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A Short History of the Gibb Memorial Trust and Its Trustees
Provides an unusual history of an important institution promoting Islamic scholarship in Britain, The Gibb Memorial Trust
Scammon
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The Geographical Part of the Nuzhat Al-Qulūb
The Nuzhat al-qulūb by 14th century historian and geographer Ḥamd-Allāh Mustaufī gives a description of Iran in the form of a gazetteer. This edition makes Guy Le Strange's English translation (1919) available once more.
Persian Historiography
Persian literature is the jewel in the crown of Persian culture. It has profoundly influenced the literatures of Ottoman Turkey, Muslim India and Turkic Central Asia and been a source of inspiration for Goethe, Emerson, Matthew Arnold and Jorge Luis Borges among others. Yet Persian literature has never received the attention it truly deserves. "A History of Persian Literature" answers this need and offers a new, comprehensive and detailed history of its subject. This 18-volume, authoritative survey reflects the stature and significance of Persian literature as the single most important accomplishment of the Iranian experience. It includes extensive, revealing examples with contributions by prominent scholars who bring a fresh critical approach to bear on this important topic. In this volume the Editors offer an indispensable overview of Persian literature's long and rich historiography. Highlighting the central themes and ideas which inform historical writing, "Persian Historiography" will be an indispensable source for the historiographical traditions of Iran and the essential guide to the subject.
Call Me Ishmael
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The Contest for Rule in Eighteenth-Century Iran
This volume explores the troubled eighteenth century in Iran, between the collapse of the Safavids and the establishment of the new Qajar dynasty in the early decades of the nineteenth century. Despite the striking military successes of Nader Shah, to defeat the Afghan invaders, drive back the Ottomans in the west, and launch campaigns into India and Central Asia, Iran steadily lost territory in the Caucasus and the east, where Persian arms failed to recover lands lost to the Afghans and the Ozbeks. The chapters of this book cover the continuity and change over this transitional period from a range of perspectives including political history, historiography, art and material culture. They il...
Royal and Noble Lines
This extensive genealogical study traces the royal and noble lines that intersect with the family trees of author Charles Melville Lord and his wife. With detailed histories of families such as the Plantagenets, Tudors, and Habsburgs, as well as lesser-known noble families from across Europe, this book provides a fascinating insight into the genealogy of some of the continent's most influential figures. Illustrated with charts and maps, this book is an essential resource for anyone interested in European history and genealogy. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public dom...
The Timurid Century
The century after the conquests of Timur witnessed the division of eastern and western Iran between his Turko-Mongol successors, and a flowering of Persian culture in the great cities of Herat, Samarqand and Tabriz, among others. In this, the ninth volume in The Idea of Iran series, leading scholars analyse the ways that Timurid contemporaries viewed their traditions and their environment, asking questions such as: what was the view of outsiders, and how does modern scholarship define the distinctive aspects of the period? Essential reading for scholars, students, and all those interested in the history of Iran, the book considers the political, religious and cultural history of this rich and highly productive interval that was the springboard for the formation of new imperial Ottoman, Safavid, Mughal and Ozbek orders of succeeding centuries.
