Art & Culture July 7, 2018 3 This Day in History ‘Limit’ Wins Award at (July 7)

Today is Saturday; 16th of the Iranian month of Tir 1397 solar hijri; corresponding to 23rd of the Islamic month of Shawwal 1439 lunar hijri; and July 7, 2018, of the Christian Gregorian Calendar. Russia Film Festival 1189 lunar years, on this day in 250 AH, the city of Amol in Mazandaran was taken home. by the Prophet’s venerable descendant, Hassan Ibn Zayd, known as “Da’i al-Kabeer” Daraei adopts a spiritual viewpoint (Elder Missionary) and “Da’iil-al-Haq” (Inviter to Truth), who was invited earlier the same year by the people of the Caspian region of Iran to deliver them from the tyranny in his movies, this time utilizing a of the usurper Abbasid regime. Sixth in line of descent from Imam Hasan Mojtaba (AS), narrative that aims at challenging the the elder grandson and 2nd Infallible Heir of Prophet Mohammad (SAWA), he had been status quo regarding the rights of the born in Medina and was living in Rayy as faqih or jurisprudent. After taking Amol disabled. from the Taherids, who were Abbasid governors of Khorasan, he liberated Sari and the His film, ‘Limit’, depicts the trials whole Tabaristan to establish the Alawid state that included Rayy. Hassan bin Zayd and tribulations of handicapped people enlightened the people with the teachings of the Prophet’s Ahl al-Bayt, and was known in their daily lives; issues that irk them for his resolute resistance against the Abbasids and their regional agents. Historians have praised him as a just and equitable ruler, possessing rare energy as a sincerely given all the snap judgment around. religious man, well educated, and a patron of letters. He passed away in Amol on 3rd It has won three awards from three Rajab 270 AH, after a twenty-year reign. He was succeeded by his younger brother, international festivals, namely the Mohammad, known as “Da’i as-Sagheer” (Younger Missionary), who during his 16 7th St Cloud Film Fest and the 2nd year-rule, until martyrdom while fighting the invading Samanid forces, continued his Miami FearFest in the U.S., and the brother’s enlightened policies and rebuilt the holy shrines in Karbala and Najaf. best foreign short film prize at the 894 solar years ago, on this day in 1124 AD, the city of Tyre and its surrounding region fell to the Crusader hordes of Europe 25 years after these invaders had seized international Hollywood Hills Awards. the Islamic city of Bayt al-Moqaddas from the Fatemid Shi’a Ismaili Muslim dynasty of The award for best foreign short film Egypt. Earlier in 1111, the Muslims had beaten back the Christian Crusaders from the at the 3rd Tryon International Film wall of Tyre. Called Sur in Arabic, Tyre and its adjoining areas were finally liberated in Festival in the U.S., the award for best 1291 by the Mamluk Dynasty of Egypt that drove back to Europe the Crusader hordes. picture at the 6th Bleedingham Short 806 lunar years ago, on this day in 633 AH, Cordoba (Qurtuba in Arabic), the former Horror Film Festival in the U.S., and capital of the Omayyad state of Andalusia or Islamic Spain, fell to King Ferdinand III of the award for Best Fiction at the 10th Castile after a 7-month siege, thus ending 520 glorious years of Muslim rule, which saw the city win worldwide acclaim as a centre of science and civilization at a time Christian A still from the “Limit”. Southampton Film Week 2017 in the Europe was immersed in darkness. UK are among the honors achieved by 495 solar years ago, on this day in 1593 AD, the black African Islamic philosopher TEHRAN (IFILM)-Iran short film The director of the flick, Javad “Limit” chronicles the story of a man “Limit”. and Arabic grammarian, Mohammad Bagayogo as-Sudani al-Wangari, passed away at “Limit” has succeeded to win the Best Daraei, received the award from the in a quiet neighborhood, who asks the The 2018 edition of Unknown Film the age of 70 in Timbuktu in Mali. He was the Sheikh and teacher of the highly esteemed Short Film Award from Unknown Film jury members of the Russian film people around to help him, when all Festival was held on June 28-29, scholar, Ahmed Baba at the Sankore Madrasah, one of three philosophical schools in Festival in Russia. event. of a sudden, somebody goes into his Russia. Mali during West Africa’s Islamic golden age (the other two were Sidi Yahya University and Jingaray Ber University). A significant amount of his writings has been preserved in manuscript form in the Institute Ahmed Baba of Timbuktu. 288 lunar years ago, on this day in 1151 AH, the scholar Mir Mohammad Hussain Khatoonabadi, passed away. He learned Islamic sciences under his father Mohammad Global Fandoqloo Forest, Scenic Natural Saleh and maternal grandfather the famous Allamah Mohammad Baqer Majlisi. An authority in hadith, jurisprudent and both Arabic and Persian literature, he wrote several books, including “al-Alwah as-Samawiyya” (Heavenly Tablets). The family Warming traced its descent from Hasan al-Aftas, a grandson of the Prophet’s 4th Infallible Beauty in Northwestern Iran Heir, Imam Zain al-Abedin (AS), and had been invited to Iran from Medina. 248 solar years ago, on this day in 1770 AD, the Battle of Larga between the May Be Twice TEHRAN (IFP)-The Fandoqloo Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire took place. It was fought in what is now forest which lies next to vast mayweed Romania on the banks of River Larga, a tributary of River Pruth, by an invading What Was fields is one of the most beautiful force of Russia led by Field-Marshal Rumyantsev, and a joint defence force of jungles and tourist attractions of Iran. Crimean Muslim Tatar and Ottoman Turks, under the command of Kaplan Giray. Fandoqloo is located 10 kilometres The battle ended in victory for the Russian invaders, who two weeks later defeated Predicted from the town of Namin. A large part the Ottomans in the Battle of Kagul. 211 solar years ago, on this day in 1807 AD, the Treaty of Tilsit was signed by of the forest in situated in Ardabil Alexander I of Russia and French Emperor, Napoleon Bonaparte, in the Russian province and a small part of it in town of the same name, pledging assistance to each other in case of attack by a Gilan province. third country. Three years later in 1810, the treaty collapsed and in 1812, Napoleon Adjacent to the forest are expansive launched his massive attack on Russia, but the frosty winter forced him to retreat mayweed fields, which host a from Moscow in loss and humiliation. mayweed festival every spring. 89 solar years ago, on this day 1929 AD, Pakistani journalist and poet, Hassan The warm-water spa, cable cars Abedi was born in Jaunpur, India and educated in Azamgarh and Allahabad. After partition of the Subcontinent in 1947, he moved to Pakistan and settled in Karachi. and a grass ski piste can make your He became president of the Karachi Press Club and held office in both the Karachi journey more enjoyable and more Union of Journalists and the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists. He was also LONDON (Dispatches)--Future global memorable. The forest contains fruit an active member of the Irteqa Forum for promotion of the Urdu language and warming may eventually be twice as warm trees such as hazel, wild apples, literature. His collections of poetry are “Navisht-e Nai” (1995), “Jareeda” (1998) as projected by climate models under greengage, raspberries, strawberries, hectares in area, stretching all warm-water spas is also located in and “Farar Hona Huroof ka” (2004). Although he wrote classical ghazals as well as business-as-usual scenarios and even if the etc. the way between two villages on this forest and is known as Mishe- poetry for children, his poetical odes are a narrative of the socio-political aspects of world meets the 2°C target sea levels may The forest is named Fandogloo as either side. Fandoqloo is home Dashee or Ali-Dashee by locals. the society. He persistently elegizes the changing value system that he finds alien rise six meters or more, according to an to 19 species of flora and dozens Many tourists do not miss the chance and disconcerting. “Fandoq” meaning “hazel” and the international team of researchers from 17 88 solar years ago, on this day in 1930 AD, Scottish physician and author, Arthur forest contains a lot of hazel trees. of species of fauna such as foxes, of taking a dip in the spa. Close to Conan Doyle, who is famous for creating the fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes, countries. Around a quarter of the forest’s wolves, the brown bear and otters the spa lies a small waterfall which died. The findings published last week surface area is covered with hazel as well as birds such as pheasants, can make travellers’ joy complete. 81 solar years ago, on this day in 1937 AD, Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan, in Nature Geoscience are based on trees. crows and the golden eagle. The best season to visit Fandoqloo signed the Treaty of Sa’dabad in the palace of the same name in Tehran, as a non- observational evidence from three warm The forest measures 16,000 One of the country’s most famous is spring and summer. aggression pact for joint regional development. In 1943, it was extended and in periods over the past 3.5 million years 1955 it was renamed the Baghdad Pact, with Pakistan replacing Afghanistan. Later, when the world was 0.5°C-2°C warmer following military coups and rise of Arab nationalism, Iraq withdrew. The Baghdad Pact was subsequently named CENTO (Central Treaty Organization) with Britain and than the pre-industrial temperatures of the US as observers. A sister organization for social-cultural affairs was established the 19th Century. in 1964 by Iran, Turkey and Pakistan under the title Regional Cooperation for The research also revealed how large Development (RCD). In 1979, following the triumph of the Islamic Revolution, Iran areas of the polar ice caps could collapse withdrew as a result of which both CENTO and RCD were dissolved. In 1985, Iran, and significant changes to ecosystems Turkey and Pakistan decided to set up a new non-military body in its place, named could see the Sahara Desert become green the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), which in the early 1990s turned and the edges of tropical forests turn into into a 10-nation body, with the joining of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrghizstan, and Afghanistan. fire dominated savanna. “Observations 81 solar years ago, on this day in 1937 AD, the jurisprudent Ayatollah Mirza of past warming periods suggest that Abu’l-Huda Karbasi, passed away and was laid to rest in Isfahan’s Takht-e Foulad a number of amplifying mechanisms, Cemetery. A product of the holy Najaf Seminary of Iraq, he was a student of the which are poorly represented in climate prominent scholars, Ayatollah Akhound Mullah Mohammad Kazem Khorasani and models, increase long-term warming Ayatollah Seyyed Mohammad Kazem Yazdi. He wrote several books such as “al- beyond climate model projections,” said Badr at-Tamaam”. lead author, Prof Hubertus Fischer of the 40 solar years ago, on this day in 1978 AD, the Solomon Islands in the Pacific Ocean gained independence from British rule. The Solomon Islands cover an area of University of Bern. almost 29,000 sq km. These Islands are situated northeast of Australia. “This suggests the carbon budget to 32 solar years ago, on this day in 1986 AD, the Iranian poet, Seyyed Reza avoid 2°C of global warming may be Hussaini, passed away at the age of 76. A devotee of the Prophet’s Ahl al-Bayt, he far smaller than estimated, leaving very was known as Sa’di of the Age – in reference to the immortal Persian poet, Sheikh little margin for error to meet the Paris Sa’di of Shiraz. He has several poetical compilations to his credit such as “Lum’aat-e targets.” Hussaini”, “Nojoum-e Darakhshan” and “Bahar-e Bi-Khazaan”. 13 solar years ago, on this day in 2005 AD, an explosion in a bus and three subway To get their results, the researchers stations in downtown London killed 50 people and wounded 700 others. These looked at three of the best-documented attacks took place concurrent with G8 Summit in Scotland. According to political warm periods, the Holocene thermal experts, London bombings took place in protest to collaboration of the British maximum (5000-9000 years ago), the regime with the US in occupation of Afghanistan and Iraq, and the massacre of last interglacial (129,000-116,000 years Afghan and Iraqi people. On the other hand, these blasts showed the weakness of ago) and the mid-Pliocene warm period British intelligence system in providing security. The British blamed these blasts (3.3-3 million years ago). without any evidence on the Muslims and increased pressure on Britain’s growing Muslim community. The warming of the first two periods 11 solar years ago, on this day in 2007 AD, terrorists backed by the US and Saudi was caused by predictable changes in regime, triggered a bomb blast in Armili, a farming town of mostly Shi’ite Muslims the Earth’s orbit, while the mid-Pliocene of Iraq’s ethnic Turkoman minority, martyring over a 150 innocent men, women, and event was the result of atmospheric Ghazali cinema town which was established in 1971, as the hub of Iranian cinema, is a wide area about children, and wounding over 200 others. carbon dioxide concentrations that were 10 hectares. (Courtesy: IRIB English Radio – http://parstoday.com/en) 350-450ppm -- much the same as today. 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