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This Day in History (May 23) , Madrid Boost Academic Ties Today is Wednesday; 2nd of the Iranian month of Khordad 1397 solar hijri; TEHRAN (MNA) – ’s University of corresponding to 7th of the Islamic month of Ramadhan 1439 lunar hijri; and May 23, 2018, of the Christian Gregorian Calendar. Zanjan and Spain’s Universidad de Jaén 1441 lunar years ago, on this day in the second year prior to Hijra, Abu-Taleb, the father (University of Jaén) signed a memorandum of of Imam Ali (AS) and uncle and protector of Prophet Mohammad (SAWA), passed away in Mecca. On the death of his father Abdul-Muttaleb, he and his wife, Fatema bint Asad, understanding to boost cooperation in academic had taken charge of the 8-year orphan of Abdullah, his deceased brother, and brought realm. up the future Prophet as their own son. Abu Taleb was a staunch monotheist following Exchanging of professors and students are the creed of his ancestor, Prophet Abraham, and when God formally appointed his now 40-year old nephew as the Last and Greatest Messenger to mankind, he firmly believed among the main objectives of this MoU. The in the message of Islam and protected the Prophet against the taunts and attacks of the parties also highlighted the effect of bilateral pagan Arabs. When the Meccans imposed the social-economic boycott on the Prophet, he took his nephew and the whole neo Muslim community under his protection to the cooperation on cultural and social growth of safety of the gorge outside Mecca which is still called “She’b Abi Taleb” in his honour. universities. His death saddened the Prophet and since earlier in the same year, the Prophet’s loyal Located in southern Andalusia, University of wife, the Mother of all True Believers (Omm al-Momineen) Hazrat Khadija also passed away, the year is known in Islamic history as “Aam al-Hozn” (Year of Grief). Jaén provides 17,000 students with 40 various 1316 solar years ago, on this day in 702 AD, Kinich Kan Bahlam II, also known disciplines in both English and Spanish. as Chan Bahlum II, ruler of the Maya city-state of Palenque in what is now southern Mexico, was born to Kinich Janaab Pakal I. He succeeded his father in 684 and died in University of Zanjan is situated in 702 at the age of 67 after a reign of 18-years, during which he continued the ambitious northwestern Zanjan province is among the project of adorning his dominion with fine arts and architecture. His most important biggest universities of Iran with more than addition to the city of Palenque was the Temple of the Cross which is the centre piece of the Temple of the Cross Complex, and the largest and most significant pyramid within 10,000 students. a complex of temples in present state of Chiapas in Mexico. He was succeeded by his younger brother, Kinich Kan Joy Chitam I. 1215 lunar years ago, on this day in 224 AH Ibrahim bin Mahdi, stepbrother of the Abbasid tyrant Haroun Rashid, died at the age of 62 in Baghdad. Born of an African concubine and known as Ibn Shakla because of his dark complexion, he was ‘The Last proclaimed as caliph in Baghdad in 201 AH by the Abbasids in protest to the seemingly Reza Kianian Play a Hit on Canada Stage pro-Hashemite policies of the reigning caliph, his nephew Mamoun, in declaring the Prophet’s 8th Infallible Heir, Imam Reza (AS) as Heir Apparent. Two years later in Wild’ Trilogy TEHRAN (IFILM) - Iranian actor At the 13th Fajr International Film 203 AH, with the Mamoun’s return to Baghdad after martyring Imam Reza through Reza Kianian’s theater project “The Festival he was nominated for Best Male poisoning in Tous, he resigned and spent the rest of his life as a singer and a musician. by Piers Professional” has been a hit on Canadian Actor in a Supporting Role for “Kimiya”. Ibn Shakla reportedly had a phenomenal vocal range. stage. He has also appeared in memorable 1174 solar years ago, on this day in 844 AD is the spurious date of the fictional Battle of Clavijo in northern Spain between Muslims and Christian that never took place. Torday on “The Professional” is a Persian version works such as “Cinema is Cinema” in Stories invented centuries later claimed it saw the victory of Ramiro I of Asturias over of the situation comedy play written by 1996 and “Red Ribbon” in 1998. the Emir of Cordoba. In this myth, Saint James Matamoros, suddenly appeared and Iranian Serbian playwright Dusan Kovacevic. Kianian has won Crystal Simorgh for helped a vastly outnumbered Christian army to gain victory. Aspects of the historical The play has already been on stage Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role for Battle of Monte Laturce (in 859) were incorporated into this fiction. The myth, as it in Montreal and will be performed in “Glass Agency”in 1997 and Best Male survives, was first fabricated about 300 years after the supposed battle on a spurious Bookstores Toronto on May 26-27 and Vancouver on Actor for “House on Water” in 2001. charter. Modern Spanish scholarship has noted the heavy borrowings from the historical TEHRAN (IBNA)- Two books June 2, 2018. He was also nominated to receive the Battle of Monte Laturce that led to the defeat of Musa Ibn Musa, of the Islamicized Bani Qasi (descendants of the Hispano-Visigoth nobleman Cassius). from “The Last Wild” trilogy Hedayat Hashemi, Diana Fathi and Crystal Simorgh of Fajr International 1078 lunar years ago, on this day in 361 AH, the grand al-Azhar Mosque and by the acclaimed writer from Saeed Malek and the director Kianain are Film Festival in 2015 for the Best Actor in Madrasah was officially opened by Jowhar as-Saqali, the Sicilian general of the Fatemid Northumberland, England Piers the main cast of the play. a Leading Role for Kiumars Pourahmad’s Ismaili Shi’ite dynasty who completed the grand project three years after conquering Torday have been released in Born in 1952, Kianian holds a degree in “Where Are My Shoes?”. Egypt and establishing the city of Cairo, as the new capital of the Empire that now Persian by Ofogh Publishing and Theater from Tehran University. Some of Kianian’s other films and stretched from the Red Sea to the Atlantic Ocean.”al-Azhar” is a derivative of “az- He began acting in plays in 1966 series, aired by ifilm, are “The British Zahra” (or the Radiant), the famous epithet of Hazrat Fatema (SA) the daughter of introduced to Iranian bookstores. Prophet Mohammad (SAWA) in whose honour the mosque and the religious school appearing in works such as ‘Antigone’, Briefcase”, “Time of Rebellion”, “A According to IBNA and ‘The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi’. Piece of Bread”, “Maritime Silk Road”, were built. The Fatemids restored the full form of the Azaan or call for the daily prayers, correspondent, Piers Torday, the from the minarets of al-Azhar and other mosques, by bearing testimony to the imamate In 1989, he appeared in his first “A Cube of Sugar”, “The Long Path “ and of Imam Ali (AS) after the Prophethood of Prophet Mohammad (SAWA). The phrase son of the novelist Paul Torday film Hamid Samandarian’s ‘All the Iranian actor Reza Kianian. “The Pahlavi Hat’. “hayya ala khayr il-amal”, meaning “hasten to the best of deeds”, which was dropped is one of the creative writers for Temptations of the Earth’. from the Azaan by the second caliph, was also revived. children and young adults whose 928 lunar years ago, on this day in 511 AH, the famous Imami theologian, Seyyed works have gained the attention Abu’l-Makarem Ibn Zuhra, was born in Aleppo, Syria. He studied in Najaf in Iraq under prominent students of the famous scholar Abu Ja’far Shaykh at-Tayefa Tousi, and on of readers all across the world and Daily Egg Consumption May Reduce return to Syria groomed several scholars. He has left behind several books including received coveted prizes such as “al-Ghunyah” on fiqh. He passed away in 585 AH. the Guardian Children’s Fiction Cardiovascular Disease 494 solar years ago, on this day in 1524 AD, Shah Ismail I, the founder of the Prize for 2014. Safavid Dynasty of Iran, passed away at the age of 37 after a reign of 24 years, and was succeeded by his young son, Shah Tahmasp I. To Ismail and the Safavids goes the credit ‘The Last Wild’ trilogy BEIJING (Dispatches)-People who A team of researchers from China Kadoorie Biobank (CKB) study, an of giving Iran its present political, cultural, religious, and national identity, although in comprises three books, “The consume an egg a day could significantly and the UK led by Professor Liming Li ongoing prospective study of around terms of geography many of the areas of the Safavid Empire were lost to the aggressors Last Wild”, ‘The Dark Wild’ and reduce their risk of cardiovascular and Dr Canqing Yu from the School of half a million (512,891) adults aged 30 and colonialists by the subsequent dynasties. “The Wild Beyond”. The two diseases compared with eating no eggs, Public Health, Peking University Health to 79 from 10 different geographical 495 lunar years ago, on this day in 944 AH, one of the renowned historians and suggests a new study. Science Center, set out to examine the areas in China. first books have been rendered poets, Seyyed Nizam od-Din Mohammad M’asoum Safai Tirmizi, who wrote under Previous studies looking at associations between egg consumption Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the the penname “Naami”, was born in India. His ancestors were from Qandahar in by Maryam Montaser ol-Dolleh associations between eating eggs and and cardiovascular disease, ischaemic leading cause of death and disability Afghanistan. He and his father served the Sultans of Gujarat in western India. He has into Persian and welcomed by the impact on health have been inconsistent, heart disease, major coronary events, worldwide, including China, mostly left behind valuable books, such as “Tibb-e Naami” on medicine. He passed away in Iranian children and young adults. 1019 AH. and most of them found insignificant haemorrhagic stroke and ischaemic due to ischaemic heart disease and 479 lunar years ago, on this day in 960 AH, Ottoman admiral Turgut Raees took In “The Last Wild” one reads: associations between egg consumption stroke. stroke (including both haemorrhagic control of the Mediterranean island of Corsica and the city of Catania in Malta, to free Twelve-year-old Kester Jones and coronary heart disease or stroke. They used data from the China and ischaemic stroke). some seven thousand Muslim captives. He gave Corsica to the French, who soon lost thought he had discovered the it to the Spanish. last wild animals in the land. He 400 solar years ago, on this day in 1618 AD, the 30-year sectarian war started in Europe between the Catholic and Protestant sects, and involved almost all major thought his adventure was over. countries. Europe has a history of gory sectarian and ethnic wars among the various He was wrong. sects that make up Christianity. These senseless wars have claimed millions of life. Below the sparkling city of 186 solar years ago, on this day in 1832 AD, Samuel Sharpe, of black African origin, Premium, deep underground, a was hanged in Jamaica by the British colonialists at the young age of 27 years for leading what they called a ‘slave rebellion’. His last words were: “I would rather die dark wild remains: animals who upon yonder gallows than live in slavery.” In 1975, the government of independent believe the time is right to rise up Jamaica proclaimed Sharpe a National Hero. His image is used on the modern Jamaican against their human enemies. $50 bill, and his statues have been erected in various cities. And soon Kester realises: he is 73 solar years ago, on this day in 1945 AD, Heinrich Himmler, Chief of Nazi Germany’s notorious intelligence agency, Gestapo, committed suicide while being held the only one who can stop them. in prison by the Allied Powers, a few hours prior to his execution. “The Last Wild” in Persian 60 solar years ago, on this day in 1958 AD, Chairman Mao Zedong of the People’s has been published by Ofogh Republic of China launched his “Great Leap Forward” to modernize the economy by Publishing in 340 pages and 1500 forcing factories and farms to meet impossible production targets. The result of the four- year campaign was the shrinking of the economy and the Great Famine of 1960 that copies. killed an estimated 30 million people. “The Dark Wild” is set in a world 27 solar years ago, on this day in 1991 AD, almost worldwide demonstrations were where animals no longer exist, staged by Muslims against Saddam of the repressive Ba’th minority regime of Baghdad, twelve-year old Kester Jaynes in protest to his desecration of the holy shrines in Karbala and Najaf, coupled with the massacre of hundreds of thousands of Shi’a Muslims, on the orders of the US and Arab sometimes feels like he hardly regimes, when the popular uprising of the people of Iraq was about to topple him. exists either. Locked away in a 21 solar years ago, on this day in 1997, Iranian botanist, Ahmad Parsa, died at the age home for troubled children, he’s of 90 in California, US. Born in Tafresh in central Iran, after completing his studies he told there’s something wrong with left for France where he obtained his doctorate. In 1933 he returned to Iran and became the first modern professor of Botany at Tehran Unversity. He helped establish a natural him. So, when he meets a flock history museum with a herbarium in Tehran in 1954. He wrote eight volumes on the of talking pigeons and a bossy flora of Iran published in the 1950s and 60s, in which he described over 250 new species. cockroach, Kester thinks he’s 7 solar years ago, on this day in 2011 AD, the Islamic Republic of Iran successfully finally gone a bit mad. But the test-fired and started mass production of the new surface-to-surface missile, Qiyam, as part of the country’s defence needs to safeguard peace in the region. animals have something to say… 6 solar years ago, on this day in 2012 AD, Iran’s navy, as a humanitarian gesture and “The Dark Wild” in Persian has efforts to safeguard international waters, saved the US-flagged Maersk Texas cargo ship been published in 323 pages and Dabir ol-Molk House is one of the most beautiful historical buildings in Tehran, the capital of Iran, which be- longs to the Qajar era. that was being attacked by pirates in the Gulf of Oman. 1500 copies. (Courtesy: IRIB English Radio – http://parstoday.com/en) Courtesy: IFP