introduction an investigation into valuable works of persian literature and works related to literature, politics, psychology, philosophy, and new sciences such as management indicates that literature does not just belong to the area of emotions and taste, but rather it covers a broad scope of sensory experiences based on objective facts. since firdausi's shahname is a proper context for resear...

Firdausi Qadri and colleagues (July 8, p 1362) reported results from a trial of the oral cholera vaccine, which included an arm combining the oral cholera vaccine with an intervention promoting handwashing and drinking water treatment at home. The authors reported no signifi cant protective effect of the behaviour change intervention over that of the vaccine alone. Despite the authors’ cautions...

firdausi shahnameh has been illustrated more than any other literary work in the history of persian paintings. so far, many studies have been carried out on these historical paintings of shahnameh. most of these studies have been formalistic and have been considered to be merely representational works of written text. those studies have been focused on form, performing techniques and style clas...

the subject of this paper is the analysis of islamic period earthenware of iran containing decorative designs of women. the basic goal of the paper is recognition of determining factors to use these figures and also responding to important questions such as: in which islamic periods women’s figures can be seen? and what features and factors have been influential in applying them? answering thes...

the renowned proverb “shāhnāma axarash xoš ast” has implicit question which its answer may change our understanding of the nature and function of shāhnāma. the end of shāhnāma contains numerous tragic events in sassanid age. also it does not seem to be normal if the iranians have deemed the bitter adventure of the shahs and pahlavāns as a happy ending like what firdausi narrates at the end of h...

One prominent aspect in Persian literature that distinguishes it from the literatures of other nations is the inclusive religious tone of this literature, especially from the tenth century (C.E.) onward. Divine messages heard from the tongues of the prophets of the Abrahamic religions are featured in Persian poetry. The poets and writers of Persian literature have given a prominent place to a n...

philosophical – theological research the quarterly journal of qom university under the supervision of the vice – president for research vol. 15,  no. 2, winter 2013.  proprietor: university of qom chief director: muhammad zabihi. ph.d chief editor: ahmad beheshti, ph.d   board of writers ahmad beheshti, ph.d; gholam-hossein ebrahimi dinani, ph.d; mohsen javadi, ph.d; hojatoleslam sadeq larigani...