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Yosofali Beiranvand; Mina Khosravi
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The epic and mythological narratives of the Indo-Iranian peoples have been influenced by each other due to their common origins and long-standing cultural relations. The narrations of Rustam in Ferdowsi's Shahnameh and Ram in Ramayana have many similarities. It can be said that these two characters are ...
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The epic and mythological narratives of the Indo-Iranian peoples have been influenced by each other due to their common origins and long-standing cultural relations. The narrations of Rustam in Ferdowsi's Shahnameh and Ram in Ramayana have many similarities. It can be said that these two characters are born of the long-term cultural relationship between Iran and India. Which of these two books was influenced by the other is hidden from us. We only know that the two characters of Rostam for Iranians and Ram for Indians have a special sanctity and show the magnificence of the epic hero in the mind. This research seeks to investigate the similar and different features of Rostam and Ram's stories with a comparative-analytical method. The similarities and differences between Rostam and Ram in summary are: 1- Birth prediction 2- Appearance beauty 3- Loyalty to the king. The similar friends and enemies of Rostam and Ram are: 1- Afrasiab and Ravana are similar in that they seek power and have inherent evil. Except that Ravana is a demon. 2- White Devil and Raven are similar because they take hostages and the heroes have to fight with them to free the hostages. 3- Keikavus and Sita deceive the demon. 4- Zavareh and Lakashman are brothers and supporters of the hero. The difference between them is that Lakashman is with Ram in most of the events. 5- Tahmineh and Sita are the hero's wives who separated from the hero and gave birth away from him. The difference is that Sita did not hide the father's name from the her children.
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kaveh Ghanbari; Aliakbar Forati
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With the defeat of the Sâsaniân authoritarian government, the Middle Persian language gradually faded and disappeared in the Divan (Government organizations). The Pahlavi language was replaced by the Arabic language, which was considered a sacred language in the light of the holiness of the ...
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With the defeat of the Sâsaniân authoritarian government, the Middle Persian language gradually faded and disappeared in the Divan (Government organizations). The Pahlavi language was replaced by the Arabic language, which was considered a sacred language in the light of the holiness of the Holy Quran. In such a situation, every writer and secretary in Iranshahr poured his mind and thought into Arabic, and this language became the language of the elites of the Iranian society and the language of contemporary culture. From writing letters in the courts to writing news and reviews, etc., everything was in Arabic. In this situation, Arab poets of Iranian origin who played the role of connecting Iranian cultural and literary traditions; They introduced the components of Iranian culture into Arabic, the most prominent of which were the Iranshahri festivals, which provided a platform for the rest of the cultural traditions of Iran to be transferred through this channel. In the current research, Iranian festivals in the works of writers and poets of Yatima Al-Dahr book were examined with a literary-historical-social approach. The findings of this research show that Nowruz, Mehrgân, Sadeh, Râm, Âfrijkân, and Khorroz festivals were celebrated in the order of their importance at that time. Nowruz, Mehrgan and Sedeh had more of an occasion aspect and were expressed as court celebrations; Although the century and its ruling atmosphere have been described more than Nowruz and Mehrgân; On the other hand, Ram, Âfrijkân (Abrizgan) and Khorroz (Shab Chele) have been important among the masses of people. In the celebration of songs, the presence of Iranian culture in Arabic poetry is visible in the form of elements such as landscape poems, flowers, colors, Names of kings like Kasra Annoshe-ravan, Ŝahanŝâh (The Imperor) vintage and music
