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  Reunion 2004
Shiraz University, comprising of three schools, was officially inaugurated in 1955 with Dr. Ghorban as its Chancellor and the elected dean of the medical school.
Manuchehr Vessal, a well-known mathematician and scholar, is a retired professor of Tehran and Shiraz Universities.
As the president of the Shiraz University Alumni Association, Mr Ayvazian has dedicated his time and energy to expand the association and embrace all the affiliated organizations to function effectively and harmoniously in order to enable the association members all over the globe to achieve their goals and fulfill their mission.
www.shirazuniversity.org /04ReunionArchive/program04.htm   (2286 words)

  
 Shiraz, Iran information - Search.com
Shiraz was the capital of Persia during the Zand dynasty from 1750 until 1794, after which the Qajar dynasty moved the capital to Tehran, as well as briefly during the Saffarid period.
Shiraz University (former Pahlavi University) was an English-speaking University that had very close ties to the University of Pennsylvania during the 1960s and 70s.
Ata'ollah Mohajerani was a representative of Shiraz in the Majlis.
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 Shiraz
It is the capital of Fars province with 4.4 million inhabitants (2005 estimate) and an area of 121,825 km².
The economic base for Shiraz is commerce of products from the surrounding region, where grapes, citrus fruits, cotton and rice is produced.
Landmarks in Shiraz include the tombs of the celebrated Persian poets Hafez and Saadi, both lived in the city; the 9th century Atigh Friday Mosque, the 14th century Shah Cheragh shrine, the 17th century Great Library and the 19th century Nizar-e Molk mosque.
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 Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Shiraz Airport is the main international airport of the province.
Shiraz is along the main route from Tehran to southern Iran.
Ata'ollah Mohajerani was a representative of Shiraz in the Majlis.
www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Persis   (869 words)

  
 Shiraz - City of Hafez
From their capital in Shiraz they were one of the first dynasties following the Arab conquest to encourage a Persian renaissance: the language and the arts were encouraged, the pre-Islamic religion of Zoroastrianism was revived, and one of the Buyid rulers even proclaimed himself Shahanshah or King of Kings, the ancient Persian royal title.
Shiraz was also particularly fortunate in escaping the immense devastations of the Mongol and Timurid invasions, so whilst still only remaining a provincial capital, enjoyed a prosperous continuity almost unknown in any of the other great cities of Iran.
For the public, the most visited are the gardens surrounding the modern tombs of Sa’adi and Hafez on the outskirts of the city, or the Eram gardens near the center, crowded with Shirazi families, students, or courting couples come to relax away from the bustle of the city.
www.iranairiatravel.com /travel/shiraz.htm   (864 words)

  
 Pars Tourist Agency (Shiraz Iran)
A city in southwestern Iran and capital of Fars Province in the Zagros Mountains, Shiraz is a commercial center of the surrounding region, which produces grapes, citrus fruit, cotton, and wheat.
Shiraz was founded in the 7th century and was the capital of Iran during several periods of its history.
One of the best-preserved of the Shiraz houses is the ancestral home of the Qavam family, Naranjestan, which means Place of Oranges, built in the 1870s by Mirza Ibrahim Khan.
www.key2persia.com /highlights_shiraz.htm   (857 words)

  
 Shiraz, Iran Information
Shiraz was the capital of Persia during the Zand dynasty from 1750 until 1794, after which the Qajar dynasty moved the capital to Tehran, as well as briefly during the Saffavid period.
We know of Shiraz during the Sassanid era, (2nd to 6th century A.D.) as has been written in p126 of Hudud ul-'alam min al-mashriq ila al-maghrib, where two fire temples and a fortress called "Shahmobad" are reported.
Shiraz is accessible via freeways to Isfahan, roadways to Bushehr, and air.
www.bookrags.com /Shiraz%2C_Iran   (1733 words)

  
  BRAINTRACK - Iran Universities and Colleges Directory.
• Chamran University of Ahvaz - Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz
• Shahed university of Tehran - Shahed university of Tehran
University of Sistan and Baluchestan - University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan
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  Faculty members
Professor, B.S., University of Tehran, 1973; M.S; University of Birmingam, 1975; Ph.D., University of Birmingham, 1978.
Professor, B.S., University of Shahid Beheshti, 1985; M.S., University of Shahid Bahonar, 1987; Ph.D., University of Kobenhavens, 1994.
Professor, B.S., University of Tehran, 1971; M.S., University of Tehran, 1973; Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1982.
www.fos.ut.ac.ir /mathematics/member.htm   (322 words)

  
 Shiraz University - WikIran   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Shiraz University (Persian: دانشگاه شیراز, formerly known as Pahlavi University) is a public university located in Shiraz, Iran, and one of the major universities of the country.
Shiraz University traces its roots to 1946, with the establishment of a technical college aimed at training specialists in the medical sciences with a four year program.
The president of the University of Pennsylvania was even awarded an honorary degree in Shiraz in recognition of the help of Penn to Pahlavi University.
www.wikiran.org /w/index.php?title=Shiraz_University   (517 words)

  
 Shiraz
It is the capital of Fars province with 4.4 million inhabitants (2005 estimate) and an area of 121,825 km².
Landmarks in Shiraz include the tombs of the celebrated Persian poets Hafez and Saadi, both lived in the city; the 9th century Atigh Friday Mosque, the 14th century Shah Cheragh shrine, the 17th century Great Library and the 19th century Nizar-e Molk mosque.
Shiraz has been the capital of Iran several times.
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 Template
The forerunner of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences was a High Institute of Health which in a four year period trained experts in medical sciences.
This University was initially under the auspices of Shiraz University – Pahlavi University in the former regime.
was graduated from Shiraz University of Medical Sciences in Oct. 1948 with degree of M.D. The Alumni Society of Shiraz Medical Faculty established by the end of decade (1944-1954) by a selected group of 9 periods of graduates.
pearl.sums.ac.ir /about_university/about_university.html   (636 words)

  
 An Astronomer Visits Iran Part IV: Biruni Observatory and the Palaces of Kings
Shiraz is a beautiful city in southern Iran known for its gardens, the tombs of famous poets and the nearby monuments of the early Persian empire.
If fact the Pars people of Fars Province in which Shiraz is located are the source for the terms "Persia" (the name of the country for over 2400 years) and "Farsi" (the common name of Persian, the most often spoken language).
After the Revolution all universities in Iran were closed for two years and the professor moved back to the US but the observatory remains an important center for both student research and amateur activities in southern Iran.
www.mssimmons.com /ms/Iran/Iran2002/Shiraz/Astronomony.com4.html   (1163 words)

  
 Iran Focus-Iran students plan protest against government crackdown - Special Wire - News
On Monday, students in Payam-Nour University of Ardebil (northwest Iran) and students in the University of Yazd (central Iran) simultaneously began a hunger strike, protesting the arrests of fellow student activists.
Payam-Nour University students announced in a statement, “In memory of those who could use their wealth of knowledge for educating the county’s youth and themselves become society’s educated class but who are instead imprisoned for voicing their opinion and belief, we will go on political hunger strike”.
Universities of Tehran, Amir Kabir (Tehran), Zanjan, Isfahan, Jahrom, Khoy, Shahr-e Kord and Zabol are among the universities across the country that have witnessed student protests and, on some occasions, clashes between students and security forces in recent days.
www.iranfocus.com /modules/news/article.php?storyid=2336   (340 words)

  
 Analysis: Renewed Unity Among Iranian Students - RADIO FREE EUROPE / RADIO LIBERTY   (Site not responding. Last check: )
That incident in the capital led to fatalities and a week of civil unrest that wracked the country, and calm was restored only after massive arrests and a threat from Islamic Revolution Guards Corps commanders to President Mohammad Khatami that if he did not calm the situation they would take matters into their own hands.
Said Robati, who heads the Tehran University branch of the Office for Strengthening Unity (OSU) student organization, said that in a 1 July letter to the Tehran governorate-general his group formally requested permission to hold a rally outside the university's main gate, according to the Islamic Association of Isfahan University of Technology website (http://www.iutnews.com).
Tehran parliamentarian Fatimeh Haqiqatju reminded the gathering that the student movement's most important duty is "criticizing power," "Sharq" reported on 10 May. She urged the students to be actively involved with the upcoming presidential election, and she commented that there is a "language of despair" in the student movement.
www.rferl.org /featuresarticle/2004/07/c242ec8f-a690-4a65-8bbd-52551ce5e8a3.html   (1083 words)

  
 SHIRAZ
An eight-kilometer-long motorway links the airport to the outskirts of the town, eight uninterrupted kilometers of rose-garden, aptly announcing Shiraz, the "City of roses and poets".
Nearby Persepolis and the international fame of its annual art festival have confirmed Shiraz as a tourist center.
The Bagh-e Eram, in Shiraz, famous for its gardens, is a typical late Qajar palace, now donated to Shiraz University.
www.persia.org /imagemap/shiraz.html   (705 words)

  
 Shiraz, Iran, Pictures
Located in the Zagros Mountains, Shiraz is a commercial center of the surrounding region, which produces grapes, citrus fruit, cotton, and rice.
The chief products are Shiraz wine, which has been famed for centuries; inlaid articles of wood; metalwork, especially silver; rugs; brocades and other textiles; cement; and fertilizer.
Points of interest in Shiraz include the tombs of the celebrated Persian poets Hafiz and Sa'di, both natives of the city, and the 9th-century mosque of Masjid-i-Jama.
www.greatestcities.com /Middle_East/Iran/Shiraz_city.html   (159 words)

  
 La Sapienza > International Visits
President of Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology (People’s Republic of China), Prof Xu Delong, visited the University of Rome “La Sapienza” on April 26th 2005 to sign, in collaboration with the Faculty of Architecture “Ludovico Quaroni”, a Memorandum of Understanding for the establishment of a Joint Research Center on the Conservation of Historical Cities.
The delegation was composed by Prof Hadi Nadimi, Rector of University of Shahid Beheshti, Prof.
Majid Ershad Langarudi Rector of University of Shiraz, Prof.
www.uniroma1.it /internazionale/relazioni/delegazioni/visits.htm   (1479 words)

  
 Shiraz Sights
During this period the former mud walls were replaced with iron railings, old trees were cut down to make room for lawns, and a broad street named Eram Boulevard was laid out on the northwest side.
Built in 1953 in a garden, the mausoleum is a small open pavilion; inside which is a marble tombstone with several of the poets' verses.
One of the nicest teahouses (chaikhaneh) in Shiraz is in the grounds of Hafez, set around a rectangular pool.
www.world66.com /asia/middleeast/iran/shiraz/sights   (483 words)

  
 H.E. Dr. Ahmad Jalali   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Ahmad Jalali was born in Shahrud, Iran, on 17 September 1949.
He also studied at the University of Tehran and obtained his MA in Western Philosophy in 1979.
He is also the author and editor of over a dozen volumes of university textbooks in mathematics.
www.unu.edu /council/members/jalali.html   (109 words)

  
 Lawrence University Press Release   (Site not responding. Last check: )
A graduate of the University of Connecticut with a degree in English and an emphasis in creative writing, Dames is currently pursuing graduate studies.
She is the author of "The Black Elite: Facing the Color Line in the Twilight of the Twentieth Century," for which she interviewed 100 prominent African-Americans.
Shiraz, a journalist and empowerment speaker, will examine the impact of hip-hop culture on the African-American community.
www.lawrence.edu /dept/public_affairs/media/release/0405/blackauthors.html   (484 words)

  
 Shìraz
Shiraz it is both a historic site and an attractive modern city, with gardens, shrines, and mosques.
Shiraz is known as the poetic capital of Persia, because two of the greatest poets of the world, Hafez (1324-1391) and Sa'di (1209-1291), come from this city.
The International Airport of Shiraz, connecting Shiraz with many cities in Iran and abroad, plays an important role in transportation of both passengers and goods.
www.2747.com /2747/world/city/shiraz.htm   (329 words)

  
 The Iranian: News & Views
TEHRAN, June 20 (Reuters) - A blast rocked the university campus in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz on Tuesday, but there were no immediate reports of injury, local journalists said.
Islamic Iran marked the birth of the Prophet Mohammad on Tuesday and the University of Shiraz lecture hall would almost certainly have been deserted at the time of the explosion.
Shiraz, capital of Fars province, has also been the scene for a high-profile trial of 13 Iranian Jews on charges of spying for Israel.
www.iranian.com /News/2000/June/blast.html   (175 words)

  
 Persian Thesis
Afghari, Akbar Infinitives in Persian and English: A Contrastive Analysis for Pedagogical Purposes, M.A. Dissertation, University of Shiraz, Shiraz, Iran, 1974 pp 230.
Izadparast, Marzieh A Contrastive Analysis of Nominalization in English and Persian, M.A. Dissertation, University of Shiraz, Shiraz, Iran, 1991, pp 191.
Tossi, Bahram Contrastive Analysis of Persian and English Negation for Padagogical Purposes, M.A. Dissertation, University of Shiraz, Shiraz, Iran, 1973, pp 153.
www.cogsci.ed.ac.uk /~siamakr/Kurdish/KURDICA/2001/1/Persian.thesis2.html   (463 words)

  
 SST || Dean Saeid Rahimi's Biography
Dr. Saeid Rahimi received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in physics from the University of Shiraz in Iran, and later his Ph.D. in solid state physics from the Pennsylvania State University where he studied semiconductor materials at Penn State’s Materials Research Laboratory.
Rahimi joined the faculty of Sonoma State University in 1982 as an assistant professor and was promoted to full professor in 1990.
Kinesiology is housed in the university’s gymnasium complex, and the Nursing department is housed in Nichol’s Hall.
www.sonoma.edu /scitech/deanbiography.html   (909 words)

  
 Shiraz
An old settlement, Shiraz became an important commercial, military, and administrative center in the late 7th cent.
Hafiz and Sadi, two of Persia's greatest poets, are buried in garden-enclosed tombs in Shiraz.
A university and the Fars Museum are also in the city.
www.afghanchamberofcommerce.com /history/shiraz.htm   (161 words)

  
 Shiraz Book Exhibition - Arts - British Council - Iran
The Shiraz Book Exhibition was held in the University of Shiraz from 5 - 8 January 2003.
The Shiraz Book Exhibition was very successful because a large number of students and members of academic staff attended the event.
The British Council received very positive feedback from the university organizers and was able to promote the activities of the British Council in Shiraz.
www.britishcouncil.org /es/iran-arts-past_events-book_exhibition_shiraz.htm   (161 words)

  
 Shiraz
Shiraz, the capital of Fars province is situated in a plain surrounded by two mountain-ranges, it is 895 Km.
Shiraz is flanked by rose gardens full of cypresses.
Shiraz was the capital of Iran, in different periods it includes numerous monuments some of which are as follows:
members.fortunecity.co.uk /simin/shiraz.htm   (209 words)

  
 UNHCR - Search UNHCR
Iran: Information on the University of Shiraz and the University of Mashad, including the type of institutions, whether they are state-run or private, their admission procedures, reasons of inadmissibility, and recourse available to students whose admissions are denied
Nigeria: Information on whether there is a University of Port Harcourt, the names of the vice-chancellor and registrar of the university in 1987, on whether the university offers a degree of Masters or Master in Political Science and Admin.
Russia:Information on whether there is a university or college called the Far East Polytechnic Institution in Vladivostok, and whether it has a military section from which graduates receive an officer rank in the military upon graduation
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