A masterpiece of Persian Classical epic, the Shahnama or Book of Kings was composed by Abul-Qasem Ferdowsi at the beginning of the eleventh century. Because the Shahnama presents itself as a chronicle of the reigns of the shahs from the primordial founders to the Sasanian dynast…
At The Close of the nineteenth century, modern ideas of democracy and equality were slowly beginning to take hold in Iran. Exposed to European ideas about law, equality, and education, upper- and middle-class men and women increasingly questioned traditional ideas about the role…
"This book opens before us a world of fragrant roses, visions of incredible boldness, described by one of the greatest visionaries in the realm of mystical love in Islam, Ruzbihan. The reader is Transported by this congenial translation into the sphere of Absolute Beauty, and ov…
The Avestan vowels
by Vaan, Michiel de, (Michiel Arnoud Cor)
fromLeiden studies in indo-european
This guide to modern Persian grammar is aimed at those in the early stages of studying the language. Copious examples are provided in Persian script and in Roman alphabet transliteration.