The Blind Owl was written during the oppressive latter years of Reza Shah's rule (1925–1941). It was originally published in a limited edition in Bombay, during Hedayat's year-long stay there in 1937, stamped with "Not for sale or publication in Iran."
Thursday, 31 May 2018
Monday, 28 May 2018
Zaratosht nameh
There is no consensus on the dating of Zoroaster, the Avesta gives no direct information about it, while historical sources are conflicting.
Saturday, 26 May 2018
Sumer In Qoran
Sumer is the earliest known civilization in the historical region of southern Mesopotamia, modern-day southern Iraq, during the Chalcolithic and Early Bronze ages, and arguably the first civilization in the world with Ancient Egypt and the Indus Valley.
Friday, 25 May 2018
Akhlagh
The Qajars were a Turkmen tribe that held ancestral lands in present-day Azerbaijan, which then was part of Iran.
Thursday, 24 May 2018
Amazon
The Amazon River, usually abbreviated to The Amazon, in South America is the largest river by discharge volume of water in the world, and either the longest or second longest.
Tuesday, 22 May 2018
Sonaye Zaferanieh
Alireza Nourizadeh is an Iranian scholar, literary figure, journalist, political activist and an expert on Iranian contemporary history.
Monday, 21 May 2018
Qajar & Pahlavi Dynasty
The Qajar rulers were members of the Karagöz or "Black-Eye" sect of the Qajars, who themselves were members of the Qajars (tribe) or "Black Hats" lineage of the Oghuz Turks.
Sunday, 20 May 2018
Qajar & Pahlavi Dynasty
The Qajar rulers were members of the Karagöz or "Black-Eye" sect of the Qajars, who themselves were members of the Qajars (tribe) or "Black Hats" lineage of the Oghuz Turks.
Friday, 18 May 2018
Reza Shah
Reza Shah Pahlavi ( 15 March 1878 – 26 July 1944) was the Shah of Iran from 15 December 1925 until he was forced to abdicate by the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran on 16 September 1941.
Sunday, 13 May 2018
Toope Morvari
Sadegh Hedayat was an Iranian writer, translator and intellectual. Best known for his novel The Blind Owl, he was one of the earliest Iranian writers to adopt literary modernism in their career
Tuesday, 8 May 2018
Ā’ishah
‘Ā’ishah bint Abī Bakr was one of Muhammad's wives. In Islamic writings, her name is thus often prefixed by the title "Mother of the Believers", per the description of Muhammad's wives in the Qur'an.
Monday, 7 May 2018
Rospian Sodazaheye Man
Gabriel García Márquez was born on 6 March 1927in Aracataca, Colombia, to Gabriel Eligio García and Luisa Santiaga Márquez Iguarán.
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