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سال هفتم شماره 24 (پاییز 1394)

The history of the ambassador of Nizam shah is one of the most prestigious, historical books of Safavid era which has a special place among this era's historical books for presenting some unique information. The prose style in this book has particular features which are analyzed in this paper in two categories of "superficial" and "content". In superficial category, grammatical features have been analyzed in three sections of common and proper nouns, nominal and adjectival compounds and compound verbs structure and also literary features in two sections of expression and poem figures of speech from the stylistic point of view. In content category, features such as honesty and audacity, mentioning the details, moderation in describing and scientific reference have been considered. History of the ambassador of Nizam shah has been among many other historical books, thus, it has been compared to the books before, contemporary and after its time in order to clear the subject. This study has been conducted using the descriptive- analytic method

Caste, is a kind of social system in which there are graded ethnic groups with no connection among them and each group can be specified by its filiation. It seems that this social system became popular by the migration of Aryan races to Iran and India in the first and second millennium B.C. and has been survived so far. The old Indian and Iranian texts have attested this phenomenon. On the other hand, investigations in societies of south-east of Iran determines proofs and signs of a kind of semi-caste system and the continuity of a part of signs, traditions, patterns and ancient, cultural behavior of people in the present society of Baluchestan, specially in Dalgan district. Hence, it may come to mind that what kind of relationship is there between the culture and social classes of people in Dalgan and the beliefs and Caste system in India. In this study it has been attempted to answer this question by searching the written sources and through scientific analysis of them and find the reason of this Indian social system’s survival in Dalgan. The research method in this study was comparative, fieldwork and using library resources.

Authentic, historical researches and studies have proven the ethnic and linguistic ties between the two ancient civilizations of Persia and India.Throughout the history, various political and religious factors strengthened those links and affected the interactions between the two cultures.
Ibn Batoteh (703-779 A.H.) a well- known Arab tourist, in some part of his famous itinerary, has written a detailed description of his journey to India. His itinerary's vigilance, perspicacity and diverse information indicate the influence of Persian language and culture on Indias. The information in the history of literature in imperial courts of Indian Muslims and their worthy support are indeed magnificent. They turned into reliable documents which explain the history of Persian literature. The linguistic interactions and expansion of the Persian language around the 740 A.H. and even before that are remarkable and noteworthy.

The history of the ambassador of Nizam shah is one of the most prestigious, historical books of Safavid era which has a special place among this era's historical books for presenting some unique information. The prose style in this book has particular features which are analyzed in this paper in two categories of "superficial" and "content". In superficial category, grammatical features have been analyzed in three sections of common and proper nouns, nominal and adjectival compounds and compound verbs structure and also literary features in two sections of expression and poem figures of speech from the stylistic point of view. In content category, features such as honesty and audacity, mentioning the details, moderation in describing and scientific reference have been considered. History of the ambassador of Nizam shah has been among many other historical books, thus, it has been compared to the books before, contemporary and after its time in order to clear the subject. This study has been conducted using the descriptive- analytic method.

Economic situation is an important issue that did not receive sufficient attention in the past centuries from the researches whom their main focus was on the political history and military revolutions of the governments. In contemporary period of time economical life has been regarded as one of the branches or subsets of social history by the researchers of the scope of history and social sciences. Economic life of Shia community in Deccan in 10th and 11th centuries was not an exception and the historical resources have not paid much attention to the economic life of this group, but, some information could be gathered by the remained writings and works to study the economic life of Deccan Shiites.
Administrative, military and business affairs and devotion were some of the most important economic activities of the Shiites at that time. In this study it has been attempted to discuss the role and place of this group in Deccan's economic life at that time, mentioning some of the most important economic activities of Deccan's Shiites, using the descriptive-analytic method and library resources.

The present paper is a critical introduction on life and writings of Ali Ibn Teyfoor Bastami, the Iranian translator and author, who lived in India in 11th century A.H. As a sublime writer from Khorasan and despite many writings and translations in the fields of Religious, literary and lingual sciences in Persian resources, he has not received sufficient attention. What have been presented in these resources about his life and writings is few, often sparse and sometimes inconsistent.
In this research it has been attempted to explain Ali Ibn Teyfoor's life and writings, with regard to the existing, valid documents and manuscripts of his works, using the descriptive method. The results of the study present a more complete recognition of his life and writings and it was achieved by searching in the manuscripts of his works and reviewing the predecessor's words

Hazin Lahiji is one of the sublime poets and scientists of 12th century A.H. and spent most of his lifetime in India. He was a master in almost all of the scientific fields of his time and wrote about them. Although he has not considered poetry as his first talent and his scientific rank is higher than his being a poet, he has written many poems in different formats of Sonnet, Ode, Tarkib band (composite-tie), Quatrain and Masnavi. The reputation of his poems is mostly for his sonnets. Hazin has 40 Odes which are often about theism and praising the prophet of Islam, Imam Ali and other religious sublimes and praising Imam Ali is the most frequent theme of his Odes among others. He has pastiched poems of Anvari, Khaghani, Sanayi, Sa’di and Naser Khosrow, respectively and wrote poems with the same rhythm, rime, word order and some common words and contents. His devotion to Prophet Mohammad and Imam Ali made him confront flattering panegyrists such as Anvari and mentioning their names, make their poets seem witchery and their praise untruth and introduce his poems as the truth and real intimacy. In this study it has been attempted to compare Hazin’s Odes with other poets’, using library method and analysis of contents of the Odes.

Ikat is a kind of technique and a textile that its motifs are created by tying and dying some parts of warp and weft. Producing Ikats in India perhaps is not as prevalent as before, but pattern, color, material, differences, producing method, producing centers and hidden beliefs in these elegant textiles are of the points which always come to mind. The method of this survey is descriptive- analytic, the data collected using library resources and fieldwork research and the tools of gathering information include papers, books, theses, E-books and images.
According to the hypothesis that there is a connection between the kinds of Ikat and the use of decoration and clothing, also their technique and slight similarity and difference due to the place of production and the waver's thoughts, which cause different regions to affect each other, the purpose of this study is to organize and consider different kinds of Indian Ikat precisely to get comprehensive practical results, recognize the textiles and keep the techniques. Thus, it is concluded that although the Indian textiles are similar, they have special methods of producing. For example using braid in Bandhas of Orissa or Gulbadan. These textiles are usually used in producing Sari that people wear in praise ceremonies and they have simple motifs which are achieved by pervaded colors.

Embroidery clothing and textiles is of particular importance and the art of tribal customs and culture are interconnected in many parts of the world. Women have the main role in this activity and it is an important art in Iran and India. These two countries have had commercial and political relations since Achaemenids and it has been developed especially from the 15th to 17th centuries. Following the activities of Indian traders in Hormozgan, which was at the end of Nasereddin Shah's and Mozaffareddin Shah's era (1300-1344 A.H.), the cultural and artistic relations between two countries developed and led to the influence of both countrie's art on each other. The main focus of this study is to analyze the common embroidery patterns used in Hormozgan and India, comparatively. Accordingly, first different types of embroidery in these two places and then the common patterns between them are introduced. These patterns are divided into three categories: geometry patterns, plant patterns and animal patterns and each group contains other types as well. They are the common designs which can be seen in most of women's clothes in Hormozgan and India