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        1 - The Functions of Genealogy in the Studies of Islamic History
        mehdi Bigdeli Seyed Abolfazl razavi Reza Shabani
        Due to political, social, and cultural causes, consideration of lineage was important among many nations. The Arab need for recognition of its descendants and the intellectual and cultural foundations of the common traditions in Islamic lands provided the prosperity of More
        Due to political, social, and cultural causes, consideration of lineage was important among many nations. The Arab need for recognition of its descendants and the intellectual and cultural foundations of the common traditions in Islamic lands provided the prosperity of writing the lineage, especially from the 3rd century AH, among Muslims, and created the independent knowledge known as ’ilm al-Ansab (genealogy) that held its specific status and function in Islamic civilization. Genealogy and its relationship with history can be a useful research in the field of interdisciplinary studies. The present paper, with a descriptive-analytic approach, addresses this fundamental question about the place and function of genealogy in historical studies. Accordingly, by explaining the historical place of genealogy, the functions of this knowledge in Islamic history will be analyzed Manuscript profile
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        2 - Genealogy of Bio-Power in Urban Development Plans (Case Study: Abkooh Neighborhood in Mashhad)
        Naser Nejati Mozaffar Sarrafi Reza Najafzadeh
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        3 - Genealogy and the Strategies of the Innovation Discourse in Islamic Law
        Hossein jalali
        The effects of widespread social changes in private and social lives of human beings made it more and more necessary to reform the laws in accordance with these changes. These reforms are presented in the form of innovation discourse in Islamic law. Accordingly, the pre More
        The effects of widespread social changes in private and social lives of human beings made it more and more necessary to reform the laws in accordance with these changes. These reforms are presented in the form of innovation discourse in Islamic law. Accordingly, the present research was carried out for genealogy and to present the strategies of the innovation discourse in Islamic law by Laclau and Mouffe's discourse theory. The research results showed that the innovation discourse in Islamic law dismisses some signifiers of both philosophical and theological discourses and legal discourse in modernity, breaks down their structure, and uses some of their signifiers in a new structure. The signifiers of this discourse, simultaneous attention to the changing and fixed areas of law, promotion of attraction and effectiveness of law, the requirements of national and international society, the priority of subject scholarship to discovering the sentence, innovation while preserving the bases of Islamic law, and considering rational, consensual, and traditional sources are pivotal factors alongside text. A search in genealogy of different Islamic sciences including speech, principles, and the philosophy of jurisprudence proves them to be some abundant capital which in turn shows the necessity of paying attention to time and place conditions and legal innovations. Genealogical stages, understanding the environment with respect to the economy of power, passing through obstacles and challenges, paying attention to innovation sources, preparation, putting sources together, developing an efficient law, performance, the feedback of ... Manuscript profile
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        4 - The archeology of knowledge and discourse as an introduction to Foucault's theory
        Seyed Vahid Aghili Amir Lotfi Haghighat
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        5 - Etymology of Comparative Interpretation Method by Najjarzadgan in Interpretive Heritage
        Ensiyeh Asgari
         Interpretive works called “comparative interpretation” increase remarkably in last decades while research interpretation has not grown equally. One the important issues is the comparison method which needs to be known and recognized. This research stud More
         Interpretive works called “comparative interpretation” increase remarkably in last decades while research interpretation has not grown equally. One the important issues is the comparison method which needs to be known and recognized. This research studies comparison method specifically in Najjarzadgan works. His method involves three stages of quotation, expression and ideas criticism. Since the mentioned stages form the general criteria of interpretive texts, an etymology could be done on his method. The present research studies fourth and sixth centuries which are known as historical turning point. The results show that Najjarzadgan method goes back to traditional interpretations and his works developed gradually by considering some preferences. Quotation and expression of ideas are developed based on documentaries; but arbitration and decision making are done with the same tools and basics. Manuscript profile
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        6 - A Research in Killing Penalty for Incest with Extra Legal Genealogy
        Seyed mohamad jafar Razavi asl shahrdad darabi
        As its famous among jurisconsults , assured and intimate only descent and not affine or foster. The point here is do legal sanguinity and extralegal have the same rules and laws? This point is important when we want perform penalty of killing about those who have done i More
        As its famous among jurisconsults , assured and intimate only descent and not affine or foster. The point here is do legal sanguinity and extralegal have the same rules and laws? This point is important when we want perform penalty of killing about those who have done incest among sanguinities. Lack of canonical strict and briefness of law made this field a complicated issue and lots of different ideas. In this article we try to review any idea and its proofs. According to proofs accordant with Had penalty in this field, the best solution accordant with modern society is performance of killing penalty for incest with extralegal genealogy. Manuscript profile
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        7 - A Study of the Discourse of Political Islam and Genealogy of Islamism
        Javad Bostan Afrooz Hamed Mohagheghnia Ruhollah Shahabi Fraidoon Akbarzadeh
        The purpose of the present study is to review the discourse of political Islam and genealogy of Islamism. The research method is descriptive-analytic and Laclau and Mouffe’s discourse theory has been used. The results indicate that political Islam is a discourse a More
        The purpose of the present study is to review the discourse of political Islam and genealogy of Islamism. The research method is descriptive-analytic and Laclau and Mouffe’s discourse theory has been used. The results indicate that political Islam is a discourse among Muslims which represents a special formulation of society and politics focusing on the signifier of Islam and it attempts to emphasize on Islam from a political perspective, not within a merely religious hemisphere. It also seeks to turn Islam into the best signifier for Islamic community discourse. Determination of signifiers of Islamic discourse is a battlefield between western modernity and Islamism. For determination of the signifiers of political Islam, intellectual, social, and movement approaches have been used; however, the discourse approach has a more extensive and flexible potential to explain movements in Islamic communities. Among formulations in this discourse, democratic political Islam versus some new categories such as democracy, election, government, and policy-making has attempted to redefine various signs in traditional political Islam including the role of council, consultation, enjoining good and forbidding evil, Jihad, economic justice, the status of non-Muslims and women in Islamic society. Manuscript profile
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        8 - Investigating the Mythological and Symbolic Concepts of the Tree in Marzbannameh
        Cobra jalilimoakher hamidreza farzi ebrahim poordargahi
        From the very beginning of creation, the tree has somehow been linked to human life and has played an important role in the myths, rituals and beliefs of the people; Because of the relationship between literature and mythology, the tree has also been reflected in litera More
        From the very beginning of creation, the tree has somehow been linked to human life and has played an important role in the myths, rituals and beliefs of the people; Because of the relationship between literature and mythology, the tree has also been reflected in literary texts;Marzbanameh is one of the Persian literary texts in which the tree has a wide reflection. In this paper, the mythological and symbolic concepts of the tree in Marzbanameh are studied. The authors hypothesized that the tree in Marzbanameh stories had a mythological, religious function in addition to its literary function.Based on the aforementioned idea and by analyzing the content of the stories, this hypothesis has been verified. It must be explained that ten mythological attributes of the tree Marzbanameh can be observed, such as the cosmic tree, Illumination (awareness), healing, the relationship between the tree and the fairy, relationship with the snake, the role of the tree in determining the fate, the shelter role of the tree, the relationship of the tree with the genealogy, the worship of the tree, the speaking tree. The widespread application of the mythological concepts of the tree in Marzbanameh reinforces the hypothesis that the book was written in the Sasanian era and in the time of Anushirvan. In addition, the tree's sacredness and respect for humans and its presence in their lives have been due to humans' need for the tree as a food and medicine source. The research method is descriptive-analytical in terms of library work space. Manuscript profile
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        9 - Sufi s List of Evidencess (Naghshbandineh: Based on narrations by Seddighiyeh Dynasty)
        پروفسور سیدحسن امین
        Sufis dynasties recognize themselves as the disciples of religious leaders, as for which they have registered their kinship dynasty. The relevant documents and narrations are considered to be a significant part of the written inheritance of Sufism ans so far little has More
        Sufis dynasties recognize themselves as the disciples of religious leaders, as for which they have registered their kinship dynasty. The relevant documents and narrations are considered to be a significant part of the written inheritance of Sufism ans so far little has there been any ananlysis on them. The current paper endeavors to deal with one of the narrations related to Naghshbandineh, having a fundamental role in identifying personages of the dynasty such as Abdur Rahman Jami and others as well as being regarded as the keys to explore mysticism ans Sufism. Studyng the available primary resources can lead us to the date of extablishment of Khanghah-Sufis temple- and Sufis establishments as well, depiciting an important part of social and political Sufism. Manuscript profile
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        10 - Jurisprudential, legal analysis of the human cloning in mysticism and monotheistic religions
        Mostafa Amerisiahooii Faroogh Toli Mohamad Nejati
        As an appearing technology, cloning has attracted the attention of politicians, physicians, lawyers and other academical communities. During cloning which includes the transfer of a nucleus to a nucleus – free ovum, a creature in accordance to the donor of the nuc More
        As an appearing technology, cloning has attracted the attention of politicians, physicians, lawyers and other academical communities. During cloning which includes the transfer of a nucleus to a nucleus – free ovum, a creature in accordance to the donor of the nucleus will be created and along with a shedding light to the human society regarding treatment, this phenomenon poses concerns to this society. However, no decisive expression is not made by the scholars in this respect.Jewish scholars took three different viewpoints – forbidding, permission and necessity – and Christian ones forbid the cloning to the sake of protecting the human dignity.On the other hand, cloning attracts the attention of the religious and ethical scholars and from the most of the opponents’ point of view, cloning of human is at least in contradiction to most of the main religious teachings and application of this technique in human realm is in contradiction to Islamic beliefs and faith. Some of the Buddhist moralists and mystics conditionally support the application of this type of technology; that is, it must be useful for those couples who dream for having a child and it must not be accompanied with pain and trouble. Contrary to this opinion, other Buddhist mystics believe that human reproduction in such a way results in deterioration of the human essence and foundation.In this research, some of the jurisprudential – legal and ethical aspects of the cloned person are analyzed. According to what is expressed about cloning, the genealogy of the cloned child can be considered as legal and similar to the natural – born child, such children are entitled to have custody, guardianship, alimony, inheritance and will among other rights. Manuscript profile
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        11 - The Analytic Study of Patricide Mythology in Shahnameh and the World’s Myths
        nosratolah ahmadifard Dr.ali heydari Dr.masood sepahvandi
          Myth has been one of the constituting elements of culture as well as ethnic and national identity of societies. Some mythologists consider it as the religion of the early civilizations and the era before the expansion of the monotheistic religions. Myths of diffe More
          Myth has been one of the constituting elements of culture as well as ethnic and national identity of societies. Some mythologists consider it as the religion of the early civilizations and the era before the expansion of the monotheistic religions. Myths of different nations have similarities and uniformities. The confrontation between myths against each other and their hard-fought battle together with each other have been transmitted to us today in the stories that are subject to various interpretations. In Shahnameh, the mythical characters inherit special credit and in the Avesta and Pahlavi books are of the supernatural aspect. By touching upon the first patricide myth in Shahnameh, in the current study it has been tried to show that events leading to patricide in the myths of Shahnameh and the world have overt and covert angles; however, the mythological patricide is one of their supernatural aspects. By examining the reasons for patricide and studying the similar and different aspects of mythological, epic, and historical characters of Iran and the world, it seems that gaining power and reign have the highest frequency; the gods have obvious interferences in the western world's patricide, while in the eastern world, it seldom happens due to the father’s sanctity. Other reasons include magic, love, maternal, intentional, and unintentional parenting provocations. Manuscript profile
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        12 - The Genealogy of the Relationship between Human and Nature in the Iranian Contemporary Architecture, based on Foucault's idea (Case Study: Pahlavi Period)
        Kianoush Faraji Qader Bayzidi
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        13 - The Theory of Discourse and Political Sciences
        Ali Asghar Davoodi
        Today, the concept of discourse is used in most of scientific disciplines and approaches such as literature, philosophy, social sciences and political sciences. The theory of discourse is one of the effective and newly arrived theories in the field of social sciences. S More
        Today, the concept of discourse is used in most of scientific disciplines and approaches such as literature, philosophy, social sciences and political sciences. The theory of discourse is one of the effective and newly arrived theories in the field of social sciences. Social and political scientists have used this theory extensively to analyze political and social structures and phenomena. Thus, it can be seen as a dominant theory in the methodological field in the postmodern era. Therefore, phenomenological knowledge and the reviewing of different dimensions of this theory can help us to understand better the discourse analyses of political and social phenomena .This article attempts to examine the history, thought resources and epistemological bases of this theory, and consider its ability to analyze political and social phenomena and review its criticisms. Manuscript profile
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        14 - Inheritance of Children Born through Artificial Insemination
        mohammad sadiq tababtabee maral amoee
        With the advancement of medical knowledge and the possibility of infertility treatment through medical sciences, different and complex issues and questions have been alleged in the moral, lawful, social and religious areas. They should be answered by jurisconsults and l More
        With the advancement of medical knowledge and the possibility of infertility treatment through medical sciences, different and complex issues and questions have been alleged in the moral, lawful, social and religious areas. They should be answered by jurisconsults and lawyers and sociology scientists to provide suitable background for codifying comprehensive rules. One of the lawful effects of child birth by artificial insemination is inheritance between child and sperm owners. There are many questions in this regard as follows: In artificial insemination with husband s' sperm or sperm of an alien who become relatives? And between the child and which person to be established an inheritance relation? What is the inheritance status of child whose semen coagulated after the death of owner's sperm. Is there any similarity between inheritance of this embryos and ones who born naturally? And etc. The authors explain mentioned questions and indicate there would be inheritance relation based on genealogy relationship. Manuscript profile
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        15 - Genealogy and Study of the Semantic Evolution of the Quranic Word "Sarad"
        Mojtaba Noroozi Mahnaz Tafaghodi
        According to some thinkers, sarad is one of the words entered into the Arabic language. For this word, upon entering the Arabic language, a semantic evolution has occurred. The importance and necessity of this research is due to the fact that this word has an Iranian or More
        According to some thinkers, sarad is one of the words entered into the Arabic language. For this word, upon entering the Arabic language, a semantic evolution has occurred. The importance and necessity of this research is due to the fact that this word has an Iranian origin and has changed its meaning in the Arabic language, and understanding it is effective in understanding the divine word and its miracles. With the historical and analytical method, this research analyzes the historical and genealogical origin of the word sarad, the course of its semantic evolution in the Arabic language, and the historical application of the derivatives of the word sarad in the context of the verses of the Qurʾan. The results of this research show that the word sarad is from the Persian root of "armor" and using the historical use of the word armor in ancient Iran and its widespread use in Iranian cavalry from the first dynasties and also the powerful evidence of the Shāhnameh in describing the Iranian armorers, it can be said that sarad is a Persian word with a military origin. In the Arabic language, this word has evolved into the concepts of "piercing and sewing leather", "weaving armor" and "consecutiveness of something". The word sarad is used in the Holy Qurʾan as a single use and in the sense of "rings of armor". Manuscript profile
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        16 - Genealogy of terrorist groups and organizations in the Middle East; A case study of al-Qaeda and ISIS
        Mostafa Almasi Alireza Azghandi
        This study seeks to investigate the origin of terrorist groups and organizations. Al-Qaeda and ISIL were selected as the largest study groups in the Middle East as the largest terrorist groups. Since the phenomena studied in the modern world cannot be thought of as sudd More
        This study seeks to investigate the origin of terrorist groups and organizations. Al-Qaeda and ISIL were selected as the largest study groups in the Middle East as the largest terrorist groups. Since the phenomena studied in the modern world cannot be thought of as sudden and exotic phenomena, this study therefore considers the evolutionary process of these groups and organizations in the context of history. With this attitude, in response to the main research question, what are the root causes of the formation of terrorist groups and organizations in the Middle East? The main hypothesis of this study is that terrorist groups and organizations present in the modern world have a historical and intellectual background that can be studied from the perspective of genealogy. This research has attempted to add credible and diverse sources to the existing literature in this field. This research is a descriptive and analytical one and the method of data collection is documentary and library. Manuscript profile
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        17 - A Genealogical Look at the Concept of Nature and the Manifestation of its Presence in the Architecture of Iranian Houses
        Qader Bayzidi kianoush faraji
        Introduction Living spaces and in their context “houses”, have been one of the lasting needs created by human beings in every society. Despite of many years passing from their construction and living in them, they are still evidently, memorable and decent in More
        Introduction Living spaces and in their context “houses”, have been one of the lasting needs created by human beings in every society. Despite of many years passing from their construction and living in them, they are still evidently, memorable and decent in all their dimensions. These spaces are the most noble, beautiful and tangible property of architecture as well as serve comfort the users, represent identity and fulfill owners dream, hopes in the best possible ways. The nature and concepts derived from it are important components and as a meaningful factor. The main purpose is to identify influential factors in Foucault’s genealogy and their role in the creation of divers’ concepts of nature and how they are present in the architecture of Iranian houses. Methodology The research method is Foucault’s genealogy and semiotic method were used for data analysis. Geographical area of research In this research, significant houses and settlements in the architecture of different periods of Iranian history - from antiquity to the second Pahlavi period - have been studied. Results and discussion The result of the study shows that the meanings of nature are not limited to the primary, secondary and abstract appearance of nature in the form and structure of houses; Rather, these concepts have created an identity and a mentality linked to power in the framework of specific discourses and in accordance with the conditions of society in each historical period. Conclusion The physical, functional and content presence of nature, in addition to recalling the past through explicit and implicit meanings, under the influence of developments in each historical period has led to the production of new knowledge and meanings in the field of industry, art and architecture. Manuscript profile
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        18 - The genealogy of political process of reform in relation with Religious Intellectual intellectual readings after the Islamic revolution in Iran.
        lafteh mansoori Ahmad Ali Hesabi nabiollah ider
        Holding a novel and different approach, this study aims to investigate the nature of both social identity construction and social system development as two subjective and challenging issues in a dialectic process and based on an integrative sociological and socio-psycho More
        Holding a novel and different approach, this study aims to investigate the nature of both social identity construction and social system development as two subjective and challenging issues in a dialectic process and based on an integrative sociological and socio-psychological approach in the light of three theoretical perspectives at macro, micro and medium scales (vis-a- vis mainly the suggested subjective orientations).. The main question addressed is whether individuals’ sense of social identity construction subject to Facilitating Factors of youths' Social Identity Construction in Social System. To this end, facilitating factors of social system-based construction among youths was addressed with a sample of 445 probability stratified sampling selected students from Tehran University. Attending this field study, they attempted a researcher-made tablet-rendered valid and reliable questionnaire. Content and construct validity measures of the instrument were measured through expert judgment and factor analysis, respectively and its reliability was estimated through Cronbach alpha correlational analysis. One sample parametric t-test and Binomial test-based analyses of the data supported the main hypothesis predicting that social system through precipitating factors has no effective role (T=21/45) on identity construction of youth. This study mainly suggests a scientific, different and comprehensive applied model for social identity construction on the basis of facilitating factors of social system. Manuscript profile
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        19 - The Role of People in Iran's Islamic Revolution: An analysis based on Foucault's Perspective
        Mahin Niroomand Alankesh Garineh Keshishyan Siraki Jahangir Karami
        Nowadays, it is no longer possible to ignore the agency of people in creating effective events in societies. In other words, in the researches and analyzes of researchers and thinkers, the role of the people in changing the structures of their society and sometimes the More
        Nowadays, it is no longer possible to ignore the agency of people in creating effective events in societies. In other words, in the researches and analyzes of researchers and thinkers, the role of the people in changing the structures of their society and sometimes the direction or change in the political behavior of the rulers is prominently observed, and the analysts and thinkers by addressing People's agency, contemporary movements and uprisings are investigated. Based on this, the purpose of this article is to investigate the position of the people in the Iranian revolution with Michel Foucault's genealogical perspective and find an answer to these questions: what role did the people play in the Islamic revolution of Iran and how can it be done? From the perspective of Foucaultian genealogy, did he analyze the position of the people in the Iranian revolution? The claim of the authors is that based on a genealogical perspective, the Iranian revolution of 1357 can only be understood based on the agency of the people.To investigate this claim, Foucault's genealogical method was used and the topics were presented in the form of theoretical sections, the process of the revolution, general analysis of the revolution and genealogical analysis of the revolution, and conclusions were drawn from the topics. The findings of the article showed that without an understanding of the process of people's participation in the Iranian revolution, it is impossible to get a clear understanding of this great phenomenon of the 20th century. Manuscript profile
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        20 - Necessities and non necessity Foucault reading of power
        Afshin Eshkevar kiaei Ali Ashraf Nazari ahmad saee Kamal pooladi
        Understanding the nature of "power" from ancient political philosophy to modern philosophy has been considered in various ways, but here we analyze the concept of power from Foucault's methodological point of view, which had many critiques of different views of power. I More
        Understanding the nature of "power" from ancient political philosophy to modern philosophy has been considered in various ways, but here we analyze the concept of power from Foucault's methodological point of view, which had many critiques of different views of power. In this research, we first seek to understand the concept of power from Foucault's point of view and then examine the difference between his perception and that of others. Accordingly, the question that this article seeks to answer is what exactly does Foucault mean by power and what does not, and what is the meaning of power in Foucault's method apparatus? in this study, to answer this question, since the discussion of power in Foucault's genealogical method is an important and central concept, and Foucault himself always tried to express his distinction from the concept of power and others' understanding of power; Here we have also tried to examine this concept in Foucault's methodology in two parts called what is not power and what is power With a qualitative research approach and a descriptive method and through documentary and library study. Manuscript profile
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        21 - Foucault's reading of the functions of language: A new project to understand the functions of the Persian language from the beginning of the Abbasid rule to the fifth century
        Afshin Eshkevar kiaei
        The invasion of Muslim Arabs is one of the most influential identity events in the history of Iran, especially in the discussion of language; But there is a difference of opinion about how and how much, and to what extent this change is on Iranians, which has led to var More
        The invasion of Muslim Arabs is one of the most influential identity events in the history of Iran, especially in the discussion of language; But there is a difference of opinion about how and how much, and to what extent this change is on Iranians, which has led to various research topics and various narratives of this historical period. In this study, while examining the essentialist and constructivist narratives about the effects of language on historical developments, we examine the various functions of language from the beginning of the Abbasid rule to the beginning of the fifth century with the help of Michel Foucault's method of historical genealogy.The finding of this study of language in this period is that, given the acceptance of the argument about language that, while language plays an important role in shaping the collective life of ethnic groups and nationalist beliefs, it is nevertheless inappropriate to consider language as the collective spirit of a nation. Although language is the builder of mentality, it should by no means be considered an unwritten whiteboard. Rather, language has different functions throughout history and it must be examined in its time frame. Manuscript profile
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        22 - Genealogy of Vayu
        Shervin Vakili
        The present article deals with the description and the etymology of Vay (Vayu), one of the antique gods of ancient Persia and the Indo-Iranian era.  Having presented certain evidence regarding the image of this god in different Persian and Indian texts such as Veda More
        The present article deals with the description and the etymology of Vay (Vayu), one of the antique gods of ancient Persia and the Indo-Iranian era.  Having presented certain evidence regarding the image of this god in different Persian and Indian texts such as Vedas and Gathas, this article aims at discussing its connection with certain other gods.  The commemoration of the wind god, Vayu in the mythologies of the Sumerian, Akkadian, Kaldani, and the Aramaic (Persian, Arami) people is the subject matter of another part of this article.  Finally, the role of the wind god in the texts and the interpretations of the Islamic era is traced by the writer of this article, thus the last part is concerned with the development of this ancient god in the periods after Islam. Manuscript profile
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        23 - Similarity of Gnostics and Manichaean mythology with Najmoddin Razi’s Mirsad al-Ibad
        Siamak Naderi
        Mirsa al-Ibad is a mystical work and is regarded as one of the major prose works in the Persian Literature and its like is almost rare among Sufi works.  According to Razi during the first and second writing of this work he has been wondering for thirty years in As More
        Mirsa al-Ibad is a mystical work and is regarded as one of the major prose works in the Persian Literature and its like is almost rare among Sufi works.  According to Razi during the first and second writing of this work he has been wondering for thirty years in Asia Minor, Egypt, and Rome where according to historians and scholars were the cradle of Gnostic and Manichaean thoughts and mythology therefore it is not surprising that Razi was acquainted with their mythology in this environment as he repeatedly refers to his acquaintance with the following sects such as Isma’ilis, Ebahieh, Molahedeh, and Tanasokhieh.  Therefore, according to the evidence found in Mirsa al-Ibad this article is concerned with pointing out similarity in frameworks of some stories of Mirsad al-Ibad with Gnostic and Manichaean mythology. Manuscript profile