The culture of divination and astrology in the Safavid period, citing the lyric poems of Mohsen Tafsir Tabrizi and the fortune-telling preserved in the Topkapi Museum in Istanbul by Parastoo Seyedalmasi, Malekmohammad Farokhzad, Reza Heidari Nouri

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Narrative Time and Descriptive Elements in Jabra Ibrahim Jabra and Abdul Rahman Manif by Fahimeh Yeganeh Dizajvar, Seyed Babak Farzaneh, Leila Ghasemi, Ezzat Mullah Ebrahimi

“…The most obvious foresight is the fortune-telling predictions of the sub-character of the story (Aunt Nusrat), which reveals the fate of the characters in the novel. …”
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Pseudo-Psychoanalytical Interpretations of Persian Dream Books by Seyyed Mehdi Dadras

“…It has more to do with astrology, fortune-telling, and prediction rather than therapeutic functions. …”
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A comparative study of the Balochi story of Hani and Shaymorid with Laila and Majnun of Nizami by Abdolghafour Jahandideh

“…The old woman took the rosary in her hand to fortune-tell and said: “Your traveler is on his way to Mecca, and he will stay there for seven years and then only he shall return. …”
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