abstract bazel mashadi′s heydary attack is one of the earliest and most famous attack epics written in the twelfth century. bazel exploits the style and format of shahname in his masnavi, composed in twenty to thirty thousand verses. the poet, after chanting the praise of god, prophet and his successor (vali), verses the history of islam beginning from the prophet’s mission (be’sat) to the orde...

shahnameh, composed in the 10th century by ferdowsi, is one of the most significant classics of the world. it is about heroic tales of ancient persia. the contents and the poet's style in describing events takes the reader back to ancient times and makes him/her feel the events. ferdowsi worked for thirty years to complete this crown jewel of persian literature. publius vergilius maro know...

in some verses (ayat) of the holy quran, we come to a wise learned man, who had the responsibility of musses> teaching for a short period, and taught him knowledge and morality. the holy quran has not referred to the name of this character, but some interpreters and translators of quran believe him to be the khizr. two of great persian poets, ferdosi and nezami, have entered khizr into the real...

in this paper the practice of medicine in ancient iran is studied. mythology of ancient iran has many references to how diseases were treated and medicine dispensed. there is even a mention of surgery; presumably the rst caesarian section in the history of medicine is performed for the birth of mythological persian hero, rostam. this study looks at mythology, ancient persian religious texts an...

1. introduction the shahnameh opens with a preface which probably did not exist prior to ferdowsi. even if such a thing existed, it must have been different from the present introduction. putting this aside, the rest of the shahnameh has a clear beginning and ending. this has helped critics to determine the structure of the work as a whole by its content. however, we believe the shahnameh inclu...

In Shahnameh and other epic poems, which reflect the myths, life of primitive ancient Iranian societies, animals are great importance go beyond their normal features status. Myths that truths thoughts ideas first people, mixed with different stories expressed symbolically cryptically. Epic events usually result linking these myths to history. Among animals, "cow" is one actors mentioned in Ferd...

ferdowsi has remonstrated philosophy and philosophers in his shahnameh. was he really opposed to rationalism? it’s not the thing gotten of shahnameh. he invites his readers to live wise, so he can’t be against wisdom. are philosophers in a coherent group with shared ideas? ferdowsi era doesn’t include such a thing. so which group of philosophers was exposed to his critical considerations? hakim...

Studying the history of science could help develop an understanding of the contributions made by ancient nations towards scientific advances. Although Iranians had an important impact on the improvement of science, the history of Iranian medicine seems not to have been given enough attention by historians. The present study focused on the history of anesthesia and pain management in Iranian med...