Iranian Studies

The effect of expanding the scope of central security on Iran's economic situation during the period of Shah Abbas I

kurosh salehi

Volume 14, Issue 1 , June 2024, , Pages 43-61

https://doi.org/10.22059/jis.2023.350285.1165

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The effect of expanding the scope of central security on Iran's economic situation during the period of Shah Abbas IAbstractThe effect of expanding the scope of central security during ... Read More

Imagology of Iranian Women in Raphael Du Mans’ Travelogue

Farzaneh Saniei; Ehsan Ghabool

Volume 13, Issue 3 , December 2023, , Pages 41-59

https://doi.org/10.22059/jis.2022.349844.1160

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This paper aims to study the image of Iranian women in the Safavid era within the work of French priest Raphael Du Mans entitled the Status of Iran in 1660 . This book is one of the ... Read More

Djonouni-e Ardabily, Unknown Poet of Safavid Era

Ali Asghar babasalar; MOUSA Hosseini Aghdam

Volume 12, Issue 2 , March 2023, , Pages 79-100

https://doi.org/10.22059/jis.2022.345793.1135

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Mohammad Taqi Djonoun Ardabil, known as Djonoun is a poet of second half of the 11th century and the first half of 12th aentury.As its represented inhid poem, he spent ... Read More Mohammad Taqi Djonoun Ardabil, known as Djonoun is a poet of second half of the 11th century and the first half of 12th aentury.As its represented inhid poem, he spent most of his life far away from his homeland. Forthermore his name hasn’t been recorded in any Tazkirahs or literary history books. “Al-Dharīʿa ilā Taṣānīf al-Shīʿa” (List of Shia Books) by Agha Bozorg Tehrani is the oldest reference with a little information about him and all other resources have referred their claims to this book. His 86-page manuscript divan in Persian language is the only reliable source about Djonouni, which can provide information about his life by searching through his poems. The only available hand-written manuscript of his Divan is kept in the Parliament Library, which isn’t even complete and some of its pages are missing. Because of all the reasons above, further investigation is needed on his personal and literary life. Pursuing both the Khorasani and Iraqi style, Djonouni has viewed romantic epigrams with his critical and his own specific literature in poetry. He, as in Indian style, is closer to Saeb Tabrizi. Djonouni’s poems are categorized in 8 forms: Qaṣīda, Ghazal, Quatrain, Tarjīʿ-band, Mukhammas, Part, single verses and "Jangnameh mas̄navī " in Azeri language. The main content of his verses is often about the praise of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), Shia imams and the noble men of Safavid era. Another manuscript attributed to Djonouni dated 1100 A.H. is available in the "Malik" National Library and Museum, which was edited by "Iraj Afshar" and apart from his name,pen name and the date of its writing, there is just little information about the poet. Apparently, in addition to poetry, Djonouni is also involved in calligraphy and in that described manuscript, he wrote the works of a number of poets and writers before and after him with his individual composition in Nastaliq script and signed them with his name "Muhammad Taghi Djonouni". He has also added some verse paragraphs of his Mukhammases. In this article, an attempt has been made to obtain information about the poet's biography along with analyzing Djonouni’s poems, and also to correct his two unique Mukhammases.

Continuity and evolution of Toponym of “Kech and Makran” in historical and geographical sources from the 7-12 AH: with a focus on the Safavid era

Yaser Mollazaei; Farajollah Ahmadi

Volume 12, Issue 1 , April 2022, , Pages 188-196

https://doi.org/10.22059/jis.2022.336917.1075

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According to historical and geographical sources, Makran province in southern Iran has a large territory. This region was linked to Sistan in the north, Kerman in the west, the sea ... Read More According to historical and geographical sources, Makran province in southern Iran has a large territory. This region was linked to Sistan in the north, Kerman in the west, the sea in the south, and the Indus River basin in the east. The expansion of the Makran region in the southeast of Iran, its connection with the sea, as well as its border location with the eastern and southern neighbors of Iran, provided the basis for the creation and development of numerous cities and settlements in Makran. Communication was important and prestigious, the city of Kech was in the center of this stateAdapting the name of this city in many historical and geographical texts from the 7th century AH to the 12th century AH, especially in the sources of the Safavid era, a place named "Kech and Makran" was formed in the mental geography of historians and geographers. Based on this, how the continuation and transformation of this place name in historical and geographical sources has formed the issue of future research. The repeated reflection of the place name "Kech and Makran" in the historical and geographical sources of the 7th to 12th century AH, especially the sources of the Safavid era, raises the question of what geographical area the place name "Kech and Makran" is applied to and how its semantic load is in the historical sources and Geographical continuity and evolution? The following article is organized by the method of describing historical and geographical data and then analyzing them through matching and comparing the data available in historical texts, especially manuscripts, geographical texts, historical maps, travelogues, as well as some examples of interviews with local experts. The result of this article shows that the political and communication importance of the city of Kech in the early to middle Islamic centuries provided the context for the first time in the official reports of the historical and geographical sources of the 7th and 8th centuries A.H. to establish a link between its name and the name of Makran And the name "Kech and Makran" should be mentioned as another name of Makran state. Adapted from these official reports, the use of the place name "Kech and Makran" as another name of the Makran state was not only continued in the sources of the following centuries, but in the Safavid era, along with this continuity, there was also a change in it, based on which, This place was also known as another name of Kech city..

The Educational System of the Armenians of Isfahan in the Safavid Era

mohsen lotfabadi; Ataollah Hassani

Volume 10, Issue 1 , September 2020, , Pages 211-228

https://doi.org/10.22059/jis.2020.288503.728

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The Armenians of Isfahan played an active role in Iranian culture in the Safavid era. After migrating from Julfa and the Caucasus and settling in Isfahan during the reign of Shah Abbas ... Read More

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The effect of expanding the scope of central security on Iran's economic situation during the period of Shah Abbas I

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Imagology of Iranian Women in Raphael Du Mans’ Travelogue

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Djonouni-e Ardabily, Unknown Poet of Safavid Era

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Continuity and evolution of Toponym of “Kech and Makran” in historical and geographical sources from the 7-12 AH: with a focus on the Safavid era

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The Educational System of the Armenians of Isfahan in the Safavid Era

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