Arbor Day was first established by Julius Sterling Morton of Nebraska on April 10, 1872, and has since been celebrated in various lands. In Iran, as it comes the time of spring and Nowruz, the 15th to the 22nd of Esfand month has been named as the week of natural resources. Calling 15 of Esfand […]
The Persian Empire was composing love tales about Korean princesses more than a thousand years before the first European adventurer reached Korea’s shores. The Kushnameh is a little-known narrative that has the potential to revolutionize how we see history. This is the tale about a Persian Prince and a Korean Princess. Historians have reexamined an […]
According to new findings from the fortifications and treasures of Persepolis, Achaemenid workers received their wages in silver. Continuing the plan of documenting, organizing, and studying the Persepolis tablets, this time Soheil Delshad (consultant of the linguistics and inscriptions department) has examined the clay tablets of the Persepolis treasury. This collection has been prepared by […]
There are numerous palaces and frescoes at Persepolis, but Tachar Château, or Palace of Darius the Great, and its ancient inscriptions are sufficient to demonstrate the history of Persian language and script from Achaemenid cuneiform inscriptions to Pahlavi Persian. According to Irantripedia, the Persepolis World Heritage Site is working on a series of study motion […]
Amir Kabir, honorary name of Mirza Taqi Khan, was a Persian politician and the Prime Minister of Persia during the reign of Nasser al-Din Shah of Qajar. He contributed to the modernization of the country in the first half of the 19th century. Life and career Amir Kabir was born near Arak in 1807 as […]
Ganj Ali Khan, was a military leader and governor of Kerman, Sīstan, and Qandahar under Shah ʿAbbas I (996-1038/1588-1629). He was present at the head of his Kermani forces in many battles. Ganj Ali Khan is best remembered for his building activities that included the Zayn al-Din caravansary in Yazd, the Kabutar-ḵan caravansary, and the […]
The Sassanid Empire was the second great Persian empire of ancient times. The name of the empire, whose own designation was Iranshahr, is derived from the last pre-Islamic Persian dynasty of the Sassanids. In medieval Shahname, the dynasty is named after Papak or Babak. The son (in other versions: the father) of the ancestor Sasan. […]
