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Extending from the year of 2004-2011 of the city of Bitlis to the city of Istanbul, this story is a chain of events which is the evidence of that the past is not the light of the future. Year 2004 and a month of October, my name is Mursel, being a senior in the elementary, I am the youngest of nine children that a carpenter father and a housewife mother have. I was very successful, and always at the top first both at school and even in Bitlis. My dad was operating a small carpenter shop. Increasing health problems, and inadequacy which comes with his 68th year, forced my dad closing his shop and being retired due to disability. My dad was no longer working and he dedicated himself to gardeni...
The Constitutional Revolution of 1906 launched Iran as a pioneer in a broad-based movement to establish democratic rule in the non-Western world. In a book that provides essential context for understanding modern Iran, Fakhreddin Azimi traces a century of struggle for the establishment of representative government. The promise of constitutional rule was cut short in the 1920s with the rise of the Pahlavi dynasty. Reza Shah, whose despotic rule Azimi deftly captures, maintained the façade of a constitutional monarch but greeted any challenge with an iron fist: “I will eliminate you,” he routinely barked at his officials. In 1941, fearful of losing control of the oil-rich region, the Alli...
The Mughal documentation is known as the best recorded history of the world. The catalogue is an attempt to showcase the lineage of the Mughal emperors who ruled in India and their heritage, in terms of their lives, pursuits, art, conquests, administration alongwith a peep into their shrewd politics. All works are part of a Mughal Muraqqa compiled by Hakim Ahsanallah Khan, who was the chief adviser of the last Mughal Emperor, Bahadur Shah Zafar, in the year 1270 A. H. (1854 A. D.). They were exhibited in October 2014.
'Taken for Wonder' focuses on 19th-century travelogues authored by Iranians in Europe and argues for a methodological shift in the way scholars interpret travel writing.
Turkestan and the Rise of Eurasian Empires studies how fifteenth and sixteenth century chroniclers grappled with the Turkestani or Turco-Mongol origin stories of their patrons in the newly forming states of the Ottomans, Safavids, Shibanids, Moghuls, and Mughals.
"This book is groundbreaking, at once highly original, courageous, and moving. It is sure to have a tremendous impact in Iranian studies, modern Middle East history, and the history of gender and sexuality."—Beth Baron, author of Egypt as a Woman "This is an extraordinary book. It rereads the story of Iranian modernity through the lens of gender and sexuality in ways that no other scholars have done."—Joan W. Scott, author of Gender and the Politics of History
Ferhengên menzûm jî cureyek ji edebiyata klasîk in. Lewra ji aliyê kêş û teşeyê ve girêdayî rêbaza edebiyata klasîk in. Herwiha ji ber ku bi piranî ji bo zarokan tên nivîsîn, ji aliyê armanc û naverokê jî di nav edebiyata zaro¬kan de tên hesibandin. Yanî du aliyên ferhengên menzûm hene. Ev Ferhengên han bi piranî wek pirtûkên dersê hatine xwendin. Amadekirina wan wek karekî hunerî dihat dîtin. Ew ji aliyê qewareyê ve biçûk, ji aliyê bikaranînê ve pratîk û ji aliyê ezberkirinê ve hêsan in.