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the commemoration ceremony of Youssef Madjidzadeh, the prominent professor of archeology of Iran, and the book launch ceremony of “Sepehr Majd; Essays on the Archeology of the Iranian World and Beyond (In Honor of Dr. Youssef Madjidzadeh)”, which was published in March 2022 by the Centre for the Great Islamic Encyclopaedia (Centre for Iranian and Islamic Studies), took place in the National Museum of Iran on Monday evening, the 30th of May, 2022.

He came from a family of thinkers and scholars. His father was Ayatollah al-uzma Seyyed Hassan Musavi Bojnurdi, one of Najaf’s prominent marjaʻs for many years, and his maternal grandfather, Ayatollah al-uzma Seyyed Abu al-Hassan Esfahani, was the general marjaʻ of Shiites for a decade. With such a background and support, it was surprising if he had not started compiling encyclopedias at the age of forty-one.

Conceivably the most significant feature of the late Mr. Mohammad-Ali Eslami Nodooshan is Iran’s concept and name. He believes Iran is not just a homeland enclosed in these political borders but has a broader vision.

CGIE: The meeting of “Old Hajj” was held for the premiere of the oldest film of the Hajj rituals according to the Europeans, on the 8th of Shawwal, the anniversary of the destruction of the shrine of the imams buried in the Baqi cemetery. The session was held on Tuesday evening, May 10, 2022, at the Amir al-Moʼmenin Hall of the Centre for the Great Islamic Encyclopaedia. In this session, after screening the 74-minute documentary, Ahmad Ebrahimi, filmmaker and researcher, introduced the documentary.