Iran – Persia; Past & Present

فراتراز تاسیسات هسته ای! غارت هنری شهرمن نطنز

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

Rabindranath Tagore in Shiraz with Hafez (1932)

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 aspects are generally disregarded by critics of his writings* (Dr Leonard Lewisohn). With no formal education, Tagore received theContinue reading “Rabindranath Tagore in Shiraz with Hafez (1932)”

Rabindranath Tagore’s trip to Iran, 1932

(Photo: Seated from right: Dīnshāh Īrānī, Muḥammad Taqī Bahār, Tagore, ‘Alī Dashtī. Standing from right: Asadī, Rashīd, ‘Abbās Iqbāl, Sa‘īd Nafīsī, Ustād Falsafī, Muḥammad Sa‘īdī, Maykada.Source: 1351 مجله موسیقی خرداد Majala-yi Mūsīqī (Khurdād 1351 A.Hsh./1972), 8 تاگور در کنار ادیبان ایرانی در ایران 1932, نشسته از راست: دینشاه ایرانی ، محمد تقی بهار ، تاگورContinue reading “Rabindranath Tagore’s trip to Iran, 1932”

Beyond its nuclear facility, my city Natanz

(… 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 of Natanz.’

Hafez’s advice to Rabindranath Tagore

(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 £375,000 at Sotheby’s, June 19, 2020 Dr Leonard Lewisohn notes that ‘although Persian Sufi ideas constitute a significant feature ofContinue reading “Hafez’s advice to Rabindranath Tagore”