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This book offers the first critical biography of Ferdowsi who, ten centuries ago, gathered historical traditions of various Iranians and recast them in epic poetry into a coherent "National History."

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

Armenian Constantinople

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Arak‘el of Tabriz: Book of History

Memoirs of the Actor in a Supporting Role:A Play

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Iranian Performance Traditions

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

Security Forces of the Kurdistan Regional Government

This book examines a segment of the Kurdistan Regional Government that has been heretofore little noted and poorly understood by the world at large: The large and well-developed security sector.

Dead Man’s Shadow: Collected Poems

A City under Siege: Tales of the Iran-Iraq War

The nine stories in the collection are about various aspects of the Iran-Iraq War and its aftermath.

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Hekmat-e Khaqaniyyeh

Women in the Shahnameh

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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.

On Islam & Shi`ism

In this book, Kasravi challenges what he sees as "decadent ideas, superstitions and various other ills" of Islamic societies.

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

Myth of Creation

"The Myth of Creation" is one of the earliest works by Iran’s best-known twentieth-century writer, Sadeq Hedayat.

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Gurgan Faiences

Survey of Persian Art: Carpets

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One Volume English-Persian Dictionary

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