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This volume is about a number of letters exchanged between the Iranian scholar and statesman, S.H. Taqizadeh, and the German Iranist W.B. Henning, between 1937 and 1966.

America Unravels Iraq

This book sheds light on how the 2003 Iraq war engendered and shaped power struggles between Kurds, Shiites and Sunni Arabs.

Blood, Beliefs and Ballots: The Management of Kurdish Nationalism in Turkey , 2007-2009

This book analyzes and describes the instruments used by the Turkish state to manage Kurdish nationalism during 2007 to 2009 and the response of Kurds and the PKK and DTP to this state management.

Traditions Linger

This volume illuminates some of the reasons for Iranian Jewish culture and its artifacts without penetrating very deeply into the complexity and diversity of the community.

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Textile Imports into Qajar Iran

A Brief History of the Aghuank` Region

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Iranian Performance Traditions

This book deals with Iranian performance, particularly the traditional theatrical forms ta’ziyeh and ru-hozi.

Addenda on The Commentary on The Philosophy of Illumination:Part One on The Rules of Thought.

Memoirs of the Actor in a Supporting Role:A Play

This is a play by Bahram Beyza'i about repression by power mongers, signifying any society under autocratic dictatorship.

Sasanian Coins in the Civic Numismatic Collection of Milan

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Classic Tales of Mulla Nasreddin

Hekmat-e Khaqaniyyeh

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Sargozasht-e Haji Baba-ye Isfahani

This is a translation of James Morier’s novel, "The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan," by Mirza Habib Isfahani. Morier’s work, first published in England in 1824, is a picaresque novel rumored to have been based on the life and character of a prominent figure during the Qajar period.

Fall of Isfahan [Soqout-e Esfahan]:Concerning the Afghan Invasion of Persia in 1722

Afsaneh-ha

Tarikh-e Engelab-e Fikri-ye Bukhara

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Divan-e `Eshqi

Intermediate Persian Dictionary

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Persian Cuisine

This new edition of the most popular Persian cookbook in America, with many color illustrations, belongs in the kitchen, not on the coffee table! Over 50,000 copies have already been sold.

Traditional Persian Art Music

Includes 5 CDs. Click to play a sample.

Suppressed Persian

This volume is an anthology of selected pieces of poetry and prose that deeply offend long-established standards of "good taste" and "morality" in Iran.

Houghton Shahnameh

"The most beautiful book in the world! Seeing its pages is like opening a door and seeing the Sistine ceiling for the first time."
---Art News

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On Islam & Shi`ism

Myth of Creation

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One Volume English-Persian Dictionary

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Golden Disk of Heaven

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