This book adopts a thematic and comparative approach to shed light on the antagonism of these two nations. Its first part deals with the Armenian and Azerbaijani self-representation of their nations’ identity and historical territory. This is the core...

The discovery of the Jiroft civilization in southeastern Iran has fundamentally altered the historical narrative of early urban development in the ancient Near East. Situated along the Halil River valley, near the modern city of Jiroft in Kerman Province,...

Since the downfall of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi in 1979, a substantial body of literature has sought to explain the causes and dynamics of his demise. Yet, a striking proportion of these works have been authored by individuals who have neither resided in...

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This book explores the visual representations of ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib—the fourth Caliph and the first Shiʿi Imam—in early Ilkhanid painting, where his figure reflects the contemporary Sufi and Shiʿi trends that...

From the 1950s to the 1970s, Iran’s performing arts scene flourished, culminating in the construction of Roudaki Hall—a grand national opera and ballet house in Tehran, modeled after the Vienna State Opera. Designed by Eugene Aftandilian and...

Prior to being converted to Islam in the second half of the seventh century, Zoroastrian Iran (Persia) had developed a sophisticated legal system under Sasanian rule (226-651 C.E.). It possessed, however, no formal legal code, but, rather, collections of...

The Year of Turmoil (Sāl-e Balvā) by Abbas Maroufi is a major work of modern Persian fiction that examines the intersection of personal suffering and national crisis in Iran during the 1930s and 1940s. Set during the final years of Reza...