The Role and Function of Imamzadehs in the Development of Shiites in Pre-Safavid Iran: The shrines of Shiraz and Yazd
The Role and Function of Imamzadehs in the Development of Shiites in Pre-Safavid Iran: The shrines of Shiraz and Yazd

Asghar Montazerolghaem

Volume 12, Issue 4 , March 2021, , Pages 129-150

https://doi.org/10.22059/jhss.2021.310486.473319

Abstract
  The children and grandchildren of Shiite Imams are called “Imamzadeh.” They immigrated to Iran in order to find security and social status, and over time, their number increased. ...  Read More
The Study of Yazd's Urban Economy During the Timurid Period (1396 -1452)
The Study of Yazd's Urban Economy During the Timurid Period (1396 -1452)

hamid hajianpour; mojtaba jokar

Volume 10, Issue 1 , December 2018, , Pages 1-17

https://doi.org/10.22059/jhss.2018.263656.473021

Abstract
  Yazd, a city in central Iran, has experienced one of its brilliant and prosperous periods during the in Timurid era. Local historiographies written in this era, in addition to being ...  Read More
The Process of Improving the Status of Zoroastrians in Iran and the Abolition of Jezyah During  the reign of  Nāser al-Din Shāh 
(Based on the Recent Documents Discovered in Yazd)
The Process of Improving the Status of Zoroastrians in Iran and the Abolition of Jezyah During the reign of Nāser al-Din Shāh (Based on the Recent Documents Discovered in Yazd)

Mohammad Hasan Mirhoseyni

Volume 1, Issue 1 , December 2009

Abstract
  Jezyah had been part of the tax system imposed on religious minorities. From the very first days of its introduction to Islam, it was addressed to as demeaning and humiliating towards ...  Read More