaed-...

Although the history of Catholic Christianity propagation in Islamic era of Iran returns to the Ilkhanid period, it was at first in the Safavid era when organized form of Catholic missions began with the actions of a sect of Christian mystics attributed to St. Augustine. Starting of these efforts had not been an outcome of peaceful endeavours, but rather the upshot of Portugueses' military rush...

After the death of Sheikh Safi al-Din Ardabili in 735 AH. / 1335 AD., his mausoleum was developed by his son and his successor, Sheikh Sadr al-Din Musa, and later expanded, especially during the reign of Safavid Shah Tahmasb I and Shah Abbas I. The hymn of "Allah Allah" is the most remarkable hymns in the tower of the mausoleum of Sheikh Safi al-Din Ardabili, so that it is often referred to as ...

Iranian carpets as a manifestation of Persian art, due to the capabilities of Islamic art, have been a context for epiphany of this art doctrine. Mehrabi carpets of the Golden Age of Persian carpet-waving arts, Safavid era, can br regarded as the flagship model in the manifestations of this art. These carpets often were woven with religious functions and to fulfill religious obligations. Korani...

This study examines the concept and educational approaches and the relationshipbetween the mode and the hierarchy of education in each of the Safavid and Qajar periodsand the physical structure and structure of the schools, the role of each of these factors,including the styles, disciplines and conditions governing the educational system in theschool physical changes of different periods. In fa...

Ascension (heavenly journey of Prophet Muhammad) is one of the most important religious issues that its representation was especially important in manuscripts of Islamic countries. In Timurid and Safavid periods, many painters worked in this field and famous people such as Kamal al-Din Behzad and Sultan Muhammad created fine works in the field. Due to the cultural relations with Safavid and Mug...