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Iranians Celebrate National Cinema Art & Culture September 13, 2020 3 This Day in History Iranians Celebrate National (September 13) Today is Sunday; 23rd of the Iranian month of Shahrivar 1399 solar hijri; corresponding to 24th of the Islamic month of Muharram 1442 lunar hijri; and Cinema Day September 13, 2020, of the Christian Gregorian Calendar. 1489 solar years ago, on this day in 531 AD, Khosrow I (Chosroes to the TEHRAN (IFILM) -- Iranians mark the Na- Greeks, Kasra to the Arabs) started his 48-year reign as the 22nd Emperor of the Sassanid Empire on the death of his father Qobad I who reigned for 41 years. tional Cinema Day on Friday, with the country He is known as Anoushirvan the Just and is the epitome of the philosopher- celebrating a 120-year cinema history. king in Iranian history. It was in his era that the Almighty’s Last and Greatest The National Cinema Day is celebrated in Iran Messenger, Prophet Mohammad (SAWA), was born in Mecca. He was the on Shahrivar 21 on the Persian calendar, which ancestor of Hazrat Shahrbano, the Iranian princess who was the wife of Imam falls on September 11 this year. Husain (AS) and mother of Imam Zayn al-Abedin (AS). 1244 lunar years ago, on this day in 198 AH, the 6th ruler of the usurper Shahrivar 21 has been designated as the Na- Abbasid regime, Mohammad al-Amin, was defeated, caught while fleeing, and tional Cinema Day since 2000 during the 4th executed by Taher Ibn Hussain, the Iranian commander of the army sent by Iran Cinema Celebration, which coincided with his stepbrother Abdullah al-Mamoun from Khorasan to attack Baghdad and the observation of 100 years of Iranian cinema. seize the caliphate. Amin, who ruled for four years following the death of his The country’s cinema has improved since the father, the tyrant Haroun ar-Rasheed, was an impetuous, rash, incompetent, and immoral person, immersed in the un-Islamic practice of sodomy. 1979 Islamic Revolution. 1234 solar years ago, on this day in 786 AD, Abdullah al-Ma’mun, the 7th ruler Since then, the Iranian films have addresses of the usurper Abbasid dynasty, was born to Marajil, the Iranian concubine of new themes such as ethical and religious values, the tyrant Haroun ar-Rashid. On growing up he was made governor of the and have earned international fame, taking part eastern lands extending from Iran to Central Asia, with Marv in Khorasan as in various festivals around the world. the seat of power. In 813, five years after Haroun’s death, Ma’mun sent an army to Baghdad to attack and his kill his profligate elder step-brother, Amin, The celebration of the National Cinema Day and proclaimed himself caliph. He ruled for 20 years and died in Tarsus in this year is different to previous years amid what is now Turkey, a horrible death of unquenchable thirst despite drinking the coronavirus pandemic that forced curbs on gallons of cool water. Crafty and articulate, Mamoun’s greatest cardinal sin movie theaters in Iran and around the globe. th was the martyring of Imam Reza (AS), the 8 Infallible Heir of Prophet Ifilm extends its congratulations to cineastes Mohammad (SAWA), through a fatal dose of poisoned grapes, after inviting him to Khorasan and forcing him to accept being his heir, although the Imam and the seventh art workforce on the occasion was almost twenty years his senior. of the National Cinema Day. 170 lunar years ago, on this day in 1272 AH, the prominent religious scholar, Mullah Mohammad Taqi Astarabadi, passed away while on a visit to Tehran. Son of the noted religious scholar, Mullah Mohammad Ismail, he was a student American Scholar’s Book on ‘Thousand Years of Persian Poetry’ Released of Mohammad Taqi bin Mohammad Rahim od-Din Tehrani-Isfahani, the author of “Hidayat al-Mustarshedin”, and attained the status of Ijtehad. He TEHRAN (IBNA) -- English well as a gifted poet in his own spent fourteen years in Iraq attending the classes of the famous scholars of the book, ‘The Mirror Of My Heart: A right. holy cities of Najaf and Karbala. Thousand Years of Persian Poetry In his introduction he provides 791 solar years ago, on this day in 1229 AD, Ogedei Khan was proclaimed the second Khaqaan (Great Khan) of the Mongol Empire in Kodoe Aral, Mongo- by Women’ (2019) by American lit- fascinating background detail on lia, following the death of his father, the bloodthirsty Buddhist tyrant Genghis erary scholar and poet Dick Davis Persian poetry written by wom- Khan. has been published by Mage Pub- en through the ages, including 699 solar years ago, on this day in 1321 AD, Italian poet, Dante Alighieri, lishers in Washington, D.C. common themes and motifs and a known as the ‘Father of Italian Language’, died at the age of 56, and was Gaze into the mirror of my heart, brief overview of Iranian history buried in Ravenna. / And though it’s me who looks, showing how women poets have 583 solar years ago, on this day in 1437 AD, the Battle of Tangier resulted in it’s you I see. So speaks one of been affected by the changing dy- a crushing defeat for the Portuguese invasion force led by Prince Henry the Navigator, Duke of Viseu at the hands of Moroccan army led by the Marinid the many distinctive voices in this nasties. vizier, Abu Zakariya Yahya al-Wattasi of Fez. new anthology of verse by wom- From Rabe’eh in the tenth cen- 446 solar years ago, on this day in 1574 AD, the Ottoman fleet led by Ulugh en poets writing in Persian, most tury to Fatemeh Ekhtesari in the Ali Raeis liberated Tunis from Spanish occupation after decisively defeating of whom have never been trans- twenty-first, each of the eighty- the combined naval forces of Spain, Portugal, France, and the papal states of lated into English before; this is four poets in this volume is in- Italy. especially true of the pre-modern troduced in a short biographical 422 solar years ago, on this day in 1598 AD, Philip II of Spain died at the age of 71 after a 42-year reign, during which he was constantly embroiled in naval poets, such as the unnamed author woman from Esfahan.” introduced and translated by Dick note, while explanatory notes battles with the Ottoman Turks, who inflicted a number of defeats upon him of the lines above, known simply ‘The Mirror of My Heart’ is a Davis, an acclaimed scholar and give further insight into the po- except for the Battle of Lepanto which he won in 1571 and briefly occupied as the “daughter of Salar” or “the unique and captivating collection translator of Persian literature as ems themselves. Tunis. 135 solar years ago, on this day in 1885 AD, Portuguese author, Aquilino Ribeiro, was born. Following the completion of his studies, he turned into a political activist and was imprisoned for a while. He was awarded the Nobel Fatter Legs Linked to Reduced Prize for Literature in the year 1961. He died in 1963. 120 solar years ago, on this day in 1900 AD, Filipino fighters defeated the invading US army in the Battle of Pulang Lupa, during the US-Spanish War. Risk of High Blood Pressure 110 solar years ago, on this day in 1910 AD, the gnostic, Mirza Jahangir Khan WASHINGTON (Dis- Compared to those Qashqai, passed away at the age of 83. Born among Qashqai nomads in central Iran, he became a prominent Islamic scholar, and groomed numerous students patches) -- Adults with with lower percentages in the seminary of Isfahan, including Ayatollah Seyyed Hassan Modarres, fatter legs -- meaning of leg fat, participants and Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Hussain Boroujerdi, during his 50-year teaching career. they have a higher per- with higher percentages 88 lunar years ago, on this day in 1354 AH, the Urdu poet and playwright, centage of total body fat of leg fat were 61% less Agha Mohammad Shah, known as “Hashr Kashmiri”, passed away in India at the age of 60. tissue in their legs -- were likely to have the type 72 solar years ago, on this day in 1948 AD, invasion of the Muslim kingdom less likely than those of high blood pressure of Haiderabad-Deccan by the Indian Army started a day after the death of with a lower percentage where both numbers the Founder of Pakistani, Mohammad Ali Jinnah. The invasion code-named “Operation Polo” was ordered by hardline Deputy Premier, Vallabhbhai to have high blood pres- are elevated. Patel, to forcibly annex Deccan to India, despite the fact that following the sure, according to new British withdrawal from the Subcontinent in August 1947 and the birth of India and Pakistan, the landlocked kingdom, which was the size of France, research to be presented had chosen to remain independent, and had even sent a representative to the at the virtual American UN for membership. Britain also betrayed the ruler, Osman Ali Khan Nizam ol-Mulk Asef Jah VII, conveniently forgetting the tens of millions of pound- Heart Association’s Hy- sterling given by him as aid during the First and Second World Wars, as well pertension 2020 Scientif- as the pacts and treaties with his ancestors at the start of colonial rule. The Indian army invaded from four points and after several days of resistance, ic Sessions. sensing the situation hopeless, the ruler negotiated surrender to avoid any Special X-ray scans further bloodshed of Muslims, thereby ending 224 glorious years of the rule of his dynasty founded by Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb’s general of Central measured fat tissue in Asian Persian stock, Qamar od-Din Khan Nizam ol-Mulk Asef Jah.
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