International Science Community Association Research Journal of Recent Sciences 2277 - 2502 4 7 2015 July 2 The Function of Guns in Islamic Cities with Emphasis on Cities of Iran's Civilization 79 86 EN Mirtalebipour SayedeZaynab 1 Department of Psychology,Tonekabon Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tonekabon, IRAN Tayebeh Ferdowsi 2 University of Tehran, Tehran, IRAN Pouretemad Hamidreza 3 Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, IRAN MaryamSadeghi Afrakati 4 Pourhamzeh Mohsen 1 Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, IRAN Babaei Bahman 2 Mohsen Faizi 3 Azimi SeyyedAli 1 Islamic Azad University of Central Tehran Branch, Tehran, IRAN Mir-Khalili SeyyedMahmoud 2 Department of Law, Farabi college, University of Tehran, IRAN Majid Karimian 1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Khomeinishahr branch, Islamic Azad University-Khomeinishahr- Isfahan, IRAN Yaghoubi Yaghoub 2 Department of Material Engineering University of Tarbiat Modares, Tehran, IRAN Eftekhari Mohsen 3 Yazdanian SeyyedMansour 1 Accounting Department, Islamic Azad University-Khorasgan Branch Iran, Esfahan, IRAN Hosseini AzamSadat 2 Hachem AouraghMy 1 Department of Geo-engineering and Environmental Geology, Faculty of Sciences, Meknes, P.O. 11201 Zitoune-Meknes-50000, MOROCCO Essahlaoui Ali 2 ElOuali Abdelhadi 3 Abdellah ElHmaidi 4 Kamel Said 5 Golparvar Mohsen 1 Department of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Esfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Esfahan, IRAN EsfahaniRasoul Rajezi 2 Mehdad Ali 3 KhodabakhshiParijan Khadijeh 1 DOS, B.N. Bahadur Institute of Management Sciences, Manasagangotri, University of Mysore, Mysore, Karnataka, INDIA SrinivasaRao Vattikonda 1 Department of Zoology, Entomology division, Nizam College (Autonomous), Osmania University, Hyderabad, AP, INDIA RaoAmanchi Nageswara 2 Sangam SabitaRaja 3 Masoudi Aref 1 Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, IRAN Zamani Maryam 1 Faculty of Educational Science and Art, Tehran Art University, Tehran, IRAN Bozorgmehr Shirin 2 Tehran Art University, Tehran, IRAN Naficeh Marsousi 1 Department of Geography and Urban Planning, Payame Noor University, IRAN Pourmohammadi Mohammadreza 2 Department of Regional and Urban Planning, Tabriz University, IRAN Nasiri Esmaeel 3 Yousef Mohammadzadeh 4 SultanZadeh Hussein 1 Member of Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, IRAN BehzadBehrouzi Esfahani 2 Urban Planning, Islamic Azad University of Qazvin, IRAN > Research Article 2014 1 10 2015 July 2 Islamic cities in the Middle-east have special features in terms of their structure, some of which are related to the pre-historic periods and some others have been formed in the special features of their period according to the problems and situations such as the effect of insecurity on city atmosphere and religious, cultural factors and geographical features. One of the most urbane elements in Middle-east cities is gates, which have had various functions during the history. The gates are so essential for the cities that during the history rarely can we find any city without a gate. The methodology of the present research is descriptive-analytic. The data were collected were collected based on the study of historic documents. Copyright@ International Science Community Association