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Dr. Mohammad al. Talebi (born in Tunis in 1921 A.D.) is a famous scholar and thinker of the Arab world, he received his doctor's degree in history and is a professor in history. He has been the former dean of literature and social sciences college in Tunis university. He has done many researches and has written various books on the history of Islam the middle age), the Islamic contemporary subjests and the dialogue) between Islam and christianity. Most of his works are in French and some of them are translated, by others, into Arabic. The pollowing is the main part of the Moqadamat magazine's dialogue, which is affiliated to Maqreb's writers union, with Dr. al. Talebi

P.H.D Student in History. In order to have an exact historical, cultural and political study of Arabia before the advent of Islam It's necessary to study the Bedouin and nomads' lives in the following cases. sources: The Pre.Islamic Arabs' poems and the interpretation and .1 proverbs which are remained of them will be used. History: The lives of inhabitants and desert dwellers whose job .2 was often plundering and sometimes trading will be studied. Political relations: The structure of Pre-Islamic Arab which is not .3 considered by others will be studie. moral perspective: For the reason of desert special circumstances .4 some of the characteristics like faithfulness, manliness and etc. are admired by Arabs. Religion: There were some religions among Arabs that each of .5 them was performed in a special temple, though these religions didn't have great importance in the Bedouins' lives.

P.H.d Student in History of civilization and Islamic Nation. Although the historiographical books believe that biograhpical historiography (put the people in different social classes for historical studies) is one of the most uthentic kinds and branches of Muslims' historiography, but we can not find, easily, the trace of this branch in historiographical books. And even we can not find the fundamental concept of class in these books. On the other hand, the comparison of the numerous volume of books in biographical historiography in different fields with very few preliminary discussion volume of this field, is considerable, and give it a heterogeneous from. By reffering to the same inconsiderable discussion, it becomes clear that traditionists (the people who were expert in recognizing the diffetent kinds of traditions) because of their essential need designed the discussion of principles and foundations of biographical historiography like the defenition and the advantages and disadvantages of it. The present article which we can hardly find any analogous for it, studies these subjects alongside the other subjects like different styles of biographical historiography and the background of works about the foundation of biogrphical historiography.

In the period of the second caliph the Muslims whose goal was to conquer Iran, were seeking a place that in addition of being near to Iran could be a proper place from the aspect of weather for the inhabitants of Arabian peninsula. For this reason after writing a letter to the second caliph, sa'd b. Abivaqqas gave a mission to Persian Salman and Hadighat b. yaman to find a proper place for their own and their camel herds. Following this mission a region on the East Coast and near the ancient city of Hireh, which later called kufa, was chosen, and this was the first city that the Muslims built it after the appearance of Islam

The present text is an article under the title of: "The study of the translation's history during the first period of Abbasid's caliphate". By this article the writer tries to describe the true efforts of the first-rank researchers and scholars while introducing the great scientific movement of the Islam world - traslation movement - in the best from and best quality with all of the deteails. By this article the author, also, mentions to some of the cultural characteristics of the golden age of Islamic civilization. By this article the follouwing cases will be studied: The beginning of Muslims' scientific movement and introducing .1 its first founders in the age of Abbassids. Translatron movement in the age of Abbasids. .2 The translation movement in Andulus and the reasons of .3 Muslims' attention to translating the former writers works. The translators methods in translating the old texts. .4 Finally the conclusions and the effects of translation movement will be studie.

Member of the teaching staff in Yazd university. The Musha'sha'ids'uprising in south region of Mesopotamia and Khoozestan was performed under the sayyid Mohammad b.Falah's leadership (died in 870 A.H.) and then shiite's centeral government under the centerality of Hoveizeh was established. Until now, we don,t have considerable works about sayyid Mohammad b.Falah's life and his initial activites for guiding Musha'sha'ids, like the other aspects of his movement. By this article, according to the present authentic sources, it will be tried to explaine the different stages of his efforts which led to formation and establishment of Musha'sha'ids. Although during the process of events some intellectual and social aspects of Musha'sha'ids uprising will be expressd, but the main purpose is giving a regular and organized record according to criticizing the sources,not studying the intellectual and social nature of that movement. This purpose will be provided through following the process of sayyid Mohammad b.Falah's activities as the founder and leader of Musha sha ids.

Nowadays centeral Asia consists of five following independent republics: Kazakhstan, Kirghizia, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Tajikstan. This part of the world enjoys an extraordinary situation and natural resources and in the ancient times has been the route of SilK ROAD. the Muslims in this region caused important changes and while making the scientific centers, established many mosques and engaged in the religious affairs. But from the middle of the sixteenth century that the russians dominated this region, they began to fight with Islam and Muslims and this procedure intensified after the domination of commulnists and led to the destruction of the mosques and religious centers. But when president Gorbachev occupied the authority, the circumastances changed completely and the Mushims' religious activities began again and hundreds mosques were built again. This article discuss about the revival of Islam in Centeral Asia after this period