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The Literary Qizilbash: An Introduction to the Literary Activities and Cultural Approch of the High-Ranking Qizilbash during the Reign of Shah Tahmasp Safavi
The Literary Qizilbash: An Introduction to the Literary Activities and Cultural Approch of the High-Ranking Qizilbash during the Reign of Shah Tahmasp Safavi

Alı Abolghasemı; Nozhat Ahmadi; Aliakbar Jafari

Volume 34, Issue 63 , November 2024

https://doi.org/10.22051/hii.2025.48843.2981

Abstract
  In the early decades of the Safavid state, during the period of conquest and consolidation, the Qizilbash military aristocracy held a significant share of power within the government ...  Read More
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A study of the symbolic analysis of the motif of a torpedo mouth in the Haft Qalam tombstone of Prince Gharib Mirza (902 AH)
A study of the symbolic analysis of the motif of a torpedo mouth in the Haft Qalam tombstone of Prince Gharib Mirza (902 AH)

Elaheh Panjehbashi; Fereshte Ebrahimy

Volume 34, Issue 63 , November 2024

https://doi.org/10.22051/hii.2025.47130.2928

Abstract
  Haft Qalam's tombstone belongs to Prince Gharib Mirza, who died in 902 AH. The engraving of this work has been carried out for seven years in seven stages. At first, Master Shamsuddin ...  Read More
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Ignoring the environment in the shadow of agricultural-based development and focus on food independence in the 1980s
Ignoring the environment in the shadow of agricultural-based development and focus on food independence in the 1980s

Mahdi Rafatipanah Mehrabadi

Volume 34, Issue 63 , November 2024

https://doi.org/10.22051/hii.2025.48331.2967

Abstract
  In the 1360s/ 1990s, as the first decade of the Islamic Republic of Iran, not only the foundations of this government were established, but also the foundations of various affairs were ...  Read More
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A Reflection on the Intellectual and Religious Attitudes of Sheikh Mohammad Manshadi (1302 AH)
A Reflection on the Intellectual and Religious Attitudes of Sheikh Mohammad Manshadi (1302 AH)

Mansour Tarafdari

Volume 34, Issue 63 , November 2024

https://doi.org/10.22051/hii.2025.47715.2954

Abstract
  Sheikh Mohammad Manshadi is one of the lesser-known figures of the heyday of Mohammad Shah and Naser al-Din Shah Qajar. His contemporary era, along with Sufi ideas, witnessed the emergence ...  Read More
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A Study of Conflicting Narratives Regarding the ‘Conquest of Isfahan’ by ‘Mardavij’ and ‘Ali of Būyid’
A Study of Conflicting Narratives Regarding the ‘Conquest of Isfahan’ by ‘Mardavij’ and ‘Ali of Būyid’

Yazdan Farrokhi; Saeed Amini; Abdollah Sajedi

Volume 34, Issue 63 , November 2024

https://doi.org/10.22051/hii.2025.49258.2999

Abstract
  This article examines the conflicting narratives regarding the conquest of Isfahan by Mardavij Ziyari and Ali Buyah in the early 4th century AH. The central question of this research ...  Read More
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The Role of Kashiful Qata’s Thoughts and Actions in Resolving the Crises of Fath-Ali Shah Qajar’s Era
The Role of Kashiful Qata’s Thoughts and Actions in Resolving the Crises of Fath-Ali Shah Qajar’s Era

Mohammad Mehdi Moradi Khalaj; Mahdi Barzanouni

Volume 34, Issue 63 , November 2024

https://doi.org/10.22051/hii.2025.48349.2972

Abstract
  Sheikh Ja’far Kashif al-Ghitta (1156-1228 AH), a prominent scholar during Fath Ali Shah Qajar’s reign (1212-1250 AH), significantly impacted the socio-political history ...  Read More
Fragile coalition; An analysis of the Tudeh party candidate's victory from the Isfahan constituency in the fourteenth round of National Consultative Assembly election (1943 A.D)
Fragile coalition; An analysis of the Tudeh party candidate's victory from the Isfahan constituency in the fourteenth round of National Consultative Assembly election (1943 A.D)
Volume 33, Issue 57 , April 2023, , Pages 11-36

https://doi.org/10.22051/hii.2023.42330.2727

Abstract
  After the occupation of Iran by the Allies in August 1941 and the resignation of Reza Shah, the fourteenth National Consultative Assembly election took place in a completely different ...  Read More
Alexander the Macedonian and the historical memory of Cyrus the Great
Alexander the Macedonian and the historical memory of Cyrus the Great
Volume 32, Issue 54 , June 2022, , Pages 15-37

https://doi.org/10.22051/hii.2022.32083.2275

Abstract
  Historians of Alexander the Macedonian have reported that while conquering the Iranian lands, the Macedonian conqueror revered the memory of Cyrus the Great, the founder of the Achaemenid ...  Read More
Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment of Cholera in Safavid Iran
Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment of Cholera in Safavid Iran
Volume 32, Issue 54 , June 2022, , Pages 39-61

https://doi.org/10.22051/hii.2022.37726.2530

Abstract
  The outbreak of the disease, by afflicting physical and mental health, ultimately results in the death of human beings. The present study is based on the issue: how were the diagnosis, ...  Read More
Rethinking on the Evolution of the Concept of “Barbarian” in Archaic Greece: From the Trojan War to Greco-Persian Wars
Rethinking on the Evolution of the Concept of “Barbarian” in Archaic Greece: From the Trojan War to Greco-Persian Wars
Volume 32, Issue 56 , December 2022, , Pages 119-142

https://doi.org/10.22051/hii.2023.42214.2721

Abstract
  In the surviving texts from the classical period of Greece, we come across a common word-especially in reference to the Achaemenid Persians-that is still used in the political literature ...  Read More
The First Embezzlement of the National Bank of Iran: International Contexts and its Political-Judicial Consequences on the Pahlavi Government
The First Embezzlement of the National Bank of Iran: International Contexts and its Political-Judicial Consequences on the Pahlavi Government
Volume 33, Issue 59 , October 2023, , Pages 115-137

https://doi.org/10.22051/hii.2021.32390.2292

Abstract
  In order to reduce the political and economic influence of foreign banks, the Iranian people's demand for the establishment of the National Bank of Iran was implemented in the first ...  Read More
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The Role of Dreams in Political-Religious Legitimacy in the Era of the First Islamic Caliphs
The Role of Dreams in Political-Religious Legitimacy in the Era of the First Islamic Caliphs

Razieh Afsharifar; Yaghoub Panahi

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 20 April 2025

https://doi.org/10.22051/hii.2025.49021.2989

Abstract
  Dream interpretation has always been of interest to societies, especially rulers, in various historical periods with the aim of predicting events and providing information about human ...  Read More
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The role and position of women in the economic development policies of Mohammad Reza Shah, achievements and obstacles
The role and position of women in the economic development policies of Mohammad Reza Shah, achievements and obstacles

Zahra Zargari; Morteza Dehghan Nejad; Aliakbar Kajbaf

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 22 April 2025

https://doi.org/10.22051/hii.2025.48673.2979

Abstract
  Throughout history, women have been the source of many changes in the political, social, economic and cultural fields. In this regard, during the second Pahlavi period, government actions ...  Read More

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