Art & Culture DECEMBER 5, 2015 3 This Day in History Mustafa Scientific Prize to Rival (December 5, 2015) Today is Saturday; 14th of the Iranian month of Azar 1394 solar hijri; corresponding to 23rd of the Islamic month of Safar 1437 lunar hijri; and December 5, 2015, of the Christian Gregorian Calendar. 637 lunar years ago, on this day in 800 AH, Taj od-Din Ferouz Shah ascended the Turquoise Noble in Near Future Throne in Gulbarga, as the 8th ruler of the Bahmani Dynasty of Iranian origin of the Deccan in South India by deposing the boy-king Shams ud-Din Daud Shah II, installed five months infrastructures of scientific activities earlier as the puppet ruler by the Turkic slave-commander Tughalchin, who had blinded and dethroned the elder brother, Ghiyas od-Din Tahmatan Shah, only two months after the 17- were provided, we would not expe- year old had succeeded his father Mahmoud Shah. Ferouz, the son-in-law of Mahmoud Shah rience human capital flight in Islam- and a grandson of Ala od-Din Bahman Shah, the founder of the kingdom, ruled for 25 years. ic countries which is unfortunately He was the most learned and cultured ruler, and besides his native Persian, was well versed a plague for Muslims and Islamic in the Arabic, Turkic, Telugu, Kanada and Marathi languages. A mathematician, calligrapher, and a poet, writing under the pennames “Uruji” and “Ferouzi”, he patronized art and literature world. In fact, human capital flight and kept the company of scholars and religious figures. Among the public works undertaken comes from ignoring value of scien- by him was an observatory on the chain of hills near Dawlatabad. His prime minister was the tists, lack of facilities and illogical and able Iranian migrant scholar and statesman Mir Fazlullah Inju of Shiraz, who years earlier in Bureaucratic process for them to face the reign of Mahmoud Shah had invited the renowned Iranian poet, Khwaja Hafez Shirazi to visit the Deccan. Ferouz Shah was inclined towards the school of the Prophet’s Ahl al-Bayt. with.” 607 solar years ago, on this day in 1408 AD, the Muslim ruler, Amir Edigu of the Golden Considering Islamic world’s scien- Horde reached Moscow and besieged it after capturing several Russian cities. Part of tific cooperation, Mohammad Reze Moscow was burned and the siege was lifted on resumption of the annual tribute to the Tatars by the Russians, who had withheld it for several decades. Edigu gained fame as a Aref pointed that, “it should not be highly successful general of Khan Tokhtamysh before turning the arms against him. By 1396, taken unilateral. The fact that we have he was a sovereign ruler of a large area stretching between the Volga River and the Ural a better scientific position in Islamic Mountains, which would later be called the Nogai Horde. In 1397 he allied himself with world is not a reason for their inabili- Timur-Qutlugh and was appointed general and commander-in-chief of the Golden Horde armies. In 1399 he inflicted a crushing defeat on Tokhtamysh and the Christian king, Vytautas ty to help us. Even the noblest teacher of Lithuania at the Vorskla River. In 1406 he located his old enemy Tokhtamysh in Siberia cannot work unilateral with his/her and had him killed through his agents. The following year he raided Volga Bulgaria. In 1408, students. So we should improve scien- he staged a triumphant Tatar invasion of Russia. Two years later Edigu was dethroned in the Golden Horde and had to seek refuge in Khwarezm. Shah Rukh, the son and successor tific cooperation with Islamic world. of the fearsome Turkic conqueror, Amir Timur, expelled him back to Sarai, where he was Besides, these cooperation and syner- assassinated by one of Tokhtamysh’s sons in 1419. Edigu’s dynasty in the Nogai Horde getic interactions between Scientists continued for about two centuries. TEHRAN (MNA) – Mousa Reza scientific issues can be influential and Member of Mustafa Prize (PUBH) of Islamic world would be beneficial 559 solar years ago, on this day in 1456 AD, a devastating earthquake struck Naples, Italy, resulting in the death of around 40,000 people. Servati, member of Plan and Budget helpful for Islamic countries.” Policy Council, Mohammad Reza for all Islamic countries and it helps 345 solar years ago, on this day in 1670 AD, Sultan Abdullah Qotb Shah of the Iranian origin and Audit Committee of Iran, claimed Servati referred to the promising Aref, also referred to the outstanding the growth of welfare and national kingdom of Golkandah-Haiderabad in the Deccan (southern India), issued a farmaan to the that Mustafa (PBUH) Prize, a $500,000 future for Mustafa (PUBH) Prize growth of science in Iran, saying “if wealth as well as improving political Iranian Armenian merchant from Isfahan, Marcara Avanchintz, permitting the French to trade award in science and technology, will as a rival for Noble Prize, adding we define scientific growth in aca- relations.” and build a factory in the port-city Machli Bandar on the coast of the Bay of Bengal. Marcara had joined the service of King Louis XIV, and was appointed director of the newly founded have an impressive impact, calling it “founders of Noble Prize had goals demic articles, fortunately, we have At the end he answered to a question French East India Company. Because of the common bond of Persian language, Marcara had a rival for Noble Prize in the Islamic and intentions for creating this prize. got precious scientific achievements about solving religious denominations established cordial relations with the Qotb Shahi Dynasty. world. If introducing Islam, presenting point in recent years and we have almost thanks to the prize and replied, “luck- 224 solar years ago, on this day in 1791 AD, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the famous Austrian pianist and composer, died at the relatively young age of 35. Born in Salzburg, he According to the Public Relations of views and Islam visions are consid- reached our prospect which is having ily, the prize was warmly welcomed. spent the last ten years of his short life in Vienna. He composed several masterpieces. His Department of Mustafa (PUBH) Prize, ered as the goals, then this prize will the first place in the region.” There is an attempt to improve inter- famous operas include: “The Marriage of Figaro”, and “The Magic Flute”. Mousa Reza Servati in an interview bring influential and positive results.” “What is considerable in the fourth action and understanding between 184 lunar years ago, on this day in 1253 AH, the Treaty of Tafna was forced by the French insisted on necessity of cooperation Servati went on to add that, “Musta- decade of Islamic Revolution is turn- Islamic nations and we hope we can occupiers on Algerian leader, Seyyed Abdul-Qader al-Hassani al-Jaza’eri, resulting in the occupation of a third of this country including Oran and Algiers. Two years later, the French of Muslim scientists and added, “re- fa (PUBH) Prize is an opportunity for ing science into national wealth. see positive influences of the prize not breached the clauses of their own imposed treaty and gradually occupied the whole of Alge- garding the notable scientific growth exchanging scientific ideas between Therefore, making technology out of only in scientific issues but in other ria. Abdul-Qader was taken prisoner and sent to Paris. Years later he was released, but not in Iran and other Islamic countries and Islamic world and Muslim scientists. science and having scientific look to fields such as politics.” allowed to go back to Algeria. He went to Syria and stayed their till the end of his life. The the recent developments in the Islamic If universities and research centers can different industrial and service sectors French were finally forced to leave Algeria in 1961 after they had killed at least a million The first edition of Mustafa Prize Algerian Muslims. world, any scientific cooperation, re- cooperate with each other the results is a necessity,” Aref stressed. will take place 24-29 December 2015 180 solar years ago, on this day in 1835 AD, the Iranian statesman and political figure, search development, or investment on will be prominent and influential.” Aref went on to add that “if required in Tehran, Iran. Mirza Abu’l-Qasem Qa’em Maqaam Farahani, was killed for carrying out political and administrative reforms that the colonialists and their local agents deemed against their interests. He served as regent to the young Mohammad Shah Qajar, and later as Grand Vizier. But within a year, due to the intrigues of John Campbell, the British representative in Iran, Rome Museum Displays Iran in Photos by Italian Tourists Farahani was arrested and subsequently murdered. He was kept for five or six days in a room in the basement of Negarestan without any food so that he would die when his strength TEHRAN (CHN) – The National Museum of Oriental Art in Rome is Felicetta Ferraro, director of the small publishing house in Rome diminishes. Eventually, the executioner, Safar Ismael Khan Qarajeh Daghi entered the displaying a collection of photos taken by Italian tourists visiting Iran in an named Ponte33 (after Isfahan’s Si-o-Se Pol Bridge) and former Italian basement and thrusting a handkerchief in his mouth, suffocated him. Farahani had mastered exhibition entitled “One Click from Iran”. cultural attaché in Tehran, as well as Iranian photographer Bijan Basiri many sciences of the day in addition to literary techniques and initiated a new style in Persian prose. Among his works is a Divan of Persian poetry and the “Mansha’at” in prose.