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IRĀNŠAHR (4)
monthly Persian journal, published in forty-eight issues in Berlin by Ḥosayn Kāẓemzāda Irānšahr, June 1922 to February 1927. Two principal tendencies can be distinguished in these articles: a strong interest in ancient Persia and its language and culture, and belief in the potency of a nationalistic spirit.
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MITHRA ii. ICONOGRAPHY IN IRAN AND CENTRAL ASIA
There is no known iconography of Mithra in the Achaemenid period. On coins of the Arsacids the seated archer dressed as a Parthian horseman has been interpreted as Mithra. In the Kushan empire Mithra is among the deities most frequently depicted on the coinage, always as a young solar god.
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Fascicle 6 of Volume XV
With the latest fascicle printed in April 2011, Volume XV of Encyclopædia Iranica was completed. The bound volume is also available. For order information, please visit the website of Eisenbrauns, Inc. With the new entries, the Encyclopædia Iranica continues its progress through letter “K.” Titles covered in the latest fascicle go from Karim Khan Zand to Kāšḡari, Saʿd-al-din. (The range of volume XV altogether is Joči–Kāšḡari.) For a list of the Fascicle 6 titles and authors, select the button below.
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GILAN xvii. Gender Relations
by Christian Bromberger
"... to a large extent, women take an important part in agricultural work; in their homes, the line between male and female spaces is blurred; craftwork, industrial, and commercial activities are not the exclusive prerogative of men in this region."
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