Research Paper
The Relation between History and Epic in Iranian National Epic
The Relation between History and Epic in Iranian National Epic

Mahmoud JafariDehhaghi; Lila Varahram

Volume 2, Issue 2 , January 2013, Pages 1-18

https://doi.org/10.22059/jis.2013.35365

Abstract
  As bothepic and history express some stories of the past, their existing similaritiesand dissimilarities and their relation have attracted the attention of scholars.These two kinds ...  Read More
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A Comparison between the two stories of Adam in Quran and Gayumarth in Shāhnāme
A Comparison between the two stories of Adam in Quran and Gayumarth in Shāhnāme

Soqra Salmani Nejad; Abdoreza Seif

Volume 2, Issue 2 , January 2013, Pages 19-33

https://doi.org/10.22059/jis.2013.35367

Abstract
  Expression of similarities and dissimilarities between historical and mythical characters can show the continuous bilateral impressions and effects of History and Myth and their results. ...  Read More
Research Paper
The Kalāntarān Dynasty of Behbahan
The Kalāntarān Dynasty of Behbahan

Muhammad (Mansour) Tabatabaie Behbahani

Volume 2, Issue 2 , January 2013, Pages 35-54

https://doi.org/10.22059/jis.2013.35368

Abstract
  The Kalāntarān Dynasty of Behbahan and Kohgiluye, known as “Mirzayan-e Tabatabaie” was one of Fars' local governments which ruled for seven centuries and had great roles ...  Read More
Research Paper
From Alexander, the Cursed to Alexander, the Dhu’l-Qarnayn Assessment of disorders in historical sources about Alexander, the King of Macedonia
From Alexander, the Cursed to Alexander, the Dhu’l-Qarnayn Assessment of disorders in historical sources about Alexander, the King of Macedonia

Bahman Firouzmandi Shireh Jin; Mehdi Rahbar; Mostafa Deh Pahlavan

Volume 2, Issue 2 , January 2013, Pages 55-72

https://doi.org/10.22059/jis.2013.35370

Abstract
  Hellenism is a part of Iran’s historical period. This era starts with the devastating onslaught of Alexander, the Macedonian warlord. Our historical sources introduce Alexander ...  Read More
Research Paper
Introduction, study and dating of discovered pedestal in Bukān
Introduction, study and dating of discovered pedestal in Bukān

Kazem Mollazade

Volume 2, Issue 2 , January 2013, Pages 73-87

https://doi.org/10.22059/jis.2013.35371

Abstract
  During archaeological survey in 2003, a unique pedestal has been found in a farm in Owjtapeh (Bukān) which, upon its artistic features, seemed to belong to Iron Age III and to the ...  Read More
Research Paper
Iran, Afghanistan and transit routes during the 2nd Pahlavi period
Iran, Afghanistan and transit routes during the 2nd Pahlavi period

Noor al-Din Nemati; Mazhar Adwai

Volume 2, Issue 2 , January 2013, Pages 89-103

https://doi.org/10.22059/jis.2013.35372

Abstract
  Afghanistan is a land-locked country that depends on its neighboring countries to transit essential commodities. Iran, for its proximity and access to the high seas, seems to have the ...  Read More
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Introductory analysis of some features of London’s Pentateuch (PL) the oldest dated translation of Torah in Persian-Hebrew script
Introductory analysis of some features of London’s Pentateuch (PL) the oldest dated translation of Torah in Persian-Hebrew script

Hamed Nowrouzi

Volume 2, Issue 2 , January 2013, Pages 105-123

https://doi.org/10.22059/jis.2013.35373

Abstract
  Persian-Hebrew texts are written in Hebrew orthography. Their records go back to the period before The Essential Books about Drugs’ Nature, the first Persian text in Arabic orthography ...  Read More