Establishing the Shi'ite dynasty of Safavid within historical- geographic range of Iran brought about the formation of a special Shi'ite historiography. One of the main features of this historiography has been using the religious concepts, particularly the Qur'anic verses and hadiths, in proving the Safavids' legitimacy. The mentioned feature can be seen in the historiographical sources of Safa...

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-...

today, scouring is one of the important topics in the river and coastal engineering so that the most destruction in the bridges is occurred due to this phenomenon. whereas the bridges are assumed as the most important connecting structures in the communications roads in the country and their importance is doubled while floodwater, thus exact design and maintenance thereof is very crucial. f...

learning a second or foreign language requires the manipulation of four main skills, namely, listening, reading, speaking, and writing which lead to effective communication. it is obvious that vocabulary is an indispensible part of any communication, so without a vocabulary, no meaningful communication can take place and meaningful communication relies heavily on vocabulary. one fundamental fac...

In Islamic thought, there is a necessary connection between art and wisdom. This wisdom is based on knowledge that has an equal and spiritual nature. Therefore, for the Islamic architect and Islamic art in general, the most important issue is monotheism and unity. But the divine attributes have appeared in the world as in the field of Islamic art has followed that art of turmoil because Iran th...

Hunting and animal’s combat design of animals in the Safavid era has been reflected in various compositions of carpet designs as they are combined with Floral, Medallion, and Corner and Medallion patterns. One of the significant examples of a hunting ground corner and Medallion carpet are the ones held in the Poldi Pezzoli Museum, Milan. In this carpet, hustling hunting scenes have been depicte...

abstract english language learning in iran has become significant in recent years, and english has been included in the curriculum of iranian schools and universities, and considerable attention has been paid to this language in our society. nevertheless, teaching and learning english in iranian schools has not been able to satisfy the specified goals, so different efl institutes have been est...