Khiva has such a resemblance with Iranian art, culture, and civilization and it will not be irrelevant to consider it as a gemstone in the field of culture and civilization of Iran in Transoxiana. This city is located in the Khwarezm. Reviews tell of earlier historical and cultural links of Khwarezm with Iran. Khwarezm name has come in the Achaemenid inscriptions.Khiva is a city with a plethora...

In Europe, the use of colored stained glass in theconstruction church windows was common,reaching their peak during Gothic period. On theother hand, tendency to glass, calledOrosi (Sash), Iranian architecture began theSafavid era and, under influence culture and art, became a genuine art called Girih tiles; this flourished unprecedentedly Qajar era. The present study aimed identify intercultura...

The subject of the study was genealogy Qajar dynasty, which ruled Iran in 1795-1925. Documentary sources indicate Gara Piri bey (XV century – 1513), first beglyarbek Karabakh with center Ganja (now Azerbaijan) as earliest ancestor dynasty. At end XVI century, great–grandson Gar appointed Shah Abbas I Astrabad Gorgan, Iran), from whose descendant - Agha Muhammad Khan (1741-1797), shah dynasty be...

Scholarly research on shabih’khani, the Iranian traditional performance generally known as ta’ziyeh, has frequently portrayed creators of this theatrical form religious devotees with little or no knowledge and expertise. Yet, newly discovered manuscripts from Qajar era (1789 to 1925 CE/1168 1304 SH) contain annotations stage directions that can be interpreted directorial notes dramaturgical enh...

the art of qajar period includes many unique features and themes. one of the most exceptional features of qajar artworks (painting on tiles) is women motifs depicted at semiprivate and private spaces, at houses of nobilities, and palaces. qajar women in these paintings interact with foreign women’s identity and they have shown a new face of iranian women. the archi-myth of qajar period is inclu...

nowadays architects and architecture schools in iran are pleaded to produce architecture with iranian and islamic identity by managers, media and those who care in general. these requisition which sometimes end up in architecture legislations and guidelines have never received any clear response on the side of architects. what most addressees identify as “iranian” and “islamic” architecture is ...