… The family of the Bab had a residence in Murgh-Mahalleh, one of the better districts of … religious form in the district of Murgh-Mahalleh. Abbas Amanat makes reference to the conflicts …
Commemorating the Battle of Karbala, in which the Prophet Mohammad's grandson Hosayn and seventy-two of his family members and supporters were martyred in 680 CE, is the …
These books offer primary source readings focusing on issues of identity and personality in the Middle East. Individual sections of the books examine a particular issue in personality …
… Ruvis Piri, is called “Little Georgia” or ‘Gorji Mahalleh’ (‘Georgian neighborhood’) by Iranians. … there is a saying that anyone who passes under a rainbow will go to Georgia, emphasizing …
… A number of Iraqis were quoted as saying that this dust storm … The population of Talesh Mahalleh is about 500 (118 families… In Talesh Mahalleh the maximum and minimum vegetable-to-…
Since Achaemenid times there had existed in one way or another a courier system in Iran with an infrastructure of relay stations, where fresh horses could be had. The Turkish term …
This thesis investigates Richard Sennett’s open city theory in the sociopolitical context of the Iranian capital, Tehran. Open city theory is built on design interventions that set out to …
In this article, I explore Iranian Jewish ritual life as understood by women who grew up in traditional Iranian Jewish households during the rule of Reza Shah (1921–1941) and …
This dissertation presents an ethnographic portrait of what life was like for Iranian Jewish women living in Iran and now in America. From 2004 to 2006, I have conducted interviews with …
… In his dedication, al-Khartaberti prays for his master, saying,'May God make his rule … He speaks, for example, about the etiquettes of walking in the quarter ( mahalleh ) and the …