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Tārīkh-i Bayhaqī (Persian: تاریخ بیهقی; lit. ' Bayhaqi's History ') [Note 1] is a history book written by Abul-Fazl Bayhaqi, in Persian, in the 11th century CE. [1] Much of this voluminous work is lost, but it remains one of the most important sources concerning the history of the Ghaznavid Empire.
Badiozzaman Forouzanfar or Badi'ozzamān Forūzānfar (Persian: بدیعالزمان فروزانفر, also Romanized as "Badiʿ al-Zamān Furūzānfar"; born 12 July 1904 [1] in Boshrooyeh, Ferdows County – died 6 May 1970 in Tehran, born Ziyaa' Boshrooye-i ضياء بشرويهای) was a scholar of Persian literature, Iranian linguistics and culture, and an expert on Rumi (Molana ...
The word Persianism is used to describe any process of forming or transforming a phenomenon into something which has Persian (Iranian) traits and peculiarities. Persianism can also mean a school of thought which emphasises the study of Persian culture and informing others about it.
Persian miniature from the Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp: Rustam asleep, while his horse Rakhsh slays a lion, fol. 118r. Girl With Mirror.Qajar dynasty art.. A Persianate society is a society that is based on or strongly influenced by the Persian language, culture, literature, art and/or identity.
Kamran Talattof (Persian: کامران تلطف) is the Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Chair in Persian and Iranian studies at the University of Arizona. [1]His research focus is on gender, ideology, culture, and language, with an emphasis on literature (Modern and Classical); contemporary Islamic issues, Middle Eastern culture; and the Persian language.
Persianization (/ ˌ p ɜːr ʒ ə ˌ n aɪ ˈ z eɪ ʃ ə n /) or Persification (/ ˌ p ɜːr s ɪ f ɪ ˈ k eɪ ʃ ə n /; Persian: پارسیسازی، پارسِش), is a sociological process of cultural change in which a non-Persian society becomes "Persianate", meaning it either directly adopts or becomes strongly influenced by the Persian language, culture, literature, art, music ...
Using a Quranic Falnama for bibliomancy involved performing ritual ablutions, reading certain verses from the Quran, then opening the book at random.The tables at the end of the book told the reader how to interpret the omen, and in some versions had numerical tables telling the reader to count a certain number of pages, lines, or words within the Quran and read the word at that position.
The culture of Iran (Persian: فرهنگ ایران) or culture of Persia [1] [2] [3] is one of the oldest and among the most influential in the world. Iran ( Persia ) is widely regarded as one of the cradles of civilization .