For the past 520 years—since the sinister Safavid dynasty came to power and made the Shia religion official in the country—Shia mullahs, like earthworms and old viruses, have remained within ...

Beyond religious sites, Zayandeh Rud River and Isfahan’s historical bridges remain major nighttime attractions during Ramadan. The Safavid-era bridges of Khaju, Si-o-Se Pol, and Marnan welcome ...

An exhibit at the Jewish Museum shows how the example of Esther inspired artists, artisans and even royalty in the 17th ...

“The Taj Mahal references Timurid architecture from Central Asia, it builds on Safavid architectural trends ... He was known to be pious and religious.” The imported white marble of the ...

Today, Tuesday, February 25, 2025, marks a momentous day. On this date, February 22, 1921, Reza Shah the Great saved Iran from complete downfall and oblivion. Incorrectly labeled as a coup, it was ...

"He founded what we call the Achaemenid Empire, which is really the empire during which time we have the story of Purim.

In the 16th century, the Safavid dynasty invited Shiite clerics from the Lebanese ... s alignment with the principles of Wilayat al-Faqih. Beyond logistics and religious affinities, what binds ...

Esther’s Eastern milieu, exotic to Dutch artists and patrons then trading with the Safavid Empire ... who came to the Netherlands to enjoy religious liberty after generations of living as ...

Emine Fetvaci, a prominent scholar and accomplished teacher whose research areas include the arts of the book in the Islamic world, and Ottoman, Mughal, and Safavid art and architecture ... Topics in ...

Religion & Literature. 20(1): 31–47 ... (2014) “The language of paradise in Safavid Iran: Speech and cosmology in the thought of Āẕar Kayvān and his followers”, in Korangy, A. and Sheffield, D. (eds).