HUMAN 1C Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: History Of Iran, Chador, Gharbzadegi
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1976 iranian calendar puts them in the year 2535 overnight objections iranians contributed to islam. 1979 no monarchy putting the ancient past in dialogue with the present: ancient iran as the origin of european civilization. Islamic past associated with decline: military defeats and territorial losses in two wars with russia: 1804-1813 and 1826-1828. Revolution: mozaffar al-din shah qajar and the constitutional revolutionaries, howard baskerville 1885-1905, joined iranian revolutionaries. Six thousand-year old mother: in need of protection. The pahlavi hat and the iranian clerics" opposition decree that all iranian men have to wear pahlavi hat. 1928 dresscode turns into law: dictating what iranian men should wear in public, chador (literally tent) and rubandeh (face cover) for women, women"s dress code in the interior of houses. 1936 decree that women could not appear in public wearing chador and rubandeh: wear european hats instead, comfort and decision taken away relaxing of dresscode after exile of shah(?)
