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"Shah Abbas: The ruthless king who became an Iranian legend"
23 Jan 2012 14:24
Translated into Persian by Shahr-bano Saremi, "Shah Abbas: The ruthless king who became an Iranian legend" by David Blow has been released. Besides presenting the life of Shah Abbas and his achievements and defeats, the book offers the stance of the Shah and his significance in Iran and the world's history.
Petroglyphs in Arabic Thuluth
23 Jan 2012 12:16
Stone-inscriptions with the Thulth Style of Script by Mohammad Vahid Jazayeri is a bilingual (English-Persian) book. The volume is published by Ketab Aban in the Iranian market.
By Farzaneh Doosti
21 Jan 2012 14:58
"Concepts of Right and Left in Iranian Mythology" is a work of research done by Mahboubeh Khodayi that traces the concepts and terms of right and left back in history through proverbs, poems, texts and divine scriptures.
Gorji: Poor data wrecks history novels
16 Jan 2012 15:16
Talking about history novels, history researcher Zahir Siamian Gorji says the most significant matter of history novels is holding poor information about real past events and characters."
"Atlas of Travel and Tourism Development" to be released
16 Jan 2012 13:13
"Atlas of Travel and Tourism Development" a book by Myra Lesley Shackley will be published in Iran. The book is converted into Persian by Ramin Asadi.
Half-million historical docs of Golestan Palace assessed
15 Jan 2012 12:37
A precious collection of papers and documents of Amir Kabir's period are preserved at the historical treasury of Golestan Palace half a million docs of which have been assessed and analyzed to date by experts Shahram and Ashkan Aminian, says Director of Golestan Palace.
72 history, geography titles released in Iran
15 Jan 2012 11:39
Iranian publishers released as many as 72 history and geography titles from December 31, 2011 to January 4, 2012.
"History novels far from reality"
8 Jan 2012 16:35
Talking about history novels, senior expert of the world's history Khadigeh Masoumi said:" If history novels are the results of the author's imagination in a tragic or romantic framework and if they far from reality they will be only presented for sale."
"I was the narrator of Iranian
8 Jan 2012 15:46
Author of the 4 volume collection "The history of science in Iran" says Iranians had perfect medical knowledge and information. The ancient texts which have been left behind indicate that medicine enjoyed great significance while the physicians had a special place.
Book on the Sassanians
8 Jan 2012 11:14
Vahid Alirezayi announced the publication of "Sassanian Downfall" in a book – covering 420 years of the history of Sassanian reign in Iran - as a second volume to "Sassanian Glory".
"Woman in Iran: past to present"
4 Jan 2012 14:27
Mansoureh Mirfattah, researcher of Iran's history, announced the publication of a new book entitled "Woman in Iran: from the Past to Present" and said: "The book portrays woman from ancient times (Mithraism) to the contemporary period with emphasis on hijab and modesty.
History novels should be close to reality
3 Jan 2012 16:36
Talking about history novels, researcher of ancient Iran's history Ahmad Nouri said:" Compilation of history novels is a need of Iran's society, since some aren’t interested in reading research books and they are more interested in reading novels and fictions."
The Beginning History of Freemasonry in Iran
3 Jan 2012 15:07
According to historian Jafar Golshan, this is the first detailed volume ever written on the beginning of freemasonry in Iran after a century of the conception of Iranian Awakening Loge revealing new aspects of truth about the activities of these groups in Iran.
Historical figures shouldn’t turn into legends
2 Jan 2012 16:16
Talking about history novels, researcher of Iran's history Mansoureh Mir-fatah said:" The novel's historical figures shouldn’t turn into legends and myths, although Iran enjoys folklores and it is famed as the land of legends but historical figures shouldn’t turn into legends and myths.
By Pegah Hajian
31 Dec 2011 15:52
Author of "Mythical history of Iran" said: "The book doesn’t say that Iranian myths are based on religion or Zoroaster's gats since myths differ with religion. Religion related matters have a separate chapter and whether the clans, included in book, are historically true or no is indeed a significant matter.
"European scholars keen to recognize Avesta and ancient texts"
26 Dec 2011 14:07
During the session of "The history of Avesta's books and ancient texts", Iranian researcher of culture and Iran's ancient history Pedram Sorosh-pour said:" Avesta studies has divided Europeans into two periods; first the era of noted Anquetil-Duperron and second the period of Burnouf. Europeans got to know Avesta in 1630AD .
Ctesias
20 Dec 2011 13:43
A Persian translation of the Ctesias' 'History of Persia': Tales of the Orient has been provided in by Fereidoun Majlesi. The book narrates the history of Persia 2500 years ago.
Islamic manuscripts conference at Cambridge University
20 Dec 2011 13:13
The Islamic Manuscripts Association, the Thesaurus Islamicus Foundation and the Al-Waleed bin Talal Islamic Research Center will jointly hold an Islamic manuscript conference at Cambridge University from 9 to July 11, 2012.
Hundreds of precious books donated to Astan Quds
19 Dec 2011 16:58
Since the beginning of the present year in Persian calendar, as many as 1,749 manuscripts, lithographic and artistic books have been donated to the Astan Quds libraries in Mashad.
Precious docs, manuscripts to be displayed in Mashad
19 Dec 2011 10:48
An exhibition of precious historical documents and manuscripts will be held in Mashad, Khorasan Razavi Province, parallel with the Research Week from 24 to December 27, 2011.
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