---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Mashallah Ali-Ahyaie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 2008/7/23 Subject: Seasons Azimuth Calendar To: [email protected] Cc: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, mohamad soltanolkotabi < [EMAIL PROTECTED]>
*Dear All,*
* *
* Greetings; if one recalled, long back, I introduced the Taj Mahal, as a
monumental noon-mark dial (Seven Articles on the Qiblah; the case of the Taj
Mahal.)*
* *
* I recently, received a few slides, from a friend of mine, Mr Mohamad
Soltanolkotabi (mohamad soltanolkotabi
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
*>,) out of a monument in Iran, researched thoroughly, by Dr Ghiasabadi ("**
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>*"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
*>,)* *which I think it could be called "Seasons Azimuth Calendar.) *
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* One may find more information thereon from*
(*www.ghiasabadi.com*<http://www.ghiasabadi.com/>
*,) see further below.*
* I wonder, if the respected scholars had any information on similar
monuments elsewhere, demarcating the azimuths of sunrise and sunset; at the
vernal equinox, the northernmost azimuth at the summer solstice and the
southernmost position, reached at winter solstice: *
**
*http://picasaweb.google.com/ghiasabadi/Niasar*<http://picasaweb.google.com/ghiasabadi/Niasar>
*http://www.ghiasabadi.com/niasar.html*<http://www.ghiasabadi.com/niasar.html>
* *
*Chartaqi of Niasar *
*Hosts the*
*"Birth of Mithra"*
*Celebration*
Saturday, 29 December 2007
*The Circle of Ancient Iranian Studies, London
university<http://www.cais-soas.com/News/2006/December2006/03-12.htm>
*
Every year Chartaqi of Niasar is hosting a large number of Iranians, that
gather there to cherish their ancestral way of life and to mark the
observance of Sun's Birth on Summer and Winter Solstice. Chartaqi of Niasar
located near the city of Kashan and constructed during the late Parthian or
early Sassanian dynastic eras. "This Chartaqi (čārtāgī) is one of the
greatest and the oldest one in Iran-proper that remained intact for over
2000 years. It's plan is like quadrangle but actually is trapezoid with
sides that are almost 12m", according to the website of Dr Reza Moradi
Ghiasabadi, Iranian archaeologist and historian. For the construction of
this monument the ancient Iranian architects used volcanic rocks, which
contain holes within, and as the result they are lightweight and resilient
to weather and especially earthquake, which is why after 2000 years in this
earthquake region of Iran this monument is still standing. All sides of this
Chartaqi like the other Chartaqis are open with no door or window. In year
2000, Reza Moradi Ghiasabadi has forwarded a theory about the function of
Chartaqi of Niasar, as a calendrical monument that works with sunlight.
According to him, in each season the sunrays protruding from different
angles; and with them we can say the time of the year. The accuracy of this
Chartaqi has been made it unique in the world.
Chartaqi of Niasar from also from architectural aspect is unique, in its'
quadrangle plan with circle cupola place in the centre very accurately. There
are some theories that claim in the ancient times Zurvanists were using this
place for their religious practices, but something for sure that this place
was connected to the ancient Iranian religion of Mithraism during the
Parthian dynasty (248 BCE-224 CE).
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[image: Click for Kashan, Iran
Forecast]<http://farsi.wunderground.com/global/stations/40785.html?bannertypeclick=sunandmoon>
*Best regards,*
**
*Mashallah Ali-Ahyaie*
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Mashallah Ali-Ahyaie
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