Art & Culture January 22, 2017 3 This Day in History Italy, Join Hands in (January 22)

Today is Sunday; 3rd of the Iranian month of Bahman 1395 solar hijri; corresponding to 23rd of the Islamic month of Rabi as-Sani 1438 lunar hijri; and January 22, 2017, of the Christian Gregorian Calendar. 1149 lunar years ago, on this day in 289 AH, Mu’tazid-Billah, the 16th self-styled caliph of the Reviving Beethoven on Stage usurper Abbasid regime died at the age of 46 after a 10-year reign, during which he reversed the anti-Islamic policies of his uncle and predecessor, Mu’tamed, the murderer of Imam Hasan al- an Iranian ensemble from Tehran a reverent, solemn air. Askari (PuH), the 11th Infallible Heir of Prophet Mohammad (blessings of God upon him and his progeny). Son of the regent Muwaffaq, he showed respect for the Prophet’s progeny and ordered Symphony Orchestra under the The composition of the musi- the public cursing of the Omayyad caliphs (especially Mu’awiyya ibn Abu Sufyan and Yazid), baton of acclaimed Iranian mae- cians was so that each Italian mu- and the disclosure of their anti-Islamic acts and misdeeds, from pulpits during the Friday Prayers. stro Shahrdad Rohani. sician was seated next to an Irani- He also suppressed the Kharijites (renegades) for their acts of terrorism against Muslims, and Before the orchestra began, Ro- an in a symbolic move to stress on was very harsh with them and other rebels; while sending presents and large sums of money to the semi-independent Alawid ruler of Tabaristan on the Caspian Sea coast of Iran because of his hani greeted the audience with unity and commonality. being a venerable descendent of the Prophet. The Commander of the Faithful, Imam Ali (PuH), a sad smile and dedicated the “The Italian musicians all spoke in his prophecies had foretold about Mu’tazid. night’s performance to the injured in praise of the Iranian musicians 1017 lunar years ago, on this day in 421 AH, following the death of Mahmoud Ghaznavi, the and victims of Plasco building and admitted that they had not Turkic Sultan who had created an extensive empire encompassing the eastern half of Iran, most of Central Asia, and the northwestern parts of the Subcontinent; power dispute flared up among collapse in Tehran as well as those expected to witness such quality his twin sons, Mohammad and Mas’oud. Mohammad ascended the throne as per the will of his who lost their lives in an earth- work from Tehran Symphony Or- father, but when he refused his brother’s request for three of the provinces Mas’oud had won by quake in Italy. chestra,” Rohani said in an inter- his sword, civil war erupted. Mas’oud seized power, blinded Mohammad and imprisoned him, but was unable to preserve the empire following a disastrous defeat at the Battle of Dandanaqan Rohani conducted the first three view prior to the concert. by the Seljuq Turks who seized Central Asia and Iran. His last act was to collect treasures from pieces including “William Tell” The 32nd Fajr International Mu- all his forts in the hope of assembling an army to rule from India but his own forces plundered by Gioachino Rossini, his own sic Festival, Iran’s most reputa- the wealth, forcing him to proclaim his blind brother as king again after ten years. The position of composition “Persian Garden”, ble music event, was held from the two brothers was reversed; Mohammad from a prison was raised to the throne and Mas’oud Italian maestro Paolo Olmi. from a throne was consigned to a dungeon where he was assassinated. Soon his son, Mawdoud, and “The Capriccio Italian” by January 11-20, 2017 in various rebelled against his blind uncle defeated his sons at the Battle of Nangarhar, and seized the throne TEHRAN (MNA) – The 7th The Puccini Festival Orches- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. After a avenues in capital Tehran. The in- of Ghazna. night of 32nd Fajr Music Festival tra, one of the most prestigious short intermission, Beethoven’s ternational section introduced to 754 solar years ago, on this day in 1263 AD, the highly controversial pseudo scholar, Ahmad ibn Abdul-Haleem Ibn Taymiya, was born in Harran in upper Mesopotamia, which is was devoted to joint performance orchestras of Italy, came to Iran Symphony No. 5 was conducted the Iranian audience music from currently in Turkey on the Syrian border. He indulged in vitriolic criticism of not just Christians, of Tehran Symphony Orchestra along with conductor Paolo Olmi flawlessly by Paolo Olmi. Azerbaijan Republic, India, Leba- but also of fellow Muslims, especially Sufis, to the extent that without bothering to properly and the Puccini Festival Orches- and 40 musicians to dazzle the The performance was concluded non, Spain, Portugal, France, Italy study the works of the famous Spanish Muslim Gnostic, Mohi od-Din , he branded tra from Italy, under the baton of audience gathered at Vahdat Hall by Beethoven’s Symphony No. and Japan. Winners of this edition him an unbeliever – an accusation that brought swift response from scholars who wrote books against him. He came to Iran to the court of the Mongol Muslim ruler, Ghazaan Khan, with a maestros Shahrdad Rohani and on Thursday night with a breath- 5, performed in four consecutive of the festival will be announced delegation of scholars from Syria, and courted trouble by his rash attitude. Back in Syria, his Paolo Olmi. taking performance together with sections, which gave Vahdat Hall on Sunday. weird views brought the displeasure of the ulema, prompting the Mamluk rulers to imprison him for 18 months in Cairo. Ibn Taymiya, who died in Damascus at the age of 65, has earned lasting notoriety for forbidding celebrations of the birthday of Prophet Mohammad (blessings of God upon him and his progeny). He has also been castigated by the ulema for ridiculing pilgrimage to What Causes Iranian Cinema Shines in Dhaka Int’l holy shrines, and for his call to return to the days and ways of the Salaf – instead of the pure and pristine Sunnah and Seerah of the Prophet and the Immaculate Ahl al-Bayt. Salaf, which means predecessor, is a reference to early Muslims, especially those who assumed power of the Islamic Sleepiness When Film Festival state, even though neither the Prophet had delegated them any authority nor God granted any legitimacy in the holy Qur’an. The fact of the matter is that most of the Salaf, who were bitter TEHRAN (ISNA) – Iranian artists Parviz Shahbazi director of “Malaria” Rooz” directed by Saeed Roustaei, enemies of the Prophet before becoming reluctant converts to Islam from decades of idolatry and Sickness Strikes won the best movie, best actor and best won the award for best director section. “Daughter” and “Paris, Tehran” direct- sinful life, continued their violation of the letter and spirit of the holy Qur’an even after becoming WASHINGTON (Dispatch- director awards in 15th Dhaka interna- The 15th Dhaka International Film ed by Kaveh Ovissi were the represen- Muslims, as is evident by their persecution and killing of the Ahl al-Bayt. This is clear by the tional film festival. Festival (DIFF) which was held from tatives of Iran. seditious actions of the present day Salafis, who under the guise of Islam indulge in the most es) - A microscopic roundworm is heinous forms of terrorism against Muslims, including the destruction of holy shrines. At the closing ceremony, “Daughter” January 12-20 in Bangladesh screened The Retrospective section of this 500 solar years ago, on this day in 1517 AD, the Ottoman Empire under Selim I defeated the providing an explanation of how directed by Reza Mirkarimi won the dozens of Iranian movies. festival was allocated to “Close-Up- Mamluk Sultanate of al-Ashraf Tuman Bay II of Egypt-Syria at the Battle of Ridaniya. After humans and other animals are fa- best film award and Farhad Aslani as In “Asia Film Competition ” section ”,“Taste of Cherry”, “The wind will earlier victories in Palestine, the Turks marched into Cairo with the severed head of Egypt’s last tigued and sleepy when sickness oc- the main actor of this film accepted the the movies such as “Malaria” direct- carry us” and “Certified Copy” directed Mamluk Sultan, which was hung over an entrance gate in the al-Ghourieh quarter of Cairo. Selim best actor award. ed by Parviz Shahbazi, “Abad Va Yek by late Abbas Kiarostami. I, an ethnic Turk, forced the puppet Abbasid caliph to hand him over the caliphate, and by bribing curs, say scientists. the religious scholars declared himself the first Ottoman caliph. Selim had violated the treaty with the Mamluks to launch a surprise attack on Syria, fearful of the rising power and influence of the Working with a worm’s simple Safavid Dynasty of Iran, against whom he had barely managed a victory from a certain defeat at nervous system shows how a sin- Extinction Threatens Some 60 Percent of Primates Chaldiran in August 1514. 467 solar years ago, on this day in 1550 AD, Jamsheed Quli Qutb Shah, the second ruler of the gle nerve cell named ALA coordi- WASHINGTON (AFP) - From gorillas to gibbons, about 60 Qutb-Shahi dynasty of Iranian origin of Golkandah in the Deccan (southern India), died after a nates an organism-wide response percent of primates, the closest biological relatives to human be- reign of 7 years. It is said that he was behind the assassination of his father, Sultan Quli Qutb-ul- ings, are threatened by extinction due largely to human activi- Mulk, a scion of the Qara Qoyounlu Dynasty of western Iran, , eastern coast of the Arabian to sickness. During sickness, cells ties, a study has found. Peninsula, and parts of Caucasus and Turkey. Jamsheed blinded his older brother, the heir to are under stress, and organisms the throne, and forced his younger brother, Ibrahim to flee to Vijayanagar. An accomplished “This truly is the eleventh hour for many of these crea- poet in Persian, his tomb in the vast necropolis near Golkandah Fort in unique octagonal pattern experience sleepiness to promote tures,” said University of Illinois anthropology professor Paul is a masterpiece of Indo-Iranian architecture. The Qutb-Shahis who built the famous city of sleep and recover from the cellular Garber, who co-wrote the study published Wednesday in the Haiderabad, considered the Safavid rulers of Iran as their emperors and their dominion and court attracted Iranians from all walks of life, including religious scholars, scientists, poets, artists, stress. In the worm, this sleepiness journal Science Advances. Researchers reported that about 60 percent of primate spe- architects, traders, and soldiers. is caused by release from the ALA 456 solar years ago, on this day in 1561 AD, the English philosopher and mathematician, cies are threatened with extinction, while around 75 percent Francis Bacon, was born. He initially engaged in politics and was imprisoned on the charge neuron of FLP-13 and other neu- of species have declining populations. of bribery. While serving his prison term, he took to writing and advocated revival of science Only a few thousand individuals remain in several species and philosophy. He authored several books, including “New Atlantis”, which presents a utopian ropeptides, a group of chemicals picture of life. He died in 1626. that send signals between brain of lemurs, monkeys and apes, the report said. tries such as China, Madagascar, Indonesia, Tanzania and the Among these are the ring-tailed lemurs, Udzunga red col- Democratic Republic of Congo,” Garber said. 395 solar years ago, on this day in 1622 AD, the Safavid Emperor, Shah Abbas I, liberated the neurons, according to a study strategic island of Hormuz in the Strait of the same name, and with the help of four English ships, obus monkey, Yunnan snub-nosed monkey and Grauer’s Just four countries are home to two thirds of all primate spe- he drove out the Portuguese from the Persian Gulf. He soon replaced Hormuz as a trading centre from researchers at the Perelman gorilla. Fewer than 30 Hainan gibbons, which live in China, cies: Brazil, DR Congo, Indonesia and Madagascar. with a new port, named Bandar Abbas after him on the Iranian mainland near what used to be “Sadly, in the next 25 years, many of these primate species Gombroon. Twenty years earlier, Shah Abbas I had liberated Bahrain from Portuguese occupation School of Medicine at the Univer- remain alive, the report said. by sending a fleet under command of his trusted general, Imam Qoli Khan. sity of Pennsylvania. Hunting, the illegal pet trade and loss of habitat to humans will disappear unless we make conservation a global priori- 351 solar years ago, on this day in 1666 AD, Shah Jahan, the 5th Mughal Emperor of Hindustan who continue to cut trees, build roads, mine and cultivate the ty,” Garber said. One solution, the researchers said, is easing “Sleep is vitally important in (northern Subcontinent), died in Agra under confinement in the fort by his rebellious son, land in primate habitats have contributed to the decreased human population growth, thereby keeping people from en- Aurangzeb, at the age of 74, eight years after being dethroned following a 30-year reign (1628- helping both people and animals numbers. “These primates cling to life in the forests of coun- croaching on primate territory. 1658). Born at Lahore in present day , during the reign of his grandfather, Jalal od- Din Akbar Shah, he was named Shahab od-Din Mohammad Khorram. His father was Emperor to recover during sickness,” said Saleem Noor od-Din Jahangir, while his mother was the Rajput princess, Manmati of Jodhpur, senior author David M. Raizen, who on conversion to Islam was given the name and title Taj Bibi Bilqis Makani. Shah Jahan’s reign was the golden age of Mughal architecture. He erected splendid monuments, the most MD, PhD, an associate professor famous of which is the legendary white marble Taj Mahal at Agra built as a mausoleum for his of Neurology and a member of the wife of Iranian ancestry, Empress Arjmand Bano Momtaz Mahal, and regarded among the Seven Wonders of the World (its inspiration was the Ibrahim Rowza of Ibrahim Adel Shah of Bijapur Center for Sleep and Circadian in the Deccan where Shah Jahan spent time in exile after an unsuccessful rebellion against his Neurobiology. “Similar signaling own father). 281 solar years ago, on this day in 1736 AD, the Safavid Dynasty of Iran formally came to its may operate in humans and other end after a rule of 235 years, with the deposition of the boy-king Abbas III after a 4-year nominal animals to regulate sleep during reign, by the general Nader Quli Afshar, who now crowned himself as Nader Shah. 229 solar years ago, on this day in 1788 AD, English poet, George Gordon Byron, was born. He sickness. These findings create a was a controversial figure, and his works are sentimental and critical. His first collection of poems launching pad towards future re- was “Hours of Idleness”. His other works include “The Prisoner of Chillon”, and “Childe Harold”. He led an unprincipled life, travelling around Europe and indulging in scandalous search into the mechanisms for affairs, before he was killed in 1824, while inciting the Greeks to fight the Ottoman Turkish illness-induced sleepiness in hu- Empire. 193 lunar years ago, on this day in 1245 AH, the Iranian religious scholar and poet, Allamah mans and other organisms.” Ahmad Naraqi, passed away at the age of 60 in Kashan and his body was taken holy Najaf in Iraq for burial besides his father, the famous Mullah Mahdi Naraqi, in the sacred mausoleum of the These findings reveal that FLP- Commander of the Faithful, Imam Ali ibn Abi Taleb (AS). 13 causes sleep by turning down 138 solar years ago, on this day in 1879 AD, Zulu troops decisively defeated the technologically superior British army at the Battle of Isandlwana in South Africa. It was the worst defeat for activity in the nervous system cells the British, who six months later adopted violent and brutal methods in the second invasion of that help keep an organism awake. King Cetshwayo’s independent kingdom that ended the Anglo–Zulu War, and resulted in the annexation of Zululand. Researchers examined genetic 116 solar years ago, on this day in 1901 AD, with the death of Queen Victoria of Britain at the mutations to determine which age of 82, after a long reign of almost 64 years, the Victorian Era came to its end. It was a period of industrial, cultural, political, scientific, and military change within the United Kingdom, and genes cause the worms to fall was marked by expansion of the British Empire to its zenith. She was the longest-ruling monarch. asleep when FLP-13 is released. 38 solar years ago, on this day in 1979 AD, the Shah’s troops, faced by the people’s firm resolve, withdrew from the holy city of Qom, while in Tehran, the revolutionary masses, under the This revealed that worms with supervision of the ulema, established a central committee for coordination to prevent chaos. The mutations that cause them to lack committee called on the people to continue strikes and demonstrations until the victory of the Islamic Revolution. a receptor protein called DMSR- 10 solar years ago, on this day in 2007 AD, over a hundred Iraqi Shi’a Muslim men, women, 1 on cell surfaces do not become and children were martyred in a busy marketplace in central Baghdad, when Saudi-backed Takfiri sleepy in response to FLP-13. This terrorists blew up through remote control a car rigged with explosives, just seconds after another Different groups of people gathered at the fire stations and donated flowers commemorating martyred car bomb tore through the stalls where vendors were hawking DVDs and clothing. Hundreds of indicates that DMSR-1 is essential others were injured. firefighters. All Tehran fire stations are dressed in black. (Courtesy: IRIB English Radio – http://parstoday.com/en) for FLP-13 to trigger sleep. Courtesy:Mehr News Agency