Research Paper
The Structural analysis of supernatural fertility and birth in Iranian fairy tales and the myths of Iran, India and Mesopotamia
The Structural analysis of supernatural fertility and birth in Iranian fairy tales and the myths of Iran, India and Mesopotamia

Samin Espargham; Abu-al-Ghasem Ghavam; Samira Bameshki

Volume 8, Issue 2 , February 2019, Pages 1-19

Abstract
  In fairy tales, pregnancies and births, like other incidents and elements of this genre, have supernatural and transformed forms. This paper examines the diverse types of supernatural ...  Read More
Research Paper
Functions of Iranian Garden
Functions of Iranian Garden

Behrouz Afkhami; Zeynab Khosravi

Volume 8, Issue 2 , February 2019, Pages 21-38

https://doi.org/10.22059/jis.2019.71431

Abstract
  The Persian garden is one of the most prominent cultural phenomena of Iran. According to the historical documents and archeological evidence, the first Persian gardens were constructed ...  Read More
Research Paper
The Importance of the Greater Media in Iran’s Political Development during the Hellenistic Period
The Importance of the Greater Media in Iran’s Political Development during the Hellenistic Period

Hamidreza Peighambari

Volume 8, Issue 2 , February 2019, Pages 39-58

https://doi.org/10.22059/jis.2019.71433

Abstract
  The historical studies of the turbulent and obscure period of the Macedonian rule in Iran are mainly focused on regions such as Persis and Parthia. The role of other areas including ...  Read More
Research Paper
Pāyandānīh Pad Tan and Żamāna Bi-al-nafs
Pāyandānīh Pad Tan and Żamāna Bi-al-nafs

Pedram Jam

Volume 8, Issue 2 , February 2019, Pages 59-73

https://doi.org/10.22059/jis.2019.71434

Abstract
  The private law of Zoroastrians of the Sasanian era, as reflected in Mādayān ī hazār dādestān (The Book of Thousand Judgments), acknowledges two types of surety-bond: pāyandānīh ...  Read More
Research Paper
Persian Rider Figurine from Cyprus
Persian Rider Figurine from Cyprus

Shahrokh Razmjou

Volume 8, Issue 2 , February 2019, Pages 75-92

https://doi.org/10.22059/jis.2019.71435

Abstract
  A small terracotta figurine of a rider is held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, which was found in Cyprus. The rider has a Persian attire, possibly showing a Persian character ...  Read More
Research Paper
Montesquieu is a committed writer?
Montesquieu is a committed writer?

Ayda Shahanians; Mohammad Ziar

Volume 8, Issue 2 , February 2019, Pages 93-109

https://doi.org/10.22059/jis.2019.71436

Abstract
  Commitment means taking responsibility, and the author is responsible for expressing the truth. Moreover, the responsible writer and philosopher is not a dreamer. He should not consider ...  Read More
Research Paper
On Some Nautical Words in Persian and Arabic
On Some Nautical Words in Persian and Arabic

seyyed Ahmad Reza Qaemmaqami

Volume 8, Issue 2 , February 2019, Pages 111-125

https://doi.org/10.22059/jis.2019.71437

Abstract
  Navigation is essentially an international art; therefore, its vocabulary may also travel from one side of the world to the other by the seamen. Some nautical words and terms used by ...  Read More
Research Paper
The Anubanini,s Rock Relief of Sarpol-e Zahab Reconsidering a Historical Event
The Anubanini,s Rock Relief of Sarpol-e Zahab Reconsidering a Historical Event

Kamal Aldin Niknami; Mohammad Amin Mirghaderi

Volume 8, Issue 2 , February 2019, Pages 127-145

https://doi.org/10.22059/jis.2019.71438

Abstract
  The Anubanini relief is Sarpol-e Zahab is one of the most ancient rock reliefs in Iran, which was identified by Rawlinson in 1836 and de Morgan published the first drawing of it in ...  Read More