To what extent does mysticism require a withdrawal from the world? Is there a contradiction…
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Richard Nelson Frye is an American scholar of Iranic and Central Asian Studies, and Aga…
Often known as Persian New Year, Nowruz is an ancient festival marking the spring equinox.…
In 483/1090, the Persian Ismailis under the leadership of Hasan Sabbah occupied the castle of…
He was born in Shemiranat, Tehran, in 1970, Not knowing what will happen to him.…
Saeed Rezaei was born in 1976, in Mashad, Iran. From a very young age, Saeed…
15-Mar-2010 – Excerpt But just before the burning he allowed his historian Junayvi (who was…
08 February 2007 – For centuries the ‘Exotic East’ held a great allure for western…
This is with reference to the letter, ‘Paradise revisited’ (Dec 21). Hasan bin Sabbah was…
Mansour, an Iranian Ismaili, is a skilled musician who has been living in the United…
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The Iranian Studies Program of Concordia University is pleased to present: Richard N. Frye, Agha…
Persian historians, following ‘Ata-Malik Juwayni’s eyewitness accounts in The History of the World Conqueror, record…
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