Research Paper
New Information Concerning the Relationship between Omar Khayyam and Imam Mohammad al-Ghazzali (Two Newly Found Quatrains by Khayyam Elegizing Ghazzali)
New Information Concerning the Relationship between Omar Khayyam and Imam Mohammad al-Ghazzali (Two Newly Found Quatrains by Khayyam Elegizing Ghazzali)

mohammad afshinvafaie

Volume 7, Issue 2 , March 2017, Pages 1-13

https://doi.org/10.22059/jis.2018.68279

Abstract
  There is not much accurate information about Khayyam. It genuinely seems that either his poetry had not been systematically collected, or if it were, no copy has survived. The oldest ...  Read More
Research Paper
Critical Considerations on the Attitudes of Foreign Travelers to the Yarsan Sect in the Qajar Era
Critical Considerations on the Attitudes of Foreign Travelers to the Yarsan Sect in the Qajar Era

Jahanbakhsh Savagheb; Masoomeh Hadi; Mohammadreza Zadehsafari

Volume 7, Issue 2 , March 2017, Pages 15-32

https://doi.org/10.22059/jis.2018.68280

Abstract
  The considerable increase of the Europeans’ travels to Iran in the 19th/13th AH centuries expanded their information about various aspects of Iran's nature and society. But due ...  Read More
Research Paper
The Intellectual Discourse of the Akhtar Newspaper on the Degenerate and Underdeveloped Status of Iran and the Muslim World
The Intellectual Discourse of the Akhtar Newspaper on the Degenerate and Underdeveloped Status of Iran and the Muslim World

Daryush Rahmanian; Afsaneh Rowshan

Volume 7, Issue 2 , March 2017, Pages 33-48

https://doi.org/10.22059/jis.2018.68282

Abstract
  One of the fundamental issues raised in the Qajar periodicals, including Akhtar newspaper, is the problem of the decline in Iran and the Muslim world and its solution. The question ...  Read More
Research Paper
The Development of the Routes of Hamedan’s Eastern Regions and its Role in the Growth of the Residential Areas (with Emphasis on Dargazin Region)
The Development of the Routes of Hamedan’s Eastern Regions and its Role in the Growth of the Residential Areas (with Emphasis on Dargazin Region)

habib sharafi safa; esmail Ganghis Ardahi; Mohammad Hassan Raznahan

Volume 7, Issue 2 , March 2017, Pages 49-66

https://doi.org/10.22059/jis.2018.68284

Abstract
  Dargazin was one of the politically and culturally significant regions of Iran in the past, and its historical monuments and mounds shows the importance of this area. Why was Dargazin ...  Read More
Research Paper
Wisdom in Persian Epic Poems and Comparing it with Zoroastrian Texts (Case Study: Garshasb-name, Bahman-name, and Kush-name)
Wisdom in Persian Epic Poems and Comparing it with Zoroastrian Texts (Case Study: Garshasb-name, Bahman-name, and Kush-name)

Kolthom Ghazanfari; ehsan mohammadi

Volume 7, Issue 2 , March 2017, Pages 67-82

https://doi.org/10.22059/jis.2018.68283

Abstract
  Persian epic poems often recite the narratives related to ancient Iran. Besides Shahname, other epic poems may root back in the Sassanid era, therefore, one can expect that the Zoroastrian ...  Read More
Research Paper
The Development and Transformation of Bardsir During the Qara khitai Era, Based on Maqdisi’s Viewpoint
The Development and Transformation of Bardsir During the Qara khitai Era, Based on Maqdisi’s Viewpoint

Abdoreza Kalmorzi; Mohammad Baqr Voosoughi Voosoughi

Volume 7, Issue 2 , March 2017, Pages 83-101

https://doi.org/10.22059/jis.2018.68285

Abstract
  Maqdisi in Ahsan al-Taqasim fi Maʻrefat Al-Aqalim offers new definitions for Mesr, Qasabe, Madine, and Qarye, and relates the life of each unit to the others, regarding their roles ...  Read More
Research Paper
The Functionality of Nakhl in Nakhl-gardani Ritual (Carrying Symbolic Coffin) in Terms of Protecting Iranian cultural treasures
The Functionality of Nakhl in Nakhl-gardani Ritual (Carrying Symbolic Coffin) in Terms of Protecting Iranian cultural treasures

Adele Mohtasham; Samad Samanian

Volume 7, Issue 2 , March 2017, Pages 103-121

https://doi.org/10.22059/jis.2018.68286

Abstract
  Rituals are among the most significant human legacies in societies. Nakhl-gardani is an ancient Iranian ritual, which affected by Shiʻi culture after the arrival of Islam to Iran. ...  Read More