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Music articles

Ba Dorood,

I just saw your message, sorry for the delay. I will take a look and see if i can help. Thanks for your articles and edits.

Hey

I have put a reward for making Zoroastrianism a WP:FA (See here, hopefully to inspire people for some fun! :) -- - K a s h ^{Talk | email} 11:27, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

It seems like so far it hasn't got much attention, I am only a student so I don't have a high budget but if you do the work, you will get the money! I might try to do a lot myself too anyway. Are you a Zoroastrian or know any? -- - K a s h ^{Talk | email} 15:42, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

Template

Hi, how do you delete a template from a certain page and how do you add a new template to a page? Sepaas. --Darkred 14:35, 2 May 2006 (UTC) I was refering to the sassanid article you have worked on, meaning how did you remove the iranian history from the top and put in the sassanid template in its plats. --Darkred 02:17, 3 May 2006 (UTC) I see, well the name of that template was only Iran, not history of iran, so when i searched for it i could not find anything. Well thx for the help and keep up the good work. --Darkred 09:36, 3 May 2006 (UTC) Also i once posted that there is a voting going on at iranian people talk page, to whether include the azeris in the iranian people list or not. Even if you are not interested in those matter it is important that we can get as much votes as we can, so be a sport and vote. Be cool. --Darkred 10:39, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

Category:Zoroastrian mythology

should it be merged with persian mythology? User:Fullstop got rid of it without any notification.--Dangerous-Boy 19:37, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

I left messages on the other wikiproject zohorast members but they haven't replied yet. I think they should be separate unless persian mythology seperates pre-islasmic iranian mythology with islamic iranian mythology. A guy from the Zoho wikiproject asked help from the Hindu wikiproject, so I started organizing. User:Fullstop comes out of no where with no cfr tag and empties the cat! That's what ticked me off. I spent a lot of time organizing it.

ff6 and ff8 are my fav ff's! haven't played ffx yet though. --Dangerous-Boy 20:02, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

Persian language topics

Salaam - I wonder if you could go to Template:Persian language and take a look at the template itself and the various articles linked to from it, make corrections, and offer any suggestions you might have for improving them. Motashakeram, Joe

Hi, long time!

Hey Amir. How are you doing?? I've been listening to the song Yegaaneh by Shakila for a long time, and I'd love to know what's it about. Could you please translate it for me? Could you atleast transliterate it into Roman alphabet so that I can read it? Thanks!! deeptrivia (talk) 00:39, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

تا کی به تمنای وصال تو یگانه
اشکم شود از هر مژه چون سیل روانه
ای تیره غمت را دل عشاق نشانه
خواهد به سرآیدشب هجران تو یا نه
جمعی به تو مشغول و تو فارغ ز میانه
هر در که زنم صاحب آن خانه تویی تو
هر جا که شدم پرتو کاشانه تویی تو
در کعبه و در دیر چو جانانه تویی تو
منظور من از کعبه و بتخانه تویی تو مقصود تویی ...کعبه و بتخانه بهانه
ای تیره غمت را دل عشاق نشانه
بلبل به چمن زار گل رخسار نشان دید
پروانه در آتش شد و اسرار نهان دید
عارف صفت حمد تو از پیر و جوان دید
یعنی همه جا عکس رخ یار توان دید
دیوانه منم ..من که روم خانه به خانه
ای تیره غمت را دل عشاق نشانه
جمعی به تو مشغول و تو فارغ ز میانه
عاقل به قوانین خرد راه تو جوید
دیوانه برون از همه آئین تو پوید
تا غنچهء نشکفتهء این باغ که بوید
هر کس به زبانی صفت حمد تو گوید
بلبل به غزل خوانی و قمری به ترانه
رفتم به در صومعه زاهد و عابد
دیدم همه را پیش رخت راکع و ساجد
در بتکده رهبانم و در صومعه زاهد
گه معتکف دیرم و گه ساکن مسجد
یعنی که تو را می طلبم خانه به خانه
ای تیره غمت را دل عشاق نشانه
بلبل به چمن زان گل رخسار نشان دید
پروانه در آتش شد و اسرار نهان دید
عارف صفت حمد تو از پیر و جوان دید
یعنی همه جا عکس رخ یار توان دید
دیوانه منم ..من که روم خانه به خانه
ای تیره غمت را دل عشاق نشانه
جمعی به تو مشغول و تو فارغ ز میانه

deeptrivia (talk) 00:39, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks a ton Amir! I really appreciate it. I can now see this song is about nightingales going to the garden, flies (parvaneh) going towards fire, and people to their lovers. I would be great if you tell just a bit more about its contents. Do you know if it was written by Hafez? deeptrivia (talk) 13:11, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

What do you think? :)

This user participates in the
Persian cinema task force.

--K a s h ^{Talk | email} 14:40, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

I meant, what do you think of the idea :P. I spent an hour trying to figure out a good icon but I gave up. Not one of my most creative days! --K a s h ^{Talk | email} 18:21, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

Military history WikiProject Newsletter - Issue III - May 2006

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Nemeste

Yo man. Long time no see. chetori?--Zereshk 01:03, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

Khasteh nabashi. Im not coming to Iran this summer, as much as I would like. SC got banned by an intense lobbying effort spearheaded by Zora and Lukas (which I never understood, since he was not a key player in any of the related edit wars). So he's no longer around with us. And as always, we are constantly trying to defend the notorious team of anti-Iranian editors from deleting and censoring information about Iran, that are trying to slander and ban us one by one for any pretext they can think of. har rooz yek maskhareh baazi: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Anti-Persianism by Arabs. I wish they would just leave us alone so that we could just do what we do best: contribute to the body of articles about Iran.--Zereshk 20:27, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

When are we Going to See Proof that Azaris are Genetically Turkic

Please keep an eye on Azari and the talk:Azari. I have started the following in the discussion.

It has been ages since these citations have not been verified. Verification is needed. If not delete the material. the amount of time granted has been generious. The Azaris Iranian background has been verified through various scientific and academic sources, but the Turkic claim has not. The only think that has been verified is the Turkic langauge. 72.57.230.179

Huma, Homa

I see from looking around on the internet that you may be right that the Huma is the same as the Homa. You seem to know your stuff. How do you propose merging them? I do note that the spellings seem to be about equally used. Anayat Kahn definitely uses the spelling "Huma" for the bird because he even talks about the derivation of the sounds in the article I listed there. By the way, thank you for adding the change to the Meher Baba site. I hope they don't argue. You may notice that the discussion page has had an endless argument about the words Persian, Irani, and Iranian. Personally I prefer calling him as you have an Iranian-Indian as calling him an Indian is a bit misleading -- and people assume he was a Hindu. I think some object to using the word "Iranian" to mean an ethnic term, perhaps because ethnic prejudices have been so abused. But in fact I think he was of this ethnicity.

By the way, are you a Zoroastrian? I was trying to guess from your page. Chris 11:25, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

I am looking into this matter as hard as I can given the resources I have. It seems that the Persian "homa" is not the same as the "bird of paradise" as it does not appear to be a bird, but a conglomoration of creatures. All I can find on a "homa bird" are references to the Vedas, a bird that falls when hatched, then catches wakes and, fearing the ground and death, starts to fly toward the sun. This does not sound the same as what I have read about the bird of paradise which is more like the phoenix myth. Do you have any good sources? All the references I can find to "the bird of paradise" use the "u" spelling. The creature on Iran Air looks like a griffin as described in the Homa article and not much like a bird. airline logo. Unless you have a good source that they are the same, let's try to get some other feedback on this. I am copying our discussion to the Homa discussion page. Chris 13:47, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Meher Baba

Thanks for translating Meher Baba's name into Persian. Wow that is so great!

Marzpan

Hello, I need your feedback rgrading this. The Marzpanate period was very important during the history of Eastern Armenia after the fall of Arshakunis and I was thinking about creating a separate page. See my talk page and the message left by Kober. I would appreciate any assistance. Unlike other hereditary marzapans, the Armenian ones were selected from Armenian nobility and had more privileges.--Eupator 20:30, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Email

Hey man, did you get my email?! --K a s h ^{Talk | email} 21:15, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Keep an Eye on the Azari Page

It is being vandalized. Be vigilant. Look at the discussion page too. The fact is that Azaris are ethnic Iranians who only speaking a Turkic language. 72.57.230.179

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Thank you,

Cygnus_hansa 01:57, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Re: Criticism of Hinduism

I'm pleased that you share my impression from that article. However, I'm highly unlikely to stay there and edit it; I'm afraid my knowledge of Hinduism and its criticism is entirely insufficient to make a good input. My ignorance perhaps only strengthens my argument: the article is written in such a fashion that even a lay person lacking background in the subject can see it's not neutral. Let me know if something changes about that article so that an outside view may be warranted again. Pecher ^Talk 19:57, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Anime about Persia

Just wondering,

Have you seen this: The Heroic Legend of Arslan?

It was artistically a remarkable work considering that it was made in 1992.--Zereshk 05:45, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

Country survey for Wikipedia:WikiProject Armenia

Which country do you live in specifically (I'm doing this so I can include a flag next to your name on the Wikipedia:WikiProject Armenia participation list). -- Clevelander 20:07, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

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Poem

Hi Amir.

Can you give me the chapter and book from where you got the verse from? Ive seen translations in some libraries.

Enjoy it there while you can dude. I wish I could visit this summer as well. I recommend you drop by my favorite chelo kababi and try it: "Chelow kababi Shater Abbas" located at Chahar-rah Parkway. I always loved it there.--Zereshk 19:43, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

Central Asia

WikiProject Central Asia has finally been created! If you're interested, please consider joining us. Aelfthrytha 21:41, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

List of cognate terms in Vedic and Avestan mythology

I thought you might be interested in this new list. Also, regarding Madhava of Sangamagrama, I think the article is entirely based on the references provided in Madhava_of_Sangamagrama#Bibliography. deeptrivia (talk) 00:57, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

Well done!

Congratulations for the FA status at Sassanid Empire. Well done. -- Fullstop 15:41, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks ! --Amir85 06:32, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

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Please vote this page --MehranVB ^{talk | cont} 19:28, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

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Re: Gordafarid

Hi. I'm sorry I took so long to get back to you. Thank you for the information regarding Gordafarid, but I'm afraid it wasn't what I had in mind. The time period of the Sassanid Empire overlaps both ancient and Medieval eras. The begining point of the Medieval era is 450 C.E., with everything prior to it being considered the ancient era. Can you tell me if Gordafarid lived before, after, or during 450 C.E.? Asarelah 17:57, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

• • I suppose I'll put her into the ancient category then. Thanks for your help. Asarelah 21:37, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

About pictures we talked about few months ago.

Hi dear Amir: I remember you talked to me about the pictures I have about Iran and today I've uploaded few of my greatest shots I've token in Iran. Please feel free to visit my page, very similar to yours :-D, (IF you don' mind) and there you can find my works. Thank you again. Arad 00:50, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

I hope it'll help you in your futures articles. Arad 00:51, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

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You're very welcome. ^_^ Ryu Kaze 21:10, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Not a Hoosier yet? :)

Salam, khoobi?

If I am needed, man ro mitooni eenjaa peyda konee : [1] --Zereshk 06:14, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

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Please vote for Arge Bam and Baghe Eram Shiraz

Salam Amir, Can you please vote for Arge Bam and Baghe Eram Shiraz at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates? I appreciate it. Mamnoon. Arad 12:15, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

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Hey Amir

I just found this barnstar and wanted to give it to you for helping me make my user page. Put it in your page if you want. Good luck.

Thank you Amir for helping me make my user page. Your user page is simple and very well made. And hereby I give you this barnstar ;-)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yerzhan Ashykbayev

Hi, if you have the time I would like your input on whether to delete the article on Yerzhan Ashykbayev, the Foreign Ministry spokesman of the Government of Kazakhstan. Thanks, KazakhPol 18:33, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

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Iran's main page

Salam

Please look at Iran on Uncyclopedia. The article was just a piece of "Fahhashi" on Iran. I tried to change it. If you compare the version before my edits with pages of other countries like Germany and France ... you will see that Iran's page is written in a very bad way.

Example: 1. "It is the worst country in the world and should never be visited by anyone except wizards and Unicorns." 2. "Principal exports include wooden dowel, gay porn, frogurt, hollow chocolate bunnies and imitation Tiffany lampshades. Other exports include furbies and smallpox."

Do you see any humor in these sentences ? Just fahhashi!

It is not humorous. It's just a place to insult. Please help. Unfortunately very few Iranians are active on wikipedia. Pages on Iran have been written by those who hate Iran. Please help if you have time. Thanks.Sinooher 18:09, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

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Aref ensemble

Hi Amir!

Please help me on the deletion tag of Aref ensemble article. Mamnoonam!Sangak 19:41, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

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Salam Amir, The image Image:Bowl01.jpg is put up for deleting because they think it's a replaceable fair use. Please add a comment on the image page if you think it's irreplaceable. --Arad

Iranian women's movement

Hi Amir

Would you please let me know how "Iranian women's movement" looks like in your browser. We just added "feminism template" and it pushed the photos downwards. Thanks. Sangak 14:57, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

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Your input on this F.A.R. is desired. KazakhPol 02:31, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

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History of fundamentalist Islam in Iran

Dear Amir,

During last month I worked on this article. I would like to invite you and other Iranian wikipedians to see the article and help in improving it. I would like to invite you to see the parts on Iranian culture in particular. We have to stop people like Mohammad Ali Ramin and Pourpirar and Fardid followers. They are destroying the country and culture. Long live Iran! Sina Kardar 15:38, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Two Articles in need of your attention

There are two entries at Wikipedia, which have falsely created -- they are Turco-Persian and Turko-Persian Tradition. Both entries are factitious. I have requested the entries to be deleted. My reasons are:

The term Turko-Persian Tradition (or Turco-Persian) does not exists academically and it is a factitious entry! Check the Encyclopaedia Iranica to confirm -- The correct name for that culture is the Persianate culture not the "Turko-Persian". Turkophones (mostly of mixed race and Persianized in culture) only spoke in Turkic dialects and were in the military. That is not enough participation in creating and forming the culture to deserve the name "Turko-Persian Tradition" – This is misinformation. All the elements in that area, which have to do with tradition and culture, were drawn from the Iranian culture (Persian, Kurdish, Azari, Baluchi, Tajik, Luri, Gilaki, Talishi, Mazandarani, etc.), and the Islamic faith, not much Turkic elements (like shamanism, yurts etc.) were incorporated in. That is what makes the name "Turko-Persian" an imaginary one and therefore the entry should be deleted.

Any contributions would greatly appreciated. Bā Sepās Surena 02:10, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

An introduction and a question

Hi Amir, I don’t think we’ve met before. I’m S.dedalus and I found your name by looking at the list of users fluent in Persian. Could I ask you to do me a huge favor? I can’t get the song Vaghtesheh by Ebi out of my mind. I found the lyrics here [2]. Do you think you could briefly tell me what the song is about? I’m sorry that I can’t reproduce the lyrics here as User:deeptrivia did above. I don’t have any knowledge of Persian myself. S.dedalus 08:03, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

Wow, thanks so much! That’s exactly what I needed to know. I’m glad to know what I’m singing in the shower :-) S.dedalus 05:53, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

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(If you have time) Please vote in the survey on this proposed move

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Valiyat-e_faqih_%28book_by_Khomeini%29#Survey

Valiyat-e faqih (book by Khomeini) → Hokumat-e Islami : Valiyat-e faqih (book by Khomeini)

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