Art & Culture JULY 9, 2015 3 This Day in History 3-Millenia-Old Zarch (July 9) This Day in History (18-4-1394) Today is Thursday; 18th of the Iranian month of Tir 1394 solar hijri; corresponding to 22nd of the Islamic month of Ramadhan 1436 lunar hijri; and July 9, 2015, of the Christian Gregorian Calendar. 1497 solar years ago, on this day in 518 AD, Emperor Anastasius I Dicorus of Byzantine or the Qanat to Get World Eastern Roman Empire, died issueless at the age of 88 in his capital Constantinople (present day Istanbul) after a reign of 27 years, and was succeeded by his Chief of Guards, Justin. A palace official, he was raised to the throne on the death of Emperor Zeno by the latter’s wife, Queen Aelia Ariadne (daughter of Emperor Leo 1), who subsequently married Anastasius to grant legitimacy to Heritage Status his rule. During his reign, a 4-year inconclusive war was fought with Sassanid Iran in the aftermath of which the Roman eastern frontier underwent extensive re-fortification, including the construction YAZD (MNA) – Provincial offi- nat transported water as long as meters below the surface of the between the Vazeer Mill and the of Dara, to counter the Persian fortress of Nisibis, in what is now south-central Turkey. Fought from cials are pushing enlisting dossier 120 kilometers and watered 425 city and has a slow sloping entry Jameh Mosque of Yazd (also 502 to 506, it was the first major conflict between the two superpowers since the Peace Treaty of of the oldest and longest qanat 442, and would be the prelude to a long series of destructive wars over the next century that would hectares of land. into the mill. known as the grand congre- result in the weakening of both the empires and their conquest by Arab Muslim armies with the rise in the world among UENSCO’s gational mosque of Yazd city) th of Islam. The cause of war was the demand by Qobad I, the 19 Sassanid Emperor, for money to pay World Heritage Sites. where there are 7 payabs and 2 his debts to the Hephthalites (eastern Iranian tribes and ancestors of the Pashtuns of Afghanistan- Pakistan). The situation between Rome and Iran was also exacerbated by recent changes in the Zarch qanat, the longest qanat pasheers on the passage. flow of the Tigris in lower Mesopotamia (Iraq), sparking famines and flood. When Anastasius in the world is being considered Pasheer is an underground refused to pay, Qobad seized the city of Theodosiopolis, and then captured Amida (Diyarbakr in modern Turkey). The year 503 saw much warfare without decisive results: the Romans attempted to be given World Heritage Site chamber for dispensing water an unsuccessful siege of Amida while the Iranians invaded Osroene and laid siege to Edessa with status by UNESCO, the Gen- where one or sometimes more the same results. In 504 Anastasius gained the upper hand by retaking Amida, which made Qobad to agree to an armistice because of the invasion of Armenia in the Caucasus by the Huns. Fighting, eral Manager of the provincial bronze faucets are provided to however, continued until late 506 when a treaty was finally agreed and Rome made some payment office of Iran’s Cultural Heri- get water from the water reser- to the Iranians. Although no large-scale conflict took place during the rest of Anastasius’s reign, the building of Roman defenses in Anatolia, became a lasting source of controversy with the Persians, tage, Handicrafts and Tourism voir (Ab anbar) behind the wall. who called it violation of the Treaty of 422, by which both empires had agreed not to establish new Organization (ICHHTO) in Yazd Payab is a stairway leading to fortifications in the frontier zone. Province of Iran told the report- an underground chamber where 1163 lunar years ago, on this day in 273 AH, the Iranian Sunni Muslim compiler of hadith, Mo- hammad Ibn Yazid Ibn Majah al-Qazvini, passed away at the age of 64 in his hometown Qazvin ers. there is a polygon slice on the – west of modern Tehran. His grandfather had converted from Zoroastrianism and was a client of The three thousand year old qa- floor on the passage of Qanat to the ar-Rabi’ Arab tribe. He traveled widely over Iran, Iraq, Arabia, Syria and Egypt in search of hadith, before returning to his birthplace Qazvin. Although he has admitted some of the merits of nat is of 120 kilometers length provide access to water. Prophet Mohammad’s (SAWA) Ahl al-Bayt, he, like his five contemporary compatriots, Moham- and earlier in 2005 was enlisted An indigenous Iranian struc- mad Bukhari, Muslim Nishapuri, Abu Dawoud Sijistani, Abu Isa Tirmizi, and Ahmad Nisa’i, failed to have direct contact with the Infallible Imams of the Prophet’s Household or their disciples – in Iran’s Cultural Heritage List. ture, a qanat is a gently slop- probably because of the fear of incurring the wrath of the usurper Abbasid regime – and thus could There are 2115 vertical access ing underground channel with a not collect authentic hadith from the right source. His collection known as “Sunan Ibn Majah”is regarded by Sunni Muslims as one of their six canonical hadith books (Sihah as-Sitta) – the authors shafts on the route of the qanat series of vertical access shafts, of which were all Iranians and grandsons of recent converts to Islam. Ibn Majah also wrote “The as the General Manager Moham- used to transport water from an History of Qazvin”. mad Mehdi Sherafat recounted. aquifer under a hill. 614 solar years ago, on this day in 1401AD, the Central Asian Turkic conqueror, Amir Timur (Tamerlane) destroyed the city of Baghdad, massacring 20,000 people. He was no notorious for his Creating a reliable supply of Having been developed by the barbaric erection of towers of human heads, that when his forces took Baghdad, he spared almost water for the major human set- Zarch qanat Persian people, the technology no one, and ordered that each of his soldiers bring back two severed human heads. 260 solar years ago, on this day in 1755 AD, the Braddock Expedition occurred in what is now tlement in Yazd and providing The qanat also powered the Va- Sherafat also talked about the is seen in the fourth millennium Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania, when British troops and colonial militiamen were ambushed and irrigation in hot and arid villag- zeer Mill in Koushk No district plans devised for restoring and BC in Iran and spread from there suffered a devastating defeat by French forces and their native Amerindian allies. 225 solar years ago, on this day in 1790 AD, during the Russo-Swedish War, the Second Battle es of the suburban areas, the qa- of Yazd city where it passes 30 conserving the section of qanat slowly westward and eastward. of Svensksund occurred in the Baltic Sea, in which the Swedish Navy captured one third of the Russian fleet. 199 solar years ago, on this day in 1816 AD, Argentina gained independence from Spanish colonial rule following the war between Spain and Britain, and the occupation of Buenos Aires by the British Iran, Tunisia forces. The Argentine people stood up against the British troops and after driving them out, finally 1,000 Expected to Take declared their independence. Argentina covers an area of 2780092 sq km. It lies on the coastlines of the Atlantic Ocean South America, sharing borders with Chile, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Uruguay. 107 solar years ago, on this day in 1908 AD, the famous religious scholar, philosopher, poet and Part in Long-Distance Exchange Cooperation outstanding orator of the subcontinent, Allamah Rasheed Turabi was born in Hyderabad, India. After obtaining BA from Osmania University in Hyderabad and MA in Philosophy from Allahabad University, he learned religious sciences, and mastered Urdu, Persian and Arabic literature. His Quran Learning Program Documents Persian teachers were Mohsin Shirazi, Ali Hyder Nazm Tabatabai, and Mohammed Kirmani, while his Arabic language teachers were Tahir bin Mohammad, and Mawlana Sadeq Hussain Majjan. On KUALA LUMPUR (IQNA) – “We now have 949 partici- TEHRAN(,IRNA) – Geological and Sarcheshmeh Copper Mine the political side, he started his career as a member of the working committee of the Hyderabad Survey of Iran announced that re- in mid-south province of Ker- Legislative Assembly. Later on, he was nominated by the founder of Pakistan, Mohammed Ali A long-distance Quran learning pants and God-willing, we hope Jinnah, as a member of the working committee of All India Muslim League. In 1949, following program run by the Malaysian to achieve 1,000 soon. The par- port of joint technical committee in man, as the big mines in the Mid- the fall of Hyderabad-Deccan to Indian forces in 1948, a year after independence from British rule, Islamic Welfare Organization ticipants are from different age the field of cooperation in geology dle East, as well as visiting Ap- he migrated to Pakistan, where he left active politics, and devoted himself to religious erudition, research and mine exploitation has plied Research Center in the city (Perkim) Lawas Branch is set to groups – from school-going chil- especially discourses on Imam Husain (AS) and the tragedy of Karbala. His great knowledge of exchanged between Iran and Tuni- of Karaj. reach its 1,000-participant target hadith, jurisprudence, and exegesis of the holy Qur’an brought him Ijaza from Ayatollah Shaikh dren up to 60-year-olds,” she sia. One of agreement contents is set- Mohammed Mohsin Tehrani, Ayatollah Seyyed Mohsin al-Hakeem Tabatabai, Ayatollah Seyyed this year. said, adding that Perkim Lawas Hibbatuddin Shahristani, Ayatollah Seyyed Hadi Milani, and Ayatollah Borujerdi. He delivered Following visit of Tunisian Trade ting up a technical committee, in- more than 5,000 religious lectures and speeches over a period of 57 years that he spent out of his So far, it has engaged 949 indi- would be looking forward to im- Minister to Iran last year to attend cluding number of Iranian experts 65 years of total life in the service of the Ahl al-Bayt, introducing many dimensions to the Art viduals from around this district. prove its socio-welfare programs the 12th joint commission, a Tu- in different geology and mining of Oratory. The most sought after Urdu public speaker of his times, he was indeed a persuasive Second Resource Planning and slated for the local folk. nisian delegation, including three fields dispatch to Tunisia before and brilliant orator. He was a prolific author as well, and among his works is the book, “Tibb-e Ma’soomeen” which is a composition of antidotes from Prophet Mohammad (SAWA) and the 12 Environment Minister Datuk The ‘Nuzul Al-Quran’ was also experts in the field of geology and the end of year 2015. Infallible Imams. He also wrote the 2-volume book “The Forests of Hyderabad” on the jungles Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan attended by Lawas District Officer mining exploitation research ar- Tunisian Director General for of the Deccan. Another of his work is the idiomatic translation of Imam Ali’s (AS) famous Letter commended Perkim Lawas for Hussaini Hakim, Perkim Lawas rived in Iran to attend joint techni- Mine Studies and Exploitation of Instructions to his governor of the then Christian-majority Egypt, Malik Ashtar. This epistle is such initiative, hoping that the deputy chairperson Aishah Bahar cal committee. from Ministry of Industry, Ener- a guiding light for just and fair governance. Turabi’s masterpiece on “Ilm Rijal” or biographical The Tunisian delegation vis- gy and Mine Jamaleddin Haji is evaluation of narrators of hadith, which he titled “Wasl-e Qowl” was published after his death in encouraging response from the and local community leaders. ited iron ore Gol-Gohar Mine heading the delegation. Karachi. public, especially adult learners 67 solar years ago, on this day in 1948 AD, after a month of cessation of hostilities, fighting broke out between Arabs and the illegal Zionist entity, which was supplied modern weapons by western regimes, would continue. especially the US. The usurper state of Israel occupied 78% of Palestinian soil, after uprooting 750,000 “By learning more about the Palestinians from their homes and driving them into neighbouring states as refugees. Quran and appreciating its con- 43 solar years ago, on this day in 1972 AD, the Palestinian author and activist, Ghassan Kan’ani, along with his nephew, was assassinated by the Zionist regime’s notorious spy agency, Mossad. tent, the Muslims would be able A senior official of the People’s Front for Liberation of Palestine, he was a victim of a car bomb to truly make Islam as a way of planted by the Mossad agents in the Lebanese capital, Beirut. Sixteen days later, Kan’ani’s deputy, life,” he said at the annual ‘Nu- Bassam Abu Sharif, was also critically wounded in a bomb explosion. The assassination of Palestinian officials around the world is pursued by the Zionist entity with the support western zul Al-Quran’ at Masjid Darul regimes. These dastardly acts of terrorism have never been condemned by the US and other western Ma’mur in Lawas on Sunday regimes, despite their claim to human rights. evening. 35 solar years ago, on this day in 1980 AD, the Neqab plot, hatched by the CIA through some anti-revolutionary military officers stationed at the Martyr Nojhe Airbase in western Iran, for The minister, who is Bukit Sari overthrowing the newly established Islamic Republic and restoring the fugitive Pahlavi Shah to assemblyman, also called on lo- power, was foiled with the arrest of coup plotters. In January 1980, agents of the Shah’s last premier, cal Muslims to work together Shapour Bakhtiar, had set up the “Neqab” secret cell and planned to seize the Martyr Nojhe Airbase, 60 km from Hamadan, as headquarters for air bombardment and occupation of sensitive centres in with committees of their respec- Tehran. The residence of the Father of the Islamic Revolution, Imam Khomeini (RA) in Jamaran tive suraus and mosques in hold- was the first intended target, followed by bombardment and seizure of the National TV and Radio ing various community programs Station, Mehrabad International Airport, and Army Headquarters. It was Divine Providence that the plot was exposed by two of its operatives in the very early morning of the day chosen for the coup. at these facilities. Immediately, the government dispatched a team of dedicated military and intelligence personnel to “Our suraus and mosques are arrest conspirators and foil the plot. more than just places of worship. 13 solar years ago, on this day in 2002 AD, on the approval of African leaders during the meeting in Durban, South Africa, the African Union replaced the Organization of African Unity that was They should also become the fo- set up in 1963 to support the independence of African countries and to solve their disputes. The cal point for Muslims to improve African Union, on the model of the European Union, has taken into consideration the setting up of themselves through education. a parliament, an executive committee, a central bank, a monetary fund, and a court of justice, for the collective development of African states. Based in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, it holds These facilities can host chil- annual summit in a member country. dren’s activities, entrepreneur- 13 solar years ago, on this day in 2002 AD, Ayatollah Seyyed Kazem Akhavan Mar’ashi, passed ship courses or workshops and away in holy Mashhad at the age of 83. A product of the seminaries of the cities of Qom and Najaf (Iraq), on return to Iran, he was active in the Islamic movement against the despotic Pahlavi regime. even sports events and games He spent his life in grooming students and writing books. and when the prayer’s time 6 solar years ago, on this day in 2009 AD, prominent Iranian writer, Mahdi Azar Yazdi, passed comes, we can stop and fulfill away at the age of 88. Born in Yazd, he started writing books for children in 1956. He wrote the series “Seven Books”, each of which adapted from a Persian literature classic and re-written our obligation to God,” he said. for children in an easy-to-understand style. His most famous work is “Good Stories for Good Awang Tengah’s wife Datuk Children” which won the UNESCO Prize in 1966 and was declared the best book of the year Dayang Morliah Awang Daud, in 1967. Another of his books titled “Adam” was chosen as the best book of the year in 1968. His books are based on accounts from the Holy Qur’an, the life of Prophet Mohammad (SAWA) who is Perkim Lawas chairper- and the Infallible Imams of his Household (Ahl al-Bayt), as well as Persian classical works like son, said the long-distant Quran the “Gulistan” (Rose Garden) of Sheikh Sa’di, the “Mathnavi Ma’navi” of Mowlana Rumi, and program was set up several years “Marzban-Nameh”, “Sindbad-Nameh”, etc. Susa Museum in Iran’s Khuzestan Province (Courtesy: IRIB English Radio – http://english.irib.ir) ago, with only 20 participants (Courtesy: IRIB English Radio – http://english.irib.ir) then. Courtesy: Tasnim