فصلنامه مطالعات تاریخ فرهنگی
پیاپی 35 (بهار 1397)

After the death of Sheikh Safi al-Din Ardabili in 735 AH. / 1335 AD., his mausoleum was developed by his son and his successor, Sheikh Sadr al-Din Musa, and later expanded, especially during the reign of Safavid Shah Tahmasb I and Shah Abbas I. The hymn of "Allah Allah" is the most remarkable hymns in the tower of the mausoleum of Sheikh Safi al-Din Ardabili, so that it is often referred to as the "Dome of Allah". This hymn is one of the most famous Safavid hymns which have cantillated by their devotees, mostly Qizilbashs, throughout the period of Sheikhs and Sultans and also after that era. The hymn of “Allah Allah” still used in Alavid societies of Anatolia, Rumili and Balkan which are the heir of Safavid Sufism and the last survivors of Qizilbash creed. The aim of this research is to study the reflection of aforementioned hymn in the Sheikh Safi al-Din Ardabili’s tomb tower architecture and some contemporary and similar sample while discussing its usage amongst devotees of this dynasty in the past and present.

The current politico-cultural trends in the Republic of Azerbaijan, focused on "historical strangeness with Iran", have led to its divergence from Iran. One of the missions of Iranian Radio Azeri World Service is to explain the historical connections and raptures to the public opinion of its northern neighbor. Applying agenda setting and framing theories, the aim of this article is to evaluate the amount and circumstances of addressing common history of two countries in this old radio. Therefore, using content analysis, the three month historical programs of this audio media examined through whole counting method based on coding technique. Programs have been evaluated by 2 agenda setting category and 7 framing variable. Findings show that especially from the framing point of view programs are far from optimal limit. Statistical analysis confirms that agenda setting of historical issues is not a priority of media and does not have enough political priority for the policymakers of this audio media. For a more comprehensive enlightenment of various levels and layers of audiences’ thought it is suggested that while increasing the number of historical programs, the use of cognitive framework, such as the simultaneous narrative of two-state events, indirect speech, multivoiced and interactive programs, should also be encouraged. Re-defining historical knowledge and increasing self-awareness of Azeri civil activists will be effective in promoting the conformity and convergence of the two countries.

Development of a new attitude towards hygiene and medicine during the Qajar period required attention to various issues, including the hygiene of women and children. Political activists and thinkers considered the modern hygiene and medicine through corrective actions and critique of the dominant discourse of traditional medicine. In the late Qajar period and with the boom of journalism, these actions became more serious and led to the critique of the dominant discourse on hygiene and medicine at two levels. At the first level, attention was paid to the causes of common diseases and nutrition among women and children, and at the second level, the impact of women's unawareness on daily hygienic issues and their attention to superstitions was questioned. The audiences of second level were midwives and nursemaids. In this research, the role of these two categories of women in the medical discourse of this period has been examined. Finding of this research indicate that critiques on midwives and nursemaids’ unawareness of new hygiene and medicine along with some actions were made to modernize hygiene and medicine caused the gradual passing of traditional midwifery which led to the emergence of modern midwifery. In the meanwhile nursemaids have lost their role in modern discourse of medicine.

Sorkh Dom Lori's site is located 10 km south-east of Koohdasht city in Lorestan province. The site was explored under the supervision of Erich Schmidt in 1938. According to archaeological findings, the site has 3 layers of settlement. The main course of the establishment included a large architectural complex called the temple. During the excavation about 1804 objects were recorded in the floor of architectural spaces, under the floor and inside the walls. The plentiful of obtained objects and their variety provided appropriate basis for studying this building complex and aforementioned objects in this research. The present study is conducted on descriptive-analytical approach and based on library information and field research. Studies show that Sorkh Dom Lori is one of the most important religious centers of the Ellipi Kingdom, which has been located in the current Lorestan region between the 10th and 7th centuries BC. This kingdom has been formed by the Kassites, who were native inhabitants of the region.

Nowadays, social networks have become the cradle of public opinion and interpersonal communication in the Iranian community and have therefore attracted many scholars. These networks, with numerous and deep social impacts, have become the information feeds of various generations of the society, and the public generally receives most of their data -correctly or incorrectly- through social networks. Regarding the amount of the effectiveness of these networks amongst individuals of the society, the question that arises here is that how was their role in historical memory of the Iranian society? The research method in this study is developmental-practical and regarding the time of gathering information is survey-cross sectional. The statistical population of this research included all the users of Telegram social network in the country and using Cochran formula the sample size were determined 360 and the samples have chosen by convenience sampling. Finally, the results of this study indicate that from the respondents’ point of view social networks have meaningful relationship with all indicators that measure historical memory.

The story of Hossein Kurd is considered to be a fiction book of folk literature and can be considered as one of the stories of Ayyārs. The origin of this story and its events is a report of the social situation of Iran in part of the Safavid era, which refers to the traditions of the Ayyārs on that particular date that have not been mentioned so far. The traditions of their battles and wars are one of the customs that are described in this book in the form of a story. In this story, the Ayyārs who are mentioned as “The Orphan” have been introduced in the characters of the story, as those who have been informally involved in formal wars when needed. The fighting and battle practices of this class and their traditions and war tools have specific characteristics which is different from the official wars. Studying the characteristics of these particular warriors as characters of the story, their rituals and battle tools will be examined in this research.