Qajar kings were of Shi'ite religion and tried to stay loyal to the Shi'ite. Therefore, Shi'ite ulemas were reacting to Qajar kings’ socio-political changes. In fact, Shi'ite ulemas function regarding Qajar period events was due to their jurisprudence thoughts. Consequently, in this study Kashif al – Ghatta’s jurisprudence thought and political function regarding Fath Ali Shah Qajar was taken i...

The political and social system involved in the limbo between tradition and modernity of the Qajar Era caused widespread and quick developments in Iranian culture, art, and architecture as well as a challenge between tradition and modernity. Relatively numerous palaces built in this era were signs of greatness and distinction-seeking of the Qajar kings and aristocrats, who embraced all transfor...

Hunting was one of the most important aspects of human life in ancient times; when human considered hunting as an aspect of his own subsistence strategy and his life was dependant on it.  As time goes by, the importance of this subsistence aspect reduces; so that special places were considered as a hunting ground for entertainment. With the arrival of Islam in Iran, this process continued ...

The Qajar paintings can be categorized into two main periods: the first period, initiated at the beginning of the reign of Fath-Ali Shah and continued until the reign of Naser al-din Shah. It focuses on the combination of ornamental and Persian painting forms with the achievements of naturalist art such as perspective principle and its important feature is the total domination of Persian art. I...

The invasion of Iran by Mongols in 1217 AD had a profound impact on different aspects of social life, in which some aspects still exist and are undeniable. One of these aspects is Mongol’s folk medicine. A review of Iranian folk medicine in Qajar period shows how medicine in this period which was a mixture of oral culture and religious beliefs was influenced by Mongol’s folk medicine. By ...