Art & Culture February 4, 2017 3 This Day in History Renowned Iranian Actor Passes (February 04) Today is Saturday; 16th of the Iranian month of Bahman 1395 solar hijri; corresponding to 6th of the Islamic month of Jamadi al-Awwal 1438 lunar hijri; and February 4, 2017, of the Christian Gregorian Calendar. 1805 solar years ago, on this day in 211 AD, after a reign of 18 blood-soaked years, Roman Away at 48 Emperor Lucius Septimius Severus died at Eboracum (modern York in Britain) at the age of 65, while preparing to lead a campaign against the Caledonians. TEHRAN (Press TV) - Renowned Iranian cin- 1430 lunar years ago, on this day in 8 AH, Ja’far ibn Abu Taleb, the cousin of Prophet ema and television actor, Hassan Joharchi, has Mohammad (blessings of God upon him and his progeny), was martyred in the Battle of passed away at the age of 48 after suffering a car- Mutah that occurred in what is now Jordan, between the army of Islamic defenders and forces of the Byzantine or Eastern Roman Empire, led by Theodore and made up of Arab tribes diac arrest. including pagans and Christians. The expedition was occasioned by the treacherous killing Joharchi died on Friday after being hospitalized of the Prophet’s emissary to the governor of Bosra ash-Shaam in Syria, Hareth bin Umair, for an acute liver condition. by Sharjil bin Amr Ghassani, the local Arab tribal leader. The Prophet was distressed and on God’s commandment mobilized an army under command of Ja’far Sadiq, the elder brother Born on July 28, 1968 in Tehran, Joharchi ob- of the Commander of the Faithful, Imam Ali (AS). When the battle ensued, Ja’far, who had tained a BA in photography from the University recently returned to Arabia from long years of exile in Abyssinia (present-day Ethiopia), of Tehran. mounted a red horse, raised the banner of Islam, and fought till his wounds forced him to dismount. Having hamstrung his horse, he fought on foot, receiving some fifty wounds, He started his career by playing in the movie mostly in the face, till he achieved martyrdom after losing both of his hands. Zayd bin Elephant in the Darkness in 1988 and became fa- Haretha then took command and fought bravely till he also achieved martyrdom. Abdullah mous later for playing in a TV series called Un- bin Rawaha now took charge and achieved martyrdom as well. At this crucial juncture, der Your Aegis in 1994. when the Muslims, though outnumbered by the Byzantines, were holding their ground, Khaled bin Waleed, who had recently claimed to have accepted Islam after two decades The chancellor of Tehran University of Medical of openly bitter opposition to the Prophet, seized the banner and instead of confronting the Sciences, Ali Jafarian, told IRNA that Joharchi Byzantines, ordered retreat, all the way back to Medina. When this defeated force reached had been at an advanced stage of liver failure and Medina, the Prophet was dismayed at Khaled’s cowardice. The retreating Muslims found the doors of their houses shut in their faces by their families, who jeered at them, saying: recommended to undergo a transplant, “but he What prevented you from being martyred like Ja’far and the others. It is interesting to note had not taken the advice seriously.” that while the battle was in progress in faraway Mutah, God enabled the Prophet to see He added that preparations had even been made what was transpiring on the battlefield. The Prophet then went to the house of Ja’far, seated Late Iranian cinema and television actor, Hassan Joharchi, celebrating his 48th birthday (file photo) his elder son Abdullah on his lap and stroked his head. The mother, Asma bint Umais, for the transplant but the artist had refused to go observed the Prophet’s manner and wept bitterly since she understood her children were to hospital. tion and hospitalized, there had been an infection Joharchi’s funeral procession will be held in now orphans. The Prophet, with tears in his eyes, declared that Ja’far who like the rest of the “When he was taken to hospital in a bad condi- and a transplant was not possible,” Jafarian said. Tehran on Sunday. monotheist Hashemite Clan had since childhood neither bowed before idols nor indulged in any sin, was granted two wings with which to fly wherever he pleases among the angels of Paradise. That is the reason he became famous as Ja’far at-Tayyar, or Ja’far the Flyer. 1383 solar years ago, on this day in 634 AD, the Battle of Dathin near Gaza in Palestine Scientists Find a ‘Lost’ Continent in the Indian Ocean resulted in the victory of Muslims over Byzantine or the Eastern Roman Empire and became very famous in the literature of the period. The victory was celebrated by the local Geosciences shows that there is another continent adrift in the Indian Jews, who had been a persecuted minority in the Byzantine Christian Empire. Byzantine Ocean, but most of it has sunk beneath the waves. commander, Sergius was killed in the encounter. The Muslims were led by Abu Umamah The researchers collected samples of the mineral zircon, which al-Bahili, a companion of Prophet Mohammad (SAWA), who later was with the forces of can be used to calculate the age of rocks, from an island off the the Commander of the Faithful, Imam Ali (AS), in the War of Siffin against the Syrian rebel, Mu’awiyah ibn Abu Sufyan. coast of Madagascar called Mauritius. While most of the island is 1057 solar years ago, on this day in 960 AD, with the coronation of Zhao Kuangyin as younger than 9 million years, the researchers found some samples Emperor Taizu, the Song Dynasty started its rule over China that would last more than three that were more than 3 billion years old. centuries. The researchers concluded that the samples were from a part of 1024 lunar years ago, on this day in 414 AH the famous Iranian-Islamic mathematician Gondwana that no longer exists. The ‘lost’ continent was named and astronomer, Abu Sa’eed Ahmad ibn Mohammad ibn Abdul-Jalil as-Sijzi, passed away at the age of 77. He was from Sistan which in those days was also called Sijistan, hence his Mauritia, and the researchers believe that more pieces of the conti- epithet as-Sijzi. He had a deep knowledge of literature which he used to his advantage. He nent can be found on other islands in the area. dedicated his astronomical work to Azod od-Dowla the ruler of the Buwaiyhid kingdom This discovery changes how scientists believe Gondwana frac- of Iran and Iraq. He also dedicated another of his works to the ruler of Balkh in Greater tured into today’s continents around 200 million years ago. Instead Khorasan. He also worked in Shiraz making astronomical observations from 969 to 970. He also did a lot of geometry work. Abu RayhanBirouni wrote that Sijzi believed in a of a simple splitting of the supercontinent, the existence of Mau- heliocentric system in which the Earth was moving and that he invented an astrolabe called ritia proves that Gondwana underwent a much more violent split- the “Zuraqi” based on this idea. As a mathematician, Sijzi made a special study of the LONDON (Dispatches) - New evidence collected by a group of sci- ting, with many smaller pieces of the landmass left floating, and intersections of conic sections and circles. He replaced the old kinematical trisection of an entists from Wits University and the German Research Centre for eventually sinking, into the Indian Ocean. angle by a purely geometric solution (intersection of a circle and an equilateral hyperbola). 744 lunar years ago, on this day in 694AH, Gaykhatu, the fifth ruler of the Iran-based Ilkhanid Dynasty was killed after a 4-year reign, and was succeeded by Baydu a grandson of the founder Hulaku Khan. Gaykhatu, who was strangled by bowstring so as to avoid bloodshed, had been placed on the throne by on the murder of his brother, Arghun. Gaykhatu Electronic Cigarettes Not Harmless was a noted dissolute who was addicted to wine, women, and sodomy. He had originally been governor of Seljuq Anatolia. Shortly after his ascension, the princess Kokotchin had LONDON (Dispatches) - A people continuously taking arrived from the court of Khaqan Kublai Khan of China, escorted by Marco Polo, as bride new study has added to grow- nicotine get this sympathet- for Arghun, who however died before she reached Iran. Gaykhatu decreed that the princess be married to his nephew and future Ilkhan, Ghazaan. Gaykhatu is known to have drained ing evidence that electronic ic stimulation,” said Euro- the public treasury in an extravagant way. Among his beneficiaries were the Nestorian cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are pean Society of Cardiology Christians, who praise him abundantly for his gifts to the Church. A year after his taking power, he had sent a message to the Egyptian Mamluk Sultan al-Ashraf Khalil, threatening not harmless. cardiovascular prevention to conquer the whole of the Levant if he was not allowed to live in Aleppo. Al-Ashraf The study published in spokesperson Professor Joep replied: “It seems the khan has the same ideas as me. I too hope to bring back Baghdad to the fold of Islam as previously. We will see which of us two will be quicker”. JAMA Cardiology, included Perk. “This then might lead 501 lunar years ago, on this day in 937 AH, Emperor Zaheer od-Din Babar, the founder 23 habitual e-cigarette users to irregular heartbeat and of the Moghal Empire of the northern Subcontinent, died in his capital Kabul, and was succeeded by his eldest son, Naseer od-din Humayun, to the throne of Delhi.