به مناسبت بازگشت الواح هخامنشی به ایران – تهران, سپتامبر -۲۰۲۳ هفته قبل -پس از نزدیک به نود سال- ۳۵۰۶ لوح تاریخی دوران هخامنشی که در سال ۱۳۱۱ درتخت جمشید کشف شده بود و به مدت…
حدود ۱۵۰ سال پیش کنت ژولین دو روشوشوا (وزیر فرانسوی) درخاطرات سفر ایران خود درسال ۱۲۴۶ شمسی:یا ۱۸۶۷میلادی اینطور میگوید .آجرهای تزئینی مسجد نطنززیباترین آجرهای میناکاری شده در ایران است کاشی از مجموعه حرم عبدالصمد، نطنز…
Hafiz Mausoleum – Shiraz 2020For Hafez, no sin was heavier than hypocrisy. The hypocrites were those mostly stormed in his poems. ‘Although Persian Sufi ideas constitute a significant feature of Tagore’s philosophical and mystical thought, these…
Parthians were known as skilled cavalrymen who were remarkably adept at aiming their bows both backwards and forwards at enemies. After their defeat from Alexander of Macedonia, Parthians – an Iranian tribe of the Caspian Sea…
In a perfectly symmetric masterpiece carpet why are the carpet’s two lanterns asymmetric in shape, size and design? ‘ The lamps shown hanging from the centrepiece (medallion) are of different sizes. Some say that this was…
Photo and video, courtesy of YouTube (tumeplais) _ Arabs conquered Iran (then Persia) in 636 AD when the kings of the Sassanian dynasty were in power for over four centuries. When they seized the palace of…
(photo: The largest Indian Mosque, West Bengal, 1300s) Persian influence in Bengal in the 18th and 19th Century (This piece is a part of series about Rabindranath Tagor’s life and upbringing in Hafez-centric Bengal) Bengal had…
This is 10 Downing street, London. It is the carpet on the floor. It is called The ‘Ardebil’ Carpet. However, the carpet at Downing Street is one of the many copies of the original Persian Ardebil…
(Photo: Practice of widow-burning or sati/suttee -painted circa 1800, source: Wikimedia) From an Islamic viewpoint, Roy used the unitarian views of Persian Sufism as a vehicle to preach his reformative ideas to combat polytheism and criticizing…
(Photo: Painting by Rabindranath Tagore’s : Nishat( نشاط), Nishat means Joy in Persian) ‘With his pursuit of Persian in his early years’ he ‘was proud of Islam’s contribution to Indian culture, of which he considered it…
(… Art theft and looting) Count Julien de Rochechouart, the French minister’s memoir of his 1867 trip to Iran:* ‘The most beautiful enamelled bricks that have been made in Persia are those which decorate the mosque…
Dr Leonard Lewisohn notes that ‘although Persian Sufi ideas constitute a significant feature of Tagore’s philosophical and mystical thought, these aspects are generally disregarded by critics of his writings*. With no formal education, Tagore received the…
(Photo: Painting by Rabindranath Tagore, nasim-bagh (نسیم باغ) meaning garden breeze in Persian) Dr Leonard Lewisohn notes that ‘although Persian Sufi ideas constitute a significant feature of Tagore’s philosophical and mystical thought, these aspects are generally…
تاگور میزبان گاندی و همسرش کاستوربا در سانتینیکتان در سال ۱۹۴۰ است باغ جیلان والا جنگ جهانی اول ( ۱۹۱۸-۱۹۱۴) در نوامبر ۱۹۱۸ زمانی که آلمان با متفقین پیروز (بریتانیا، فرانسه و ایالات متحده آمریکا) آتش…
(Photo: New Year’s eve at Hafiz’s mausoleum, Shiraz, March 2020; every year hundreds gather to share their New Year’s eve and day with Hafiz. Source: Mehr News Agency) 14th century gold-illuminated Divan of Hafez sells for…
(‘Proper teaching must raise curiosity, not explaining things.’) Dr Leonard Lewisohn notes that ‘although Persian Sufi ideas constitute a significant feature of Tagore’s philosophical and mystical thought, these aspects are generally disregarded by critics of his…