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CONTENTSAncient Persia 2-3Medieval Iran 3Early Modern and Safavid Iran 4-5Qajar Iran and Modern History 5-7Politics and Contemporary Iran 7-10

Iran and Islam 11Gender 11Art, Architecture and Culture 11-12Film 12-13Literature, Biography and Travel 13-17Society and Environment 17

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INDEX AND ORDER FORM...Age of the Parthians, The: Curtis & Stewart, 978 1 84511 406 0, hb £52.50 2...Ahmadinejad: Naji, 978 1 84511 636 1, pb, £12.99 9...Ancient Persia: Wiesehöfer, 978 1 86064 675 1, pb, £14.99 3...Anthology of Philosophy..., Vol 1, An: Nasr et al, 978 1 84511 541 8, hb, £39.50 14...Anthology of Philosophy..., Vol 2, An: Nasr et al, 978 1 84511 542 5, hb, £39.50 14...Anthology of Philosophy..., Vol 3, An: Nasr et al, 978 1 84511 605 7, hb, £39.50 14... Anthology of Philosophy..., Vol 4: Nasr & Aminrazavi, 978 1 84885 749 0, hb, £39.50 14...Apocalyptic Islam and: Amanat, 978 1 84511 124 3, hb, £59.50 978 1 84511 981 2, pb, £16.99 11... Arab-Iranian Rivalry in the Persian Gulf: Sharifi, 978 1 84885 822 0, hB, £59.50 9...Art and Material Culture..., The: Khosronejad 978 1 84885 168 9, hb, £51.50 12...Art of Omar Khayyam, The: Mason & Martin 978 1 84511 282 0, hb, £52.50 16...Assassin Legends, The: Dafary, 978 1 85043 705 5, hb, £59.50 978 1 85043 950 9, pb, £14.99 3...Attar and the Persian ...: Lewisohn & Shackle, 978 1 84511 148 9, hb, £35.00 16...Azerbaijan: Atabaki, 978 1 86064 554 9, pb, £17.99 7...Baha’is of Iran, The, Vol 1: Shahvar, Gilbar & Morozov, 978 1 84885 391 1, HB, £59.50 5...Baha’is of Iran, The, Vol 2: Shahvar, Gilbar & Morozov, 978 1 84885 392 8, HB, £59.50 5...Baha’is of Iran, The, Two Vol Set: Shahvar, Gilbar & Morozov, 978 1 84885 473 4, HB, £105.00 5...Becoming Visible in Iran: Honarbin-Holliday 978 1 78076 086 5, pb, £14.99 11...Biographies of the Poets…Vol 14: Yarshater, 978 1 84511 915 7, hb, £59.50 15...Biographies of the Poets…Vol 15: Yarshater, 978 1 84511 916 4, hb, £59.50 15...Birth of the Persian Empire: Curtis & Stewart, 978 1 84511 062 8, hb, £52.50 2...Blindfold Horse, The: Guppy, 978 1 85043 401 6, pb, £9.99 17...Blogistan: Srebeny & Khiabany, 978 1 84511 606 4, hb, £56.00 978 1 84511 607 1, pb, £14.99 9...Christian Encounters with Iran: Tavassoli, 978 1 84511 761 0, hb, £59.50 9...Complete Fauna of Iran, The: Firouz, 978 1 85043 946 2, hb, £65.00 17...Constitution of Iran, The: Schirazi, 978 1 86064 253 1, pb, £17.99 10...Converting Persia: Abisaab, 978 1 86064 970 7, hb, £59.50 5...Creating an Islamic State: Martin, 978 1 86064 900 4, pb, £16.99 10...Cultural Revolution in Iran: Sreberny & Torfeh, 978 1 78076 089 6, hb, £56.50 9... Cyrus Cylinder, The: Finkel, 978 1 78076 063 6, hb, £35.00 3...Decline and Fall of the ...: Pourshariati, 978 1 84511 645 3, hb, £45.00 3...Diplomacy and Murder in Tehran: Kelly, 978 1 84511 196 0, pb, £14.99 6...Distant Relations: Chehabi & Mneimneh, 978 1 86064 561 7,hb, £47.50 978 1 84511 255 4, pb, £16.99 10...Eagle’s Nest, The: Willey, 978 1 85043 464 1, hb, £25.00 3...Early Islamic Iran: Herzig & Stewart, 978 1 78076 061 2, hb, £39.50 2...Early Persian Painting: O’Kane, 978 1 86064 852 6, hb, £75.00 12...Economy of Iran, The: Alizadeh, 978 1 86064 464 1, hb, £59.50 10...English Amongst the Persians, The: Wright, 978 1 86064 638 6, pb, £18.99 7...Epic of the Persian Kings: Melville & Brend, 978 1 84885 656 1, pb, £25.00 13 ...Faith & Freedom: Afkhami, 978 1 86064 008 7, pb, £14.99 11... Ferdowsi, the Mongols and Iranian History: Hillenbrand et al 978 1 78076 015 5, hb, £65.00 13...Fire, The Star and the Cross, The: Khanbaghi, 978 1 84511 056 7, hb, £59.50 13...Forgotten Schools, The: Shahvar, 978 1 84511 683 5, hb, £59.50 9...Forugh Farokhzad: Brookshaw & Rahimieh, 978 1 84885 155 9, hb, £54.50 978 1 84885 156 6, pb, £16.99 17...From a Persian Tea House: Carroll, 978 184511 500 5, pb, £9.99 17...From Iran to Hollywood...: Gow, 978 1 84885 526 7, hb, £51.50 978 1 84885 527 4, pb, £17.99 12...From Palace to Prison: Naraghi, 978 1 85043 704 8, hb, £49.00 10...Frontier Fictions: Kashani-Sabet, 978 1 85043 270 8, hb, £54.50 13...General Index, Vol 16: Yarshater, 978 1 84511 917 1, hb, £59.50 15...General Introduction..., Vol 1:, Yarshater, 978 1 84511 886 0, hb, £59.50 15...German Foreign Policy Towards Iran...: Khatib-Shahidi, 978 1 84885 324 9, hb, £39.50 8...Girl in Paris, A: Guppy, 978 1 84511 380 3, pb, £9.99 17...Hafiz and His Contemporaries: Brookshaw, 978 1 84885 144 3, hb, £56.50 16...Hafiz and the Religion...: Lewisohn 978 1 84885 339 3, hb, £45.00 16...Hafiz, Master of Persian Poetry: Loloi,

978 1 86064 923 3, hb, £59.50 16...Heroic Epic, Vol 4: Yarshater, 978 1 84511 905 8, hb, £59.50 15...Hymns of Zoroaster, The: West 978 1 84885 347 8, hb, £52.50 978 1 84885 505 2, pb, £14.99 3...Ilkhanid Book of Ascension, The: Gruber 978 1 84511 499 2, hb, £56.00 3...In the Shadow of the King: Walcher, 978 1 85043 434 4, hb, £51.50 6...Iran and the First World War: Atabaki, 978 1 86064 964 6, hb, £56.50 6 ...Iran and the Rise...: Ehteshami & Zweiri, 978 1 84511 388 9, hb, £25.00 9...Iran and the Rise of Reza Shah: Ghani, 978 1 86064 258 6, hb, £56.50 978 1 86064 629 4, pb, £17.99 7...Iran and the World...: Floor & Herzig 978 1 85043930 1, hb £45.00 4...Iran Connection, The: Ghorayeb, 978 1 84885 740 7, hb, £29.95 8...Iran in the 20th century: Atabaki, 978 1 84511 962 1, hb, £54.50 6...Iran Oil: Howard, 978 1 84511 249 3, hb, £20.00 10...Iran, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf: al-Saud, 978 1 86064 881 6, hb, £52.50 10...Iran: the Crisis of Democracy: Azimi, 978 1 86064 980 6, pb, £16.99 6...Iran’s Constitutional ...: Chehabi & Martin 978 1 84885 415 4, hb, £59.50 6...Iran’s Economy under the ...: Amuzegar, 978 1 86064 104 6, pb, £18.99 10...Iranian Cinema: Sadr, 978 1 84511 146 5, hb, £59.50 978 1 84511 147 2, pb, £16.99 13...Islam and Democracy : Mir-Hosseini et al, 978 1 84511 133 5, hb, £56.50 978 1 84511 134 2. pb, £16.99 10...Islam and Dissent in ...: Ghamari-Tabrizi, 978 1 84511 879 2, hb, £65.00 978 1 84511 880 8, pb, £17.99 9...Islam and Gender: Mir-Hosseini, 978 1 85043 268 5, hb, £56.50 978 1 85043 269 2, pb, £16.99 11...Islamic Architecture in Iran: Khaghani, 978 1 84885 729 2, hb, £59.50 11...Islamic Utopian, An: Rahnema, 978 1 86064 552 5, pb, £17.99 10...Jewish Identities in Iran: Amanat, 978 1 84511 891 4, hb, £56.50 6...Khans and Shahs: Garthwaite, 978 1 84885 096 5, pb, £17.99 6...Khatami and Gorbachev: Shakibi, 978 1 84885 139 9, hb, £65.00 9...Khatami’s Iran: Tazmini, 978 1 84885 182 5, pb, £14.99 8...Khomeini: Moin, 978 1 84511 790 0, pb, £16.99 9...Knowledge and Liberation: Hunzai, 978 1 86064 471 9, pb, £14.99 17...Kurds and the State in Iran: Vali, 978 1 84885 788 9, hb, £49.50 8...Literature in Iranian…Vol 18: Yarshater, 978 1 84511 918 8, hb, £59.50 15...Literature in the Early..., Vol 11: Yarshater, 978 1 84511 912 6, hb, £59.50 15...Loyalty and Leadership in an ... : Mottahedeh, 978 1 86064 181 7, pb, £16.99 3...Make A Shield From Wisdom: Schimmel, 978 1 86064 725 3, pb, £12.99 16...Makhmalbaf at Large: Dabashi, 978 1 84511 531 9, hb, £59.50, 978 1 84511 532 6, pb, £16.99 13...Marriage on Trial: Mir-Hosseini, 978 1 86064 608 9, pb, £15.99 11...Men of Order: Atabaki & Zurcher, 978 1 86064 426 9, hb, £59.50 7...Modern Fiction and Drama, Vol 13: Yarshater, 978 1 84511 914 0, hb, £59.50 15...Modern Islamic Political Thought: Enayat, 978 1 85043 465 8, hb, £56.00 978 1 85043 466 5, pb, £15.99 11...Modern Persian Poetry…Vol 12: Yarshater, 978 1 84511 913 3, hb, £59.50 15...Modernity and the Stateless: Vali, 978 1 86064 050 6, hb, £39.50 8...Monetary History of Iran, The: Matthee, Floor & Clawson 978 1 78076 079 7, hb, £45.00 4...Muhammad Juki’s...: Brend & Morton, 978 0 85667 672 7, hb, £39.50 16...Musaddiq and the Struggle for ...: Katouzian, 978 1 86064 290 6, pb, £16.99 6...Nasir Khusraw, the Ruby of ...: Hunsberger, 978 1 85043 919 6, hb, £25.00 978 1 85043 926 4, pb, £14.99 17...New Iranian Cinema: Tapper 978 1 86064 803 8, hb, £56.50 978 1 86064 804 5, pb, £15.99 13...New Persian Cooking: Dana-Haeri et al 978 1 84885 586 1, hb, £20.00 17...Nuclear Iran: Patrikarakos 978 1 78076 125 1, hb, £24.50 7...Ornament of Histories, The: Bosworth 978 1 84885 353 9, hb, £51.50 3...Passenger to Teheran: Sackville –West, 978 1 84511 343 8, pb, £11.99 17...Perceptions of Iran: Ansari, 978 1 84885 830 5, hb, £56.50 5...Persia in Crisis: Matthee, 978 1 84511 745 0, hb, £42.50 4...Persian Gardens and Pavilions: Gharipour 978 1 78076 121 3, hb. £56.00 12...Persian Historiography, Vol 10: Yarshater 978 1 84511 911 9, hb, £59.50 15

...Persian Poetry, Vol 7, The: Yarshater, 978 1 84511 908 9, hb, £59.50 15...Persian Painting: Hillenbrand, 978 1 85043 659 1, hb, £75.00 12...Persian Poetry in..., Vol 2: Yarshater, 978 1 84511 903 4, hb, £59.50 15...Persian Poetry in..., Vol 3: Yarshater 978 1 84511 904 1, hb, £59.50 15...Persian Prose from..., Vol 8: Yarshater, 978 1 84511 909 6, hb, £59.50 15...Persian Poety from..., Vol 9: Yarshater, 978 1 84511 910 2, hb, £59.50 15...Persian Prose, Vol 5: Yarshater, 978 1 84511 906 5, hb,, £59.50 15...Persian Sphinx, The: Milani, 978 1 85043 328 6, hb, £42.00 6...Persian Steel: Allan, 978 1 85043 718 5, hb, £42.00 16...Persian’s Amongst the English, The: Wright 978 1 85043 002 5, hb, 45.00 7...Philosophy of Ecstasy, The: Lewisohn, 978 1 84885 269 3, hb, £45.00 16...Pivot of the Universe, The: Amanat, 978 1 84511 828 0, pb, £16.99 6...Poetics of Iranian Cinema, The: Sheibani, 978 1 84885 741 4, hb, £54.50 13...Political Economy of Iran Under..., The: Amirahmadi, 978 1 84885 672 1, hb, £59.50 5...Political Islam in ...: Mohammadi 978 1 84885 276 1, hb, £56.50 7...Politics of Confrontation: Ganji, 978 1 84885 964 7, pb, £25.00 9...Practice of Politics in Safavid Iran, The: Mitchell, 978 1 78076 096 4, pb, £17.99 4...Pre-Islamic Iranian…Vol 17: Yarshater, 978 1 84511 887 7, hb, £59.50 15...Priest and the King, The: Harney, 978 1 86064 319 4, hb, £42.00 978 1 86064 374 3, pb, £14.99 10...Qajar Pact, The: Martin, 978 1 85043 763 5, hb, £59.50 7...Rebels with a Cause: Behrooz, 978 1 86064 630 0, pb, £16.99 6...Religion and Politics in Modern Iran: Ridgeon, 978 1 84511 073 4, hb, £65.00 978 1 84511 072 7, pb, £15.99 11...Religion and War in ...: Gieling, 978 1 86064 407 8, hb, £59.50 10...Religion, Culture and Politics in Iran: de Groot, 978 1 86064 571 6, hb, £59.50 6...Religious and Mystical..., Vol 6: Yarshater, 978 1 84511 907 2, hb, £59.50 15...Revolutionary Ideology and Islamic ...: Lafraie 978 1 84511 063 5, hb, £59.50 10...Rise of Islam, The: Curtis & Stewart. 978 1 84511 691 0, hb, £39.50 1...Sadeq Hedayat: Katouzian, 978 1 86064 413 9, pb, £14.99 17...Safavid Dynastic Shrine, The: Rizvi, 978 1 84885 354 6, hb, £54.50 4...Safavid Iran: Newman, 978 1 84511 830 3, pb, £17.99 4...Safavid Persia: Melville, 978 1 86064 023 0, hb, £49.50 978 1 86064 086 5, pb, £25.00 4... Safavid Thinkers: Newman, 978 1 78076 084 1, hb, £49.50 4...Sanctioning Iran: Alikhani, 978 1 86064 626 3, hb, £65.00 10...Sasanian Era, The: Curtis & Stewart, 978 1 84511 690 3, hb, £39.50 2...Sasanian Persia: Daryaee, 978 1 85043 898 4, hb, £35.00 3...Secret of Laughter, The: Guppy, 978 1 84511 695 8, pb, £9.99 17...Shah Abbas: Blow, 9781 84511989 8, pb, £14.99 4...Shah and I, The: Alam, 978 1 84511 372 8, pb, £14.99 6...Shi’i Islam in Iranian Cinema: Pak-Shiraz, 978 1 84885 510 6, hb, £56.50 13...Slaves Of the Shah: Babaie, Babayan, et al, 978 1 86064 721 5, hb, £51.50 4...State and Society in Iran: Katouzian, 978 1 84511 272 1, pb, £17.99 6...State and the Subaltern, The: Atabaki 978 1 84511 339 1, hb, £57.50 7...Strange Times in Persia: Mozaffari & Hakkak, 978 1 84511 416 9, hb, £35.00 978 1 84511 417 6, pb, £12.99 17...Sword of Persia, The: Axworthy, 978 1 84511 982 9, pb, £14.99 5...Syria and Iran: Goodarzi, 978 1 84511 997 3, pb, £16.99 9...Trade, Industrialization ...: Amid et al 9781 84511 982 9, hb, £65.00 10...Tribeswomen of Iran: Hunag, 978 1 84511 832 7, hb, £59.50 11...Troubled Waters: Dekmejian & Simonian, 978 1 86064 922 6, pb, £18.99 10...Twelve Days in Persia: Sackville-West, 978 1 84511 933 1, pb, £9.99 17...Twelve Photographic...: Ghabaian & Saberi, 978 1 85043 719 2, pb, £18.99 16...Understanding Iran: Beeman, 978 1 84511 969 0, pb, £9.99 8...War in Iranian Cinema: Khosronejad, 978 1 84885 285 3, hb, £54.50 12...Wondrous Words: Lewisohn, 978 1 84885 270 9, hb, £45.00 16...World of Achaemeni..., The: Curts & Simpson 978 1 84885 346 1, hb, £59.50 3...Zoroastrianism: Rose 978 1 84885 087 3, hb, £45.00 978 1 84885 088 0, pb, £14.99 3

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NASIR KHUSRAW, THE RUBY OF BADAKHSHANA Portrait of the Persian Poet, Traveller and PhilosopherAlice C. Hunsberger, The Institute of Ismaili Studies324 PAGES 216 X 134MM978 1 85043 919 6 HARDBACK £25.00978 1 85043 926 4 PAPERBACK £14.99I.B.TAURIS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE INSTITUTE OF ISMAILI STUDIES

KNOWLEDGE AND LIBERATIONA Treatise on Philosophical Theologyby Nasir Khusraw, Faquir M. Hunzai (Ed. & Trans), The Institute of Ismaili Studies240 PAGES 216 X 134MM978 1 86064 471 9 PAPERBACK £14.99I.B.TAURIS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE INSTITUTE OF ISMAILI STUDIES

STRANGE TIMES IN PERSIAAn Anthology of Contemporary Iranian LiteratureNahid Mozaffari, New School, New York, & Ahmad Karimi Hakkak, University of Maryland (Eds)496 PAGES 234 X 156MM 2009978 1 84511 416 9 HARDBACK £35.00978 1 84511 417 6 PAPERBACK £12.99

FORUGH FARROKHZAD, POET OF MODERN IRANExploring her Life and WorksDominic Parviz Brookshaw, University of Manchester and Nasrin Rahimieh, University of California (Eds)296 PAGES 234 X 156MM 2010978184885 155 9 HARDBACK £54.50978184885 156 6 PAPERBACK £16.9916 INTEGRATED B&WI.B.TAURIS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE IRAN HERITAGE

FOUNDATIONINTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL 21

TWELVE DAYS IN PERSIAAcross the Mountains with the Bakhtiari TribeVita Sackville-West144 PAGES 198 X 126MM 978184511 933 1 PAPERBACK £9.9932PP B&W PLATESTAURIS PARKE PAPERBACKS

PASSENGER TO TEHERANVita Sackville-West160 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 84511 343 8 PAPERBACK £11.99TAURIS PARKE PAPERBACKSILLUSTRATED

SADEQ HEDAYATThe Life and Legend of an Iranian WriterHoma Katouzian, University of Oxford320 PAGES 216 X 134MM978 1 86064 413 9 PAPERBACK £14.99

THE BLINDFOLD HORSEMemories of a Persian ChildhoodShusha Guppy256 PAGES 198 X 126MM 978 1 85043 401 6 PAPERBACK £9.99TAURIS PARKE PAPERBACKS

A GIRL IN PARISA Persian Encounter with the WestShusha Guppy296 PAGES 198 X 126MM 978 1 84511 380 3 PAPERBACK £11.99

THE SECRET OF LAUGHTERMagical Tales from Classical PersiaShusha Guppy232 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 84511 695 8 PAPERBACK £9.99TAURIS PARKE PAPERBACKS

FROM A PERSIAN TEA HOUSETravels in Old IranMichael Carroll224 PAGES 198 X 126MM 978 1 84511 500 5 PAPERBACK £9.99ILLUSTRATEDTAURIS PARKE PAPERBACKS

NEW PERSIAN COOKINGA Fresh Approach to the Classic Cuisine of IranJila Dana-Haeri, Shahrzad Ghorashian, Jason Lowe

The subtleties of Persian cuisine and their exciting mix of flavours are totally distinct from other styles of cooking and make it one of the great cuisines of the world. The traditional emphasis on the use of fresh and seasonal ingredients and the importance of a complementary mix of herbs, vegetables, meat, fish, fruit and spices, accords well with the modern desire for healthy eating and a balanced diet. This highly-illustrated cookbook offers an enticing introduction to traditional Persian cuisine through recipes that are accessible to the non-professional cook and are based on ingredients that are readily available in the West. Jila Dana-Haeri has adapted traditional Persian recipes to fit the requirements of today’s modern cooks, demonstrating that Persian food can be made easily anywhere in the world. Featuring beautiful photographs by award-winning food photographer Jason Lowe, this book will be essential for anyone interested in sampling Persian cuisine and expanding their cultural horizons.224 PAGES 248 X 191MM 2011 9781848855861 HARDBACK £20.0035 COLOUR

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THE AGE OF THE PARTHIANSThe Idea of Iran, Vol. 2Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis, British Museum, & Sarah Stewart, SOAS (Eds)

The Parthians are a fascinating but little-known ancient civilization. In the mid-third century BCE a bold and ambitious leader called Arsaces challenged Hellenic rule and led his armies to victory. The dynasty which he founded ruled over what became a mighty empire and restored the glory of Iran following the region’s conquest by Alexander the Great. This imperial eastern superpower, which lasted for 400 years and

stretched from the Hindu Kush to Mesopotamia, withstood the might of Rome for centuries. The Parthians were nomadic horse-warriors who left few written records, concentrating rather on a rich oral and storytelling tradition. What knowledge we have of this remarkable people derives primarily from their coinage, which mixed Hellenism with Persian influences. 176 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 84511 406 0 HARDBACK £52.50THE IDEA OF IRAN SERIES, VOL. 2

THE RISE OF ISLAMThe Idea of Iran, Vol. 4Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis & Sarah Stewart (Eds)

This final volume in the successful series The Idea of Iran addresses the astonishing impact made by Islam during and after the Arab conquest of Iran in the middle of the seventh century. As the Sasanian dynasty crumbled before the invaders’ triumphant onslaught, its state religion of Zoroastrianism was unceremoniously dismantled to make way for the new faith of the victorious desert warriors. Yet why,

if Iran jettisoned its indigenous religion, did it still manage to retain its Persian language and distinctive Iranian identity once Muslim governance took hold? These, and other intriguing questions, are addressed by the book, which includes distinguished contributions from world-renowned scholars such as Hugh Kennedy, Edmund Bosworth, Robert Hillenbrand and Ehsan Yarshater. The volume offers one of the most ambitious perspectives on Persian religion, society and culture to be published to date.128 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 84511 691 0 HARDBACK £39.50THE IDEA OF IRAN SERIES, VOL. 4

THE IDEA OF IRAN SERIESEARLY ISLAMIC IRANThe Idea of Iran, Vol. 5Edmund Herzig and Sarah Stewart, SOAS (Eds)

How did Iran remain distinctively Iranian in the centuries which followed the Arab Conquest? How did it retain its cultural distinctiveness after the displacement of Zoroastrianism – state religion of the Persian empire – by Islam? This latest volume in The Idea of Iran series traces that critical moment in Iranian history which followed the transformation of ancient traditions during the country’s conversion and initial Islamic period. One of the paradoxes of this era is that the establishment throughout the eastern Islamic territories of new Turkish dynasties coincided with the genesis and spread, into Central and South Asia, of vibrant new Persian language and literatures. Exploring the nature of this paradox, separate chapters engage with ideas of kingship, authority and identity and their fascinating expression through the written word, architecture and the visual arts.304 PAGES 234 X 156MM NOVEMBER 2011HARDBACK 9781780760612 £39.50THE IDEA OF IRAN SERIES, VOL. 5

BIRTH OF THE PERSIAN EMPIREThe Idea of Iran, Vol. 1Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis, British Museum, & Sarah Stewart, SOAS (Eds)

Of the great ancient civilizations, that of Persia is the least known and the most enigmatic. This book explores the formation of the first Persian Empire under the Achaemenid Persians. It brings together a multi-disciplinary view of ancient Iran in the first millennium BCE and concentrates on the art, archaeology, history and religion of a geographical area far beyond the present borders of modern Iran in the period

beginning just before the formation of the Persian empire in the middle of the 6th century up to its collapse following conquest by Alexander the Great in the late 4th century BCE.160 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 84511 062 8 HARDBACK £52.50ILLUSTRATEDTHE IDEA OF IRAN SERIES, VOL. 1

THE SASANIAN ERAThe Idea of Iran, Vol. 3Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis, British Museum, & Sarah Stewart, SOAS (Eds)

Seizing power from the previous dynasty – the Parthians – the Sasanians ruled Iran and most of the ancient Near East from 224 until 642 CE. They are particularly fascinating because of their adherence to Zoroastrianism, an ancient dualistic Iranian religion named after the prophet Zarathustra (or, in Greek, Zoroaster). The Sasanians expressed the divine aspect

of their rule in a variety of forms, such as on coins, rock reliefs and silver plates, and architecture and the arts flourished under their aegis. Sasanian military success brought them into conflict with Rome, and later Byzantium. Their empire eventually collapsed under the force of the Arab army in CE 642, when Zoroastrianism was replaced with Islam.192 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 84511 690 3 HARDBACK £39.50THE IDEA OF IRAN SERIES, VOL. 3

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WONDROUS WORDSThe Poetic Mastery of Jalal al-Din RumiLeonard Lewisohn, University of Exeter (Ed.)

Widely admired, translated and commented upon, the works of Jalal al-Din Rumi remain largely unexamined from a literary perspective. Emphasis has been placed on him as a spiritual master, and on his Masnavi (Rumi’s great masterpiece, consisting of Sufi teaching stories given profound mystical interpretations). As a result, the poet has often been concealed from view. Yet there is much to be explored and discovered in the poetic legacy of Rumi’s entire corpus:

his dynamic use of imagery; his mastery of lyrical expression; his creative use of poetic devices; the powerful rhetoric of his narrative structures; and more. This substantial volume, offering contributions from leading scholars of Persian literature and culture, focuses on the poetic art of Rumi and the various ways it interacts with the literary tradition that came before and after him. 360 PAGES 216 X 134MM APRIL 20129781848852709 HARDBACK £45.008PP COLOUR PLATES

THE PHILOSOPHY OF ECSTASYRumi and the Sufi TraditionLeonard Lewisohn (Ed.), Exeter University

The spiritual writings of the great Persian poet Rumi (1207–1273) are often characterised as the supreme expression of Sufism, the fascinating mystical strain that runs through Islamic thought and culture. This important volume brings together international Rumi experts and scholars to explore the ways in which the mysticism of Sufism coloured and shaped Rumi’s passionate poetic philosophy. Ranging from

a comprehensive investigation of the language and spirituality of the Masnavi, Rumi’s greatest literary work, to the intriguing relationship between Rumi’s poetic vision and Christians and Sufis, the volume as a whole offers an indispensable companion to the poetry of the man who, perhaps before all others, can best lay claim to reveal the rich complexity of Persia’s soul.360 PAGES 216 X 134MM APRIL 2012978184885 269 3 HARDBACK £45.00 INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 23

HAFIZ AND HIS CONTEMPORARIESA Study of Fourteenth-century Persian Love PoetryDominic Brookshaw, University of Manchester

Hafiz of Shiraz has long been celebrated by many as the greatest Persian poet within the annals of world literature. During the fourteenth century he was master of the Persian ‘ghazal’ – the pre-eminent genre of love poetry in the Iranian world in its day and which, in the hands of Hafiz, reached the pinnacle of its development and refinement. Dominic Brookshaw here places Hafiz into a broader literary context by comparing his poetry with his two most important contemporaries: ‘Ubayd-i Zakani and the poet-princess, Jahan-Malik Khatun, whose ‘ghazals’ have received insufficient scholarly attention to date. Brookshaw presents here for the first time many previously untranslated ‘ghazals’. This detailed comparison enables a truer picture of the distinct and innovative nature of Hafiz’s poetry to emerge.288 PAGES 234 X 156MM MAY 20129781848851443 HARDBACK £56.50BRITISH INSTITUTE OF PERSIAN STUDIES, VOL. 3

HAFIZ AND THE RELIGION OF LOVE IN CLASSICAL PERSIAN POETRYLeonard Lewisohn (Ed.), Exeter University360 PAGES 234 X 156MM MAY 2010978184885 339 3 HARDBACK £45.00INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIESI.B.TAURIS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE IRAN HERITAGE FOUNDATION

HAFIZ, MASTER OF PERSIAN POETRYA Critical Bibliography in EnglishParvin Loloi400 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 86064 923 3 HARDBACK £65.00

PERSIAN STEELMasterpieces of Iranian ArtJames Allan, University of Oxford140 PAGES 296 X 210MM 978 1 85043 718 5 HARDBACK £42.00ILLUSTRATEDIN ASSOCIATION WITH THE IRAN HERITAGE FOUNDATION

THE ART OF OMAR KHAYYAMIllustrating Fitzgerald’s RubaiyatWilliam H. Martin & Sandra Mason192 AGES 240 X 280MM 978 1 84511 282 0 HARDBACK £52.50300 ILLUSTRATIONS

TWELVE PHOTOGRAPHIC JOURNEYSIran in the 21st Century Anahita Ghabaian & Minou Saberi128 PAGES 236 X 189MM 978 1 85043 719 2 PAPERBACK £18.99

MUHAMMAD JUKI’S SHAHNAMAH OF FIRDAUSIBarbara Brend and A.H. Morton, SOAS208 PAGES 335 X 225MM 2010978 0 85667 672 7 HARDBACK £39.5080 COLOUR ILLUSTRATIONSPHILIP WILSON PUBLISHERS

ATTAR AND THE PERSIAN SUFI TRADITIONThe Art of Spiritual FlightLeonard Lewisohn, University of Exeter, & Christopher Shackle, SOAS (Eds)384 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 84511 148 9 HARDBACK £35.00ILLUSTRATED I.B.TAURIS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE INSTITUTE OF ISMAILI STUDIES

MAKE A SHIELD FROM WISDOMSelected Verses from Nasir-i Khusraw’s DivanAnnemarie Schimmel112 PAGES 216 X 134MM978 1 86064 725 3 PAPERBACK £12.99I.B.TAURIS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE INSTITUTE OF ISMAILI STUDIES

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THE ILKHANID BOOK OF ASCENSIONA Persian-Sunni Prayer ManualChristiane Gruber, Indiana University, Bloomington256 PAGES 234 X 156MM 2010978 1 84511 499 2 HARDBACK £56.0010 COLOUR PLATESBRITISH INSTITUTE OF PERSIAN STUDIES, VOL. 2

TEXTBOOKLOYALTY AND LEADERSHIP IN AN EARLY ISLAMIC SOCIETYRoy P. Mottahedeh, Harvard University224 PAGES 216 X 134MM 978 1 86064 181 7 PAPERBACK £16.99

THE FIRE, THE STAR AND THE CROSSMinority Religions in Medieval and Early Modern IranAptin Khanbaghi, University of Cambridge288 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 84511 056 7 HARDBACK £59.50INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 5

EAGLE’S NESTIsmaili Castles in Iran and SyriaPeter Willey352 PAGES 234 X 156MM978 1 85043 464 1 HARDBACK £25.00ILLUSTRATEDISMAILI HERITAGE SERIES, I.B.TAURIS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE INSTITUTE OF ISMAILI STUDIES

THE ASSASSIN LEGENDSMyths of the Ismailis Farhad Daftary, The Institute of Ismaili Studies224 PAGES 216 X 134MM 978 1 85043 705 5 HARDBACK £59.50978 1 85043 950 9 PAPERBACK £14.99

THE ORNAMENT OF HISTORIES: A HISTORY OF THE EASTERN ISLAMIC LANDS AD 650-1041The Persian Text of Abu Sa‘id ‘Abd al-Hayy GardiziEdmund Bosworth (Trans. and Ed.), University of Exeter192 PAGES 234 X 156MM 20109781848853539 HARDBACK £51.50BRITISH INSTITUTE OF PERSIAN STUDIES SERIES, VOL. 4

HYMNS OF ZOROASTERA New Translation of the Most Ancient Sacred Texts of IranWith Introduction and Commentary by M.L. West, Emeritus Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford200 PAGES 216 X 134MM 20109781848853478 HARDBACK £52.509781848855052 PAPERBACK £14.991 MAP

ZOROASTRIANISMAn IntroductionJenny Rose, Claremont Graduate University288 PAGES 216 X 134MM 20109781848850873 HARDBACK £45.009781848850880 PAPERBACK £14.9930 INTEGRATED B&W, 2 MAPSI.B.TAURIS INTRODUCTIONS TO RELIGION

THE WORLD OF ACHAEMENID PERSIAJohn Curtis and St.John Simpson, British Museum648 PAGES 234 X 156MM 2010978 1 84885 346 1 HARDBACK £59.50I.B.TAURIS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE IRAN HERITAGE FOUNDATION

DECLINE AND FALL OF THE SASANIAN EMPIREThe Sasanian-Parthian Confederacy and the Arab Conquest of IranParvaneh Pourshariati, Ohio State University552 PAGES 234 X 156MM978 1 84511 645 3 HARDBACK £45.00INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 10

SASANIAN PERSIAThe Rise and Fall of an EmpireTouraj Daryaee, University of California256 PAGES 234 X 156MM 9781850438984 HARDBACK £35.00I.B.TAURIS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE IRAN HERITAGE FOUNDATION32 B&W IN 16PP PLATES

TEXTBOOKANCIENT PERSIAJosef Wiesehöfer, University of Kiel352 PAGES 234 X 156MM978 1 85043 999 8 PAPERBACK £14.99ILLUSTRATED IN B&W

THE CYRUS CYLINDERThe Great Persian Edict from BabylonEdited by I.L. Finkel, British Museum

Some historical artefacts are destined forever to alter how the ancient world is perceived. The unearthing in Iraq (in 1879) of a clay cylinder-shaped decree from Cyrus the Great, founder of the Achaemenid dynasty of Persia, stands in the same tradition of game-changing discoveries from antiquity as Hammurabi’s famous law code or the intact tomb of the boy-king Tutankhamun. For the Cyrus Cylinder contains in microcosm the whole history of its period. Inscribed with an account of the conquest of Babylon in 539 BCE by the Persian King, it records an event which launched one of the greatest imperial adventures in history. It describes Cyrus’ capture and deposition of Nabonidus, last native Babylonian ruler (represented by the Cylinder text as an oppressor of his own people) and proclaims the Persian as a liberator. The Cylinder has also been called the world’s first declaration of human rights, setting out the decree by which Cyrus freed the Jews from captivity in Babylon. This important volume is the first to discuss the Cylinder and its remarkable history.160 PAGES 246 X 189MM APRIL 20129781780760636 HARDBACK £35.00

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GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO PERSIAN LITERATUREA History of Persian Literature, Vol. I600 PAGES 225 X 145M AVAILABLE 9781845118860 HARDBACK £59.50

PERSIAN POETRY IN THE CLASSICAL ERA, 800-1500A History of Persian Literature, Vol. II500 PAGES 225 X 145MM MAY 20129781845119034 HARDBACK £59.50

PERSIAN POETRY IN THE CLASSICAL ERA, 800-1500A History of Persian Literature, Vol. III500 PAGES 225 X 145MM MAY 20129781845119041 HARDBACK £59.50

HEROIC EPICA History of Persian Literature, Vol. IV500 PAGES 225 X 145MM APRIL 20149781845119058 HARDBACK £59.50

PERSIAN PROSEA History of Persian Literature, Vol. V500 PAGES 225 X 145MM OCTOBER 20129781845119065 HARDBACK £59.50

RELIGIOUS AND MYSTICAL LITERATUREA History of Persian Literature, Vol. VI500 PAGES 225 X 145MM NOVEMBER 20129781845119072 HARDBACK £59.50

PERSIAN POETRY, 1500-1900A History of Persian Literature, Vol. VII500 PAGES 225 X 145MM JUNE 20139781845119089 HARDBACK £59.50

PERSIAN POETRY FROM OUTSIDE IRAN A History of Persian Literature, Vol. VIII500 PAGES 225 X 145MM MAY 20129781845119096 HARDBACK £59.50

PERSIAN PROSE FROM OUTSIDE IRANA History of Persian Literature, Vol. IX500 PAGES 225 X 145MM MAY 20129781845119102 HARDBACK £59.50

PERSIAN HISTORIOGRAPHY A History of Persian Literature, Vol. X500 PAGES 225 X 145MM OCTOBER 20119781845119119 HARDBACK £59.50

LITERATURE OF THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURYA History of Persian Literature, Vol. XI500 PAGES 225 X 145MM SEPTEMBER 20129781845119126 HARDBACK £59.50

MODERN PERSIAN POETRY, 1940 TO THE PRESENTA History of Persian Literature, Vol. XII500 PAGES 225 X 145MM MAY 2014 9781845119133 HARDBACK £59.50

MODERN FICTION AND DRAMAA History of Persian Literature, Vol. XIII500 PAGES 225 X 145MM DECEMBER 20129781845119140 HARDBACK £59.50

BIOGRAPHIES OF THE POETS AND WRITERS OF THE CLASSICAL PERIODA History of Persian Literature, Vol. XIV500 PAGES 225 X 145MM MARCH 2014 9781845119157 HARDBACK £59.50

BIOGRAPHIES OF THE POETS AND WRITERS OF THE MODERN PERIODA History of Persian Literature, Vol. XV500 PAGES 225 X 145MM MARCH 20149781845119164 HARDBACK £59.50

GENERAL INDEXA History of Persian Literature, Vol. XVI500 PAGES 225 X 145MM DECEMBER 20149781845119171 HARDBACK £59.50

LITERATURE OF PRE-ISLAMIC IRAN: COMPANION VOL IA History of Persian Literature, Vol. XVII552 PAGES 225 X 145MM AVAILABLE9781845118877 HARDBACK £59.50

ORAL LITERATURE OF IRANIAN LANGUAGES: COMPANION VOL IIA History of Persian Literature, Vol. XVIII500 PAGES 225 X 145MM AVAILABLE9781845119188 HARDBACK £59.50

A HISTORY OF PERSIAN LITERATURE Ehsan Yarshater, General Editor, Columbia University

A New History of Persian Literature in 18 Volumes.

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. It has been a source of inspiration for Goethe, Emerson, Matthew Arnold and Jorge Luis Borges among others and praised by William Jones, Tagore, E. M. Forster and many more. Yet whereas Persian art and architecture, and more recently Iranian cinema, have been written about extensively and at different levels for a varied audience, Persian literature has largely remained the exclusive domain of specialists. And although in the past few years the poems of Rumi have attracted the kind of popular attention enjoyed by Omar Khayyam’s quatrains in the 19th century, 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 nation. Prominent scholars in the field bring a fresh critical approach to bear on this important topic and each volume includes representative samples of this literature.

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SAFAVID THINKERSThe Intellectual Creators of Iran’s Renaissance in the early Modern PeriodAndrew Newman, University of Edinburgh

The Safavid era is the key to the emergence of modern Iran. Safavid Iran became a regional superpower, with its reach extending beyond its domains into the Middle East, South Asia and the Eastern Mediterranean. This was the period in which, challenging Ottoman and Mughal power, an Iranian nation state was established, with a defined central government, state sovereignty and settled borders. The Shahs,

especially Shah Abbas, have been credited with Iran’s rise to power but Andrew Newman’s revisionist study demonstrates that the mainspring of Safavid progress was the work of a range of intellectual giants who would dominate the thinking of any era. These iconic figures provided the religious and cultural underpinning of the renaissance of Iran under the Safavids. Their influence has endured to this very day.256 PAGES 234 X 156MM SEPTEMBER 20129781780760841 HARDBACK £49.50

THE PRACTICE OF POLITICS IN SAFAVID IRANPower, Religion and RhetoricColin P. Mitchell, Dalhousie University, Canada

The Safavid dynasty originated as a fledgling apocalyptic mystical movement based in Iranian Azarbaijan, and grew into a large, cosmopolitan Irano-Islamic empire stretching from Baghdad to Herat. Here, Colin P. Mitchell examines how the Safavid state introduced and moulded a unique and vibrant political discourse, reflecting the social and religious heterogeneity of

sixteenth-century Iran. Beginning with the millenarian-minded Shah Isma’il and concluding with the autocrat par excellence, Shah Abbas, Mitchell explores the phenomenon of state-sponsored rhetoric. A thorough investigation of the Safavid state and the significance of rhetoric, power and religion in its functioning, The Practice of Politics in Safavid Iran is indispensable for all those interested in Iranian history and politics and Middle East studies.304 PAGES 228 X 155MM JANUARY 20129781780760964 PAPERBACK £17.99

IRAN AND THE WORLD IN THE SAFAVID AGEWillem Floor and Edmund Herzig, University of Oxford (Eds)

The Safavid era is of special significance in the history of Iran. The age is known for its wealth of contributions to Persian culture and to the arts of the Islamic world, its robust military encounters with its Ottoman and Mughal neighbours and growing contacts with western Europe. But little is known about the social, cultural, commercial and diplomatic relations of

the Safavids with the rest of the world. Iran and the World in the Safavid Age presents the most recent research into Safavid Iran’s foreign relations. It challenges the long-held notion that, with the adoption of Shi’ism, Iranians retreated into relative isolation, suggesting rather that they engaged with the world in unprecedented and exciting ways. With contributions from the leading authorities in the field, Iran and the World in the Safavid Age explores Iran’s relations with other countries and cultures. 672 PAGES 234 X 156MM DECEMBER 20119781850439301 HARDBACK £45.0025 B&W, 25 LINE DRAWINGSI.B.TAURIS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE IRAN HERITAGE FOUNDATIONINTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 2

THE MONETARY HISTORY OF IRANFrom the Safavids to the QajarsRudi Matthee, University of Maryland Willem Floor and Patrick Clawson, Washington Institute for Near East Policy

The monetary history of a country provides important insights into its economic development, as well as its political and social history. This book is the first detailed study of Iran’s monetary history from the advent of the Safavid dynasty in 1501 to the end of Qajar rule in 1925. Using an array of

previously unpublished sources in ten languages, the authors consider the specific monetary conditions in Iran’s modern history, covering the use of ready money and its circulation, the changing conditions of the country’s mints and the role of the state in managing money. Throughout the book, the authors also consider the larger regional and global economic context within which the Iranian economy operated. As the first study of Iran’s monetary history, this book will be essential reading for researchers of Iranian and economic history.320 PAGES 234 X 156MM SEPTEMBER 20129781780760797 HARDBACK £45.00

THE SAFAVID DYNASTIC SHRINEArchitecture, Religion and Power in Early Modern IranKishwar Rizvi, Yale University256 PAGES 234 X 156MM 20109781848853546 HARDBACK £52.5020 B&W INTEGRATED, 16 COLOUR IN 16PP PLATESBRITISH INSTITUTE OF PERSIAN STUDIES, VOL. 5

SHAH ABBASThe Ruthless King Who Became an Iranian LegendDavid Blow288 PAGES 234 X 156MM9781845119898 PAPERBACK £14.998PP B&W PLATES AND 8PP COLOUR PLATES

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PERSIA IN CRISISSafavid Decline and the Fall of IsfahanRudi Matthee, University of Maryland

In this ground-breaking new book Rudi Matthee revisits traditional sources and introduces new ones to take a fresh look at Safavid Iran in the century preceding the fall of Isfahan in 1722. Matthee views Safavid Iran as a network of precarious alliances subject to perpetual negotiation and the society they ruled as an uneasy balance between conflicting forces. An increasingly detached, palace-bound shah; a weakening link between the capital and the outlying provinces; the regime’s neglect of the military and its shortsighted monetary policies combined to exacerbate rather than redress existing problems, leaving the country with a ruler too feeble to hold factionalism and corruption in check and a military unable to defend its borders against outside attack by Ottomans and Afghans. The scene was set for the Crisis of 1722.256 PAGES 234 X 156MM OCTOBER 20119781845117450 HARDBACK £30.00I.B.TAURIS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE IRAN HERITAGE FOUNDATIONINTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 17


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AN ANTHOLOGY OF PHILOSOPHY IN PERSIA, VOL. IVFrom the School of Illumination to Philosophical MysticismS.H. Nasr, George Washington University & M. Aminrazavi, University of Mary Washington (Eds)

The fourth volume of An Anthology of Philosophy in Persia deals with one of the richest and yet least known periods of philosophical life in Persia, the centuries between the 7th/13th century, which saw the eclipse of the school of Khorasan, and the 10th/16th century which coincided with the rise of the Safavids. The main schools dealt with in this volume are the Peripatetic (mashsha’i) School, the School of Illumination (ishraq) of Suhrawardi, and various forms of philosophical Sufism, especially the school of Ibn ‘Arabi, which had its origins in the works of Ghazzali and ‘Ayn al-Qudat Hamadani. This period was also notable for various philosopher-scientists such as Nasir al-Din Tusi and Qutb al-Din Shirazi. 424 PAGES 234 X 156MM APRIL 20129781848857490 HARDBACK £39.50I.B.TAURIS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE INSTITUTE OF ISMAILI STUDIES

AN ANTHOLOGY OF PHILOSOPHY IN PERSIA, VOL. IFrom Zoroaster to Omar KhayyamS.H. Nasr, George Washington University & M. Aminrazavi, University of Mary Washington (Eds)

Volume 1 starts with the Zoroastrian period and extends to the time of Biruni and Oma Khayyam, paying special attenton to the peripatetic school associated with Ibn Sina (Avicenna). During the pre-Islamic period philosophy was intertwined with religion, and it is within Persian religious

texts such as the Gathas, the Denkard, and the Zoroastrian texts of the Bundahisn that philosophical discussions of subjects ranging from metaphysics to cosmology and eschatology are to be found.520 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 84511 541 8 HARDBACK £39.50I.B.TAURIS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE INSTITUTE OF ISMAILI STUDIES

AN ANTHOLOGY OF PHILOSOPHY IN PERSIA, VOL. IIIsmaili Thought in the Classical AgeS.H. Nasr, George Washington University & M. Aminrazavi, University of Mary Washington (Eds)

Volume 2 covers five centuries of Ismaili philosophy, and includes extracts from outstanding Ismaili works including the Rasa’il Ikhwan al-Safa (Treatises of the Brethren of Purity) and the philosophical odes of Nasir Khusraw. It is of great siginificance that, in the early centuries of

Islam, philosophers were influenced by Pythagorean and Hermetic ideas, which are usually associated with Shi’i thought in general and Ismailism in particular. Ismaili philosophy at this time was able to integrate strands of Greco-Alexandrian thought such as Hermeticism and Neo-Pythagoreanism, as well as aspects of Mazdaeism and Manichaeism. It also showed marked interest in Neo-platonism.424 PAGES 234 X 156MM978 1 84511 542 5 HARDBACK £39.50I.B.TAURIS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE INSTITUTE OF ISMAILI STUDIES

AN ANTHOLOGY OF PHILOSOPHY IN PERSIA, VOL. IIIPhilosophical Theology in the Middle AgesS.H. Nasr, George Washington University & M. Aminrazavi, University of Mary Washington (Eds)

The tradition of philosophy in the Persian-speaking world is extraordinarily rich, creative and diverse. This anthology, which is divided into three volumes, aims to communicate something of that richness and diversity.The term ‘philosophy’ is understood to in its widest sense to include theological debate, philosophical Sufism and philosophical hermeneutics (ta’wil). Extending over a period of more than two millennia, and showcasing translations by well-established scholars, the anthology offers full bibliographical references throughout. For anyone interested in exploring, in all their varied manifestations, the fascinating philosophical traditions of Persia, such a wide-ranging and ambitious work will be an indispensable resource.488 PAGES 234 X 156MM 2010978 1 84511 605 7 HARDBACK £39.50I.B.TAURIS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE INSTITUTE OF ISMAILI STUDIES

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THE BAHA’IS OF IRAN, TRANSCASPIA AND THE CAUCASUSVOLUME 1Letters of Russian Officers and OfficialsSoli Shahvar, Gad Gilbar and Boris Morozov (Eds)

Despite growing interest in the Baha’is of Iran, research on the history of this often-persecuted minority community has been limited by the availability of sources. The Baha’is of Iran, Transcaspia and the Caucasus will help to fill this gap by assembling for

the first time original material from Russian archives. Volume 1 of this set showcases letters from the Rozen collection, including those of diplomats, army officers and scholars, candidly revealing the Russian perspective on developments concerning the Baha’is in Iran and Russia. In addition to the complete texts in their original languages, the authors provide both annotated translations and analytical introductions which supply essential background information, thus making this book an invaluable resource for anyone interested in Babi and Baha’i history, the history of religion and minorities, Russo-Persian relations or Qajar Iran.288 PAGES 216 X 134MM NOVEMBER 20119781848853911 HARDBACK £59.50INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 26

THE BAHA’IS OF IRAN, TRANSCASPIA AND THE CAUCASUSVOLUME 2Reports and Correspondence of Russian OfficialsSoli Shahvar, Gad Gilbar and Boris Morozov (Eds)

Volume 2 draws together official reports and correspondence detailing events including the dramatic Babi upheavals and the landmark Ashgabat murder trial. Analytical introductions provide essential

background information to accompany the texts, making this set an invaluable resource for anyone interested in Babi and Baha’i history, the history of religion and minorities, Russo-Persian relations or Qajar Iran.288 PAGES 216 X 134MM NOVEMBER 20119781848853928 HARDBACK £59.50INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 27

PERCEPTIONS OF IRANHistory, Myths and Nationalism from Medieval Persia to the Islamic RepublicAli M Ansari, University of St Andrews

From the Sasanian to the Safavid Empire, and from Qajar Iran to the current Islamic Republic, the history of Iran is one which has been coloured by a rich tradition of myths and narratives and shaped by its wealth of philosophers, cultural theorists and political thinkers. Perceptions of Iran dissects the construction of Iranian identity, to reveal how nationalism has been continually re-formulated and how self-perceptions have been carried by Iran’s literary past, in particular the mystical love poetry of Rumi, Sa’adi and Hafez. It traces a long history of encounters with the Western world and tracks Iranian thought from Herodotus’ representation of Cyrus to the Constitutional Movement of the early twentieth century. This book ties together the diverse threads of Iranian intellectual activity that have underpinned social and political movements, from nineteenth-century discourses on a liberal nationalism to the anti-Westernism of figures such as Sayed Jamal Al-Afghani and Ayatollah Khomeini. 288 PAGES 234 X 156MM JULY 20129781848858305 HARDBACK £56.50

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THE BAHA’IS OF IRAN, TRANSCASPIA AND THE CAUCASUSTWO VOLUME SETSoli Shahvar, Gad Gilbar and Boris Morozov (Eds)288+288 PAGES 216 X 134MM NOVEMBER 20119781848854734 HARDBACK £105.00

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THE SWORD OF PERSIANader Shah, from Tribal Warrior to Conquering TyrantMichael Axworthy, Exeter University368 PAGES 216 X 134MM978 1 84511 982 9 PAPERBACK £14.99ILLUSTRATED

TEXTBOOKSAFAVID PERSIAThe History and Politics of an Islamic SocietyCharles Melville (Ed.), University of Cambridge432 PAGES 234 X 156MM978 1 86064 086 5 PAPERBACK £22.50PEMBROKE PERSIAN PAPERS

CONVERTING PERSIAReligion and Power in the Safavid EmpireRula Abisaab, University of Akron, Ohio256 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 86064 970 7 HARDBACK £59.50INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 1

SLAVES OF THE SHAHNew Elites of Safavid IranSussan Babaie, University of Michigan, Kathryn Babayan, University of Michigan, Ina Baghdiantz-McCabe, Tufts University, & Massumeh Farhad, Smithsonian Institution256 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 86064 721 5 HARDBACK £56.00LIBRARY OF MIDDLE EAST HISTORY, VOL. 3

SAFAVID IRANRebirth of a Persian EmpireAndrew J. Newman, University of Edinburgh296 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 84511 830 3 PAPERBACK £17.99


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FERDOWSI, THE MONGOLS AND IRANIAN HISTORYArt, Literature and Culture from Early Islam to Qajar PersiaRobert Hillenbrand, Edinburgh University, A.C.S Peacock, British Institute, Ankara and Firuza Abdullaeva University of Cambridge (Eds)

Iran’s rich cultural heritage has been shaped over many centuries by its rich and eventful history. This impressive book, which assembles contributions by some of the world’s most eminent historians, art historians and other scholars of the Iranian

world, explores the history of the country through the prism of Persian literature, art and culture. The result is a seminal work which illuminates important, yet largely neglected, aspects of Medieval and Early Modern Iran and the Middle East. Its scope, from the era of the Shahnameh to the period of the Mongols, Timurids, Safavids, Zands and Qajars, examines the interaction between mythology, history, historiography, poetry, painting and craftwork in the long narrative of the Persianate experience. As such, the book will be essential reading and a reference point for students and scholars of Iranian history, Persian literature and the arts of the Islamic World. 352 PAGES 246 X 189MM JULY 20129781780760155 HARDBACK £65.00

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SHI’I ISLAM IN IRANIAN CINEMAReligion and Spirituality in FilmNacim Pak-Shiraz

In recent years there has been a remarkable surge in Iranian films expressing contentious issues which would otherwise be very difficult to discuss publicly inside the Islamic Republic of Iran – such as the role of clergy in Iranian society. Nacim Pak-Shiraz here highlights how many Iranian film directors concern themselves with the content of the religious and historical narratives of

culture and society, sparking debate about the medium’s compatibility or incongruity with religion and spirituality. She explores the various ways that Shi’i discourse emerges on screen, and offers groundbreaking insights into both the role of film in Iranian culture and society, and how it has become a medium for exploring what it means to be Iranian and Muslim after thirty years of Islamic rule. This is invaluable for reading students and scholars of Film Studies and contemporary Iranian cinema, but also of the culture and identity of Iran more widely.288 PAGES 216 X 134MM SEPTEMBER 20119781848855106 HARDBACK £56.50INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF CULTURAL STUDIES, VOL. 17

THE POETICS OF IRANIAN CINEMAAesthetics, Modernity and Film after the RevolutionKhatereh Sheibani, University of Guelph, Canada

In the wake of the Islamic Revolution, Iran experienced not only profound political and social changes, but also underwent a dramatic shift in its cultural and literary discourse. In The Poetics of Iranian Cinema, Khatereh Sheibani argues that Persian poetry, fiction, painting and other art forms

all were influenced by the upheavals of the 1970s and 80s, but that this remarkable cultural revolution is best evidenced in Iranian films. In fact, she holds that film ultimately replaced poetry as the dominant form of cultural expression in Iran. As evidence, she presents a comparative analysis of post-revolutionary Iranian cinema – particularly the work of Abbas Kiarostami and Bahram Bayzai – as an offshoot of Iranian modernity, and explains its connections with the themes present in traditional Persian poetry and conventional visual arts. She thus offers an original contribution to the scholarly literature on Iranian cinema, politics and culture.240 PAGES 234 X 156MM SEPTEMBER 20119781848857414 HARDBACK £54.50INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 33

MAKHMALBAF AT LARGEThe Making of a Rebel FilmmakerHamid Dabashi, Columbia University, New York, Foreword by Mohsen Makhmalbaf272 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 84511 531 9 HARDBACK £51.50978 1 84511 532 6 PAPERBACK £16.99

TEXTBOOKNEW IRANIAN CINEMAPolitics, Representation and IdentityRichard Tapper (Ed.), SOAS304 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 86064 803 8 HARDBACK £59.50978 1 86064 804 5 PAPERBACK £15.9925 B&W HALFTONES

TEXTBOOKIRANIAN CINEMAA Political History Hamid Reza Sadr320 PAGES 222 X 172MM 978 1 84511 146 5 HARDBACK £59.50978 1 84511 147 2 PAPERBACK £16.99INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 7

EPIC OF THE PERSIAN KINGSThe Shahnameh of FerdowsiBarbara Brend and Charles Melville, University of Cambridge (Eds)

Composed more than a millennium ago, the Shahnameh – the great royal book of the Persian court – is a pillar of Persian literature and one of the world’s unchallenged masterpieces. Recounting the history of the Persian people from its mythic origins down to the Islamic conquest in the seventh century, the Shahnameh is the stirring and

beautifully textured story of a proud civilization. But the Shahnameh (or, literally, the ‘Book of Kings’) is much more than a literary masterpiece: it is the wellspring of the modern Persian language, a touchstone for Iranian national consciousness and its illustrations, in manuscripts of different eras, are the inspiration for one of the world’s greatest artistic traditions. Epic of the Persian Kings combines revealing scholarship with stunning, full-colour illustrations from the rich manuscript tradition of the Shahnameh. 256 PAGES 271 X 218MM NOVEMBER 20119781848856561 PAPERBACK £25.00145 COLOUR

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IN THE SHADOW OF THE KINGZill al-Sultan and Isfahan under the QajarsHeidi Walcher, SOAS528 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 85043 434 4 HARDBACK £51.50INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 9

IRAN’S CONSTITUTIONAL REVOLUTIONPopular Politics, Cultural Transformations and Transnational ConnectionsH.E. Chehabi, Boston University and Vanessa Martin, Royal Holloway (Eds)512 PAGES 234 X 156MM JUNE 20109781848854154 HARDBACK £59.5034 INTEGRATED B&WINTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 28I.B.TAURIS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE IRAN HERITAGE

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JEWISH IDENTITIES IN IRANResistance and Conversion to Islam and the Baha’i FaithMehrdad Amanat256 PAGES 216 X 134MM 20109781845118914 HARDBACK £56.50LIBRARY OF MODERN RELIGION, VOL. 9

THE FORGOTTEN SCHOOLSThe Baha’is and Modern Education in Iran, 1899–1934Soli Shahvar, University of Haifa304 PAGES 216 X 134MM 2009978 1 84511 683 5 HARDBACK £59.50INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 11

RELIGION, CULTURE AND POLITICS IN IRANFrom the Qajars to KhomeiniJoanna de Groot320 PAGES 216 X 134MM 978 1 86064 571 6 HARDBACK £59.50

PIVOT OF THE UNIVERSENasir al-Din Shah and the Iranian Monarchy, 1831–1896Abbas Amanat568 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 84511 828 0 PAPERBACK £16.9916 B&W PLATES AND 7 INTEGRATED B&W IMAGES

STATE AND SOCIETY IN IRANThe Eclipse of the Qajars and the Emergence of the PahlavisHoma Katouzian, St Antony’s College, Oxford368 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 84511 272 1 PAPERBACK £17.99LIBRARY OF MODERN MIDDLE EAST STUDIES, VOL. 28

KHANS AND SHAHSA History of the Bakhtiyari Tribe in IranGene R. Garthwaite, Dartmouth College240 PAGES 234 X 156MM 2009978 1 84885 096 5 PAPERBACK £17.99ILLUSTRATED

DIPLOMACY AND MURDER IN TEHRANAlexander Griboyedov and Imperial Russia’s Mission to the Shah of PersiaLaurence Kelly336 PAGES 198 X 126MM 978 1 84511 196 0 PAPERBACK £12.99TAURIS PARKE PAPERBACKS

IRAN: THE CRISIS OF DEMOCRACY1941–1953Fakhreddin Azimi, University of Connecticut448 PAGES 216 X 134MM 2009978 1 86064 980 6 PAPERBACK £16.99

IRAN IN THE 20TH CENTURY Historiography and Political Culture Touraj Atabaki (Ed.), University of Leiden352 PAGES 234 X 156MM 2009978 1 84511 692 1 HARDBACK £54.50INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 20

IRAN AND THE FIRST WORLD WARBattleground of the Great PowersTouraj Atabaki240 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 86064 964 6 HARDBACK £56.50

TEXTBOOKMUSADDIQ AND THE STRUGGLE FOR POWER IN IRANHoma Katouzian328 PAGES 216 X 134MM978 1 86064 290 6 PAPERBACK £16.99

TEXTBOOKREBELS WITH A CAUSEThe Failure of the Left in IranMaziar Behrooz, San Francisco State University264 PAGES 216 X 134MM978 1 86064 630 0 PAPERBACK £16.99ILLUSTRATED

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NEWTHE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF IRAN UNDER THE QAJARSSociety, Politics and Foreign Relations 1799 to 1921Hooshang Amirahmadi, Rutgers University

This book provides a critical analysis of Iran’s economic, social and political development and shows how the path to modernity, far from smooth, was hindered by both internal and international factors. These included a powerful monarchy with little interest in administrative and economic reform, a large aristocracy frequently holding vital provincial governorships and frustrating effective central government and a failure to modernise the civil service, military, banking, finance or communications – the essential infrastructure for economic development. Reformers were marginalised and business suffered. And the all-powerful ulema were a further brake on modernisation. On the international front, the rivalry of Britain and Russia compounded the problems: both acting to control Iran and to further their own interests. Hooshang Amirahmadi reveals the roots of present-day challenges to modernisation and progress. 400 PAGES 234 X 156MM MAY 20129781848856721 HARDBACK £59.50INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 30


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POLITICAL ISLAM IN POST-REVOLUTIONARYIRANShi’i Ideologies in Islamist DiscourseMajid Mohammadi, Glenville State College, West Virginia

The relationship between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Western World is fraught with challenges and tensions. In order to generate the capacity for greater engagement and dialogue, there is a need for the West to better understand the complex ideological developments that

are central to Iran. Majid Mohammadi charts the central concepts and nuances of the ideological map of post-revolutionary Iran, and examines the rise and development of Shi’i Islamism. He recognises that the Islamic Republic of Iran and Iranian political discourse are the outcome of contesting perspectives and ideologies: identity-oriented, socialist, nationalist, authoritarian, Shari’a, scripturalist, mystical, militarist and fascist. This is a comprehensive, comparative contribution to one of today’s most important topics: that of the relationship between Political Islam and the West.288 PAGES 216 X 134MM JULY 20129781848852761 HARDBACK £56.50INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 24

NUCLEAR IRANThe Birth of an Atomic State David Patrikarakos, The Economist

The Iranian nuclear crisis has dominated world politics for almost ten years, with the country now facing increasing diplomatic isolation, talk of strikes against its nuclear facilities and a disastrous Middle East war. Behind the rhetoric from all sides there is little real understanding of Iran’s nuclear strategy, and the history behind it. This ground-breaking book argues that Iran’s nuclear programme and the modern history of the country itself are irretrievably linked;

and only by understanding one can we understand the other. From the programme’s beginnings under the Shah, the book details the central role of the US in the birth of nuclear Iran. The author’s unique access to ‘the father’ of Iran’s nuclear programme, as well as to key scientists under the early Islamic Republic and to senior Iranian and Western negotiators, sheds new light on the uranium enrichment efforts that lie at the heart of global concerns. His insight into the effect of the ‘stuxnet’ virus on Iran’s capabilities makes for particularly fascinating reading. 256 PAGES 234 X 156MM JULY 2012HARDBACK 9781780761251 £24.50

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THE QAJAR PACTBargaining, Protest and the State in Nineteenth-Century PersiaVanessa Martin, Royal Holloway224 PAGES 234 X 156MM978 1 85043 763 5 HARDBACK £59.50INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 4

THE ENGLISH AMONGST THE PERSIANSImperial Lives in Nineteenth-Century IranDenis Wright240 PAGES 234 X 156MM978 1 86064 638 6 PAPERBACK £18.99

THE PERSIANS AMONGST THE ENGLISHEpisodes in Anglo-Persian HistoryDenis Wright288 PAGES 234 X 156MM978 1 85043 002 5 HARDBACK £59.50

FRONTIER FICTIONSShaping the Iranian Nation, 1804-1946Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet328 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 85043 2708 HARDBACK £65.00

MEN OF ORDERAuthoritarian Modernization Under Ataturk and Reza ShahTouraj Atabaki & Erik J. Zurcher, both at University of Leiden (Eds)296 PAGES 216 X 134MM 978 1 86064 426 9 HARDBACK £59.50LIBRARY OF MODERN MIDDLE EAST STUDIES, VOL. 21

IRAN AND THE RISE OF REZA SHAHFrom Qajar Collapse to Pahlavi PowerCyrus Ghani440 PAGES 234 X 156MM978 1 86064 258 6 HARDBACK £56.50978 1 86064 629 4 PAPERBACK £17.99ILLUSTRATED

AZERBAIJANEthnicity and the Struggle for Power in IranTouraj Atabaki256 PAGES 216 X 134MM978 1 86064 554 9 PAPERBACK £17.99

THE STATE AND THE SUBALTERNModernization, Society and the State in Turkey and IranTouraj Atabaki (Ed)272 PAGES 234 X 156 MM978 1 84511 339 1 HARDBACK £57.50

THE SHAH AND IThe Confidential Diary of Iran’s Royal Court, 1968–77Asadollah Alam576 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 84511 372 8 PAPERBACK £14.99

THE PERSIAN SPHINXAmir Abbas Hoveyda and the Riddle of the Iranian RevolutionAbbas Milani400 PAGES 234 X 156MM978 1 85043 328 6 HARDBACK £49.00

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THE ART AND MATERIAL CULTURE OF IRANIAN SHI’ISMIconography and Religious Devotion in Shi’i IslamPedram Khosronejad, University of St Andrews

Shi’i Islam has been the official religion of Iran from the Safavids (1501-1732) to the present day. The Shi’i world experience has provided a rich artistic tradition, encompassing painting, sculpture and the production of artefacts and performance,

which has helped to embed Shi’i identity in Iran as part of its national narrative. In what areas of material culture has Iranian Shi’ism manifested itself through objects or buildings that are unique within the overall culture of Islam? To what extent is the art and architecture of Iran from the Safavid period onwards identifiably Shi’i? What does this say about the relationship of nation, state and faith in Iran? Here, leading experts trace the material heritage of Iranian Shi’ism within each of its political, religious and cultural dimensions.288 PAGES 216 X 134MM NOVEMBER 20119781848851689 HARDBACK £51.5050 INTEGRATED B&W, 8PP COLOUR PLATESI.B.TAURIS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE IRAN HERITAGE FOUNDATIONINTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES , VOL. 29

PERSIAN GARDENS AND PAVILIONSReflections in History, Poetry and the ArtsMohammad Gharipour, University of North Carolina

From Timur’s tent in Samarqand to Shah ‘Abbas’s palace in Isfahan and Humayun’s tomb in Delhi, the pavilion has been an integral part of Persianate gardens since its earliest appearance at the Achaemenid garden in Pasargadae in the sixth century BC. Despite its significance, the pavilion has often been neglected in the study of gardens and the cultural contexts of its

development. This is a gap that Mohammad Gharipour seeks to address, emphasizing pavilions as vibrant and dynamic parts of Persian gardens. Using textual and visual media not only clarifies the significance of gardens and pavilions as cultural icons, but also explains their typological diversity and their spatial, formal, and functional qualities. This book reaches back through Persia’s rich history to explore the material and psychological relationships between human beings, pavilions and gardens, the impact of gardens on political, cultural and social affairs.320 PAGES 246 X 189MM JULY 2012HARDABCK 9781780761213 £56.00

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EARLY PERSIAN PAINTINGKalila wa Dimna Manuscripts of the Late 14th CenturyBernard O’Kane, American University of Cairo336 PAGES 280 X 248MM978 1 86064 852 6 HARDBACK £75.0050 B&W & 91 COLOUR PLATES

PERSIAN PAINTINGFrom the Mongols to the QajarsRobert Hillenbrand (ed.)336 PAGES 280 X 248MM978 1 85043 659 1 HARDBACK £75.00

FROM IRAN TO HOLLYWOOD AND SOME PLACES IN-BETWEENReframing Post-Revolutionary Iranian CinemaChristopher Gow, University of Glasgow

The rise in popularity of the New Iranian Cinema has been a fascinating success story and critics have hailed Iranian films as alternatives to the global influence of mainstream Hollywood cinema. Drawing on seminal ideas of ‘art cinema’, Christopher Gow examines how the success of this cinema and the films of Abbas Kiarostami,

its foremost proponent, can be accounted for by the extent to which they fit into a pre-established notion of art cinema. Gow also seeks to expand understanding of post-revolutionary Iranian cinema by examining the links between the New Iranian Cinema and émigré Iranian filmmaking from the uncompromising German films of Sohrab Saless, to Vadim Perlman’s exploration of the Iranian experience of exile in the Oscar-nominated House of Sand and Fog. He reveals how this large and dispersed émigré Iranian cinema challenges our understanding of New Iranian Cinema itself and of national cinema in general.256 PAGES 234 X 156MM JULY 20119781848855267 HARDBACK £51.509781848855274 PAPERBACK £17.99

WAR IN IRANIAN CINEMAReligion, Martyrdom and National IdentityPedram Khosronejad (Ed.), University of St Andrews

While the cinema of post-revolutionary Iran is internationally acknowledged, the world outside Iran has been ignorant of the Iranian war films that are the subject of this pioneering book. A massive production of over 50 Iranian feature films concentrating primarily on fighting and military operations have appeared since the 1980s with the beginning of the war between Iran and Iraq. This book presents a detailed exploration

of the Sacred Defence Cinema, established by Seyed Morteza Avini, a cinema that directly connects this specific war to the faith and religious belief of volunteer guardians of the revolution. The main objective of Sacred Defence Cinema is martrydom. As the distinguished film scholar Hamid Dabashi writes in his Introduction to the book: ‘If national cinemas are predicated on national traumas, in the volume that Pedram Khosronejad has put together we are at the heart of the heart of Iranian cinema’.256 PAGES 234 X 156MM JULY 20129781848852853 HARDBACK £54.50I.B.TAURIS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE IRAN HERITAGE FOUNDATION

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KHATAMI’S IRANThe Islamic Republic and the Turbulent Path to ReformGhoncheh Tazmini

When Mohammed Khatami stormed to his 1997 election victory in a landslide result, the world waited anxiously for the reforms and radical changes that he would bring to the Iranian Presidency. By the end of his term in 2005, general disillusion had spread among his supporters. But when in early 2009 Khatami again announced his candidacy for the Presidency, he was

greeted with massive enthusiasm and support. The Ahmadinejad period of the previous four years had dramatically restored the fortunes of this mild-mannered, cerebral cleric who sought to bring Iran into the twenty-first century, end its international isolation, mend relations with the US and take its place as the leading regional power. But who is this enigmatic cleric, so little known in the West, whose grasp of Iran’s realities seems so much firmer than that of many of the secular figures around him? This book for the first time reveals the background, formation and thinking of a man who may yet change the face of politics in the Middle East.240 PAGES 216 X 134MM MARCH 20129781848851825 PAPERBACK £14.99

THE IRAN CONNECTIONUnderstanding the Alliance with Syria, Hizbullah and HamasAmal Saad Ghorayeb

As Iran’s suspected nuclear ambitions place it on an apparent collision course with the western powers and the Arab Gulf states, understanding its regional alliances takes on a huge strategic importance. The Lebanese group Hizbullah, the Palestinian group Hamas and Bashar al Asad’s Syria are all critical players in the Arab-Israeli conflict, and the puzzle of their relationship to their Iranian allies has confounded diplomats for

many years. Would Hizbullah start a war on Israel’s northern border in the event of an Israeli air-strike on Iran? Can Syria be prised from the alliance? How will Hamas’s negotiating position evolve? Drawing on her unique access to decision-makers in Lebanon, Tehran and Damascus, Amal Saad Ghorayeb unpicks this unusual strategic bloc of secularists and Islamists, Arabs and Iranians, Sunni and Shia, and seeks to provide a rigorous analysis of its mechanics. The Iran Connection is essential reading for anyone looking to understand the real dynamics of today’s Middle East.256 PAGES 234 X 156MM AUGUST 20129781848857407 HARDBACK £29.95

MODERNITY AND THE STATELESSThe Kurdish Question in IranAbbas Vali, University of Bogazici

The Kurds are the largest stateless nation in the world. They live under the jurisdiction of four sovereign states – Iran, Iraq, Turkey and Syria – which deny their national identity and suppress its political and cultural manifestations. The diversity that springs from this division has deprived

the Kurds of ideological cohesion and political unity. Offering a wealth of new information on the history and politics of Kurdish nationalism, this book also looks at the wider issues of stateless nations, their identities, rights and obligations and the problems such nations pose for normative political theory which presupposes the framework of the modern nation state.256 PAGES 216 X 134MM DECEMBER 20129781860640506 HARDBACK £39.50LIBRARY OF MODERN MIDDLE EAST STUDIES, VOL. 26

UNDERSTANDING IRANFrom Ancient Times to the Islamic RepublicWilliam Beeman, University of Minnesota

In this riveting book, William Beeman pries open the complex and multifaceted society that makes up Iran. Sweeping through its history, Beeman seeks to show how Iranian identity has been forged. Although Iran has been profoundly influenced by the experience of many invasions, its natural identity is firmly anchored in its deeply subtle literary and artistic heritage

producing the most ethnically diverse yet culturally united country in the Middle East. Iran’s national epic, the ‘Book of Kings’, is one of the gems of world literature with flawed heroes and sympathetic foes striding through its verses. This poetic ambiguity is felt in every aspect of Iranian social and political life today. Thoughtful and informative, Beeman’s book explains this dazzling and much misunderstood country with a verve and in a style which make it a pleasure to read.224 PAGES 216 X 134MM FEBRUARY 20139781845119690 PAPERBACK £9.99

KURDS AND THE STATE IN IRANThe Making of Kurdish IdentityAbbas Vali, Bogaziçi Universiti, Istabul

In early 1946, Kurds declared an independent republic in north-west Iran. The Mahabad Republic, as it became known, was the first time that the Kurds experienced self-rule in the modern era. Although short-lived, the Republic had a formative influence on the subsequent development of Kurdish nationalist movements in Iran and the wider region. Here, Abbas Vali disputes the conventional view that the Kurdish Republic

was the result of a Soviet conspiracy to dismember Iran, a side-effect of the Cold War. Instead he emphasizes the diversity of the internal Iranian and Kurdish factors that led to the formation of the Republic, arguing that the Republic represents the culmination of a new and modern Kurdish national identity. This was an identity which emerged in response to the exclusionary effects of the political and discursive processes and practices of the construction of a modern Iranian nation-state and national identity since the Constitutional Revolution of 1906. 224 PAGES 216 X 134MM SEPTEMBER 20119781848857889 HARDBACK £49.50INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 36

GERMAN FOREIGN POLICY TOWARDS IRAN BEFORE WORLD WAR II Political Relations, Economic Influence and the National Bank of PersiaRashid Khatib-Shahidi, University of Oxford

Early twentieth century Iran had been dominated by the competing influences of the two great imperial powers of the time – Russia and Britain. But an emergent, highly industrialised and assertive Germany in the 1930s became an attractive ally through which Iran could cut loose from domination by Britain and the Soviet Union, allowing it to seek modernity outside the constraints of old imperial interests. It was the National Bank of Persia, established in 1927 under German management, and with Kurt Lindenblatt as its governor, that was to be the vehicle for Germany’s economic expansion into Persia. But this was a relationship that came to an abrupt end with the Allied invasion of Iran in 1941. Contents:Introduction; Persia, The International Environment and Germany’s Commerical Approach; German Policy towards Persia; development of German Relations with Persia and its National Bank; Trial for German Policy towards Persia and the National Bank; The controversy surrounding the National Bank and the end of the Taimurtash Era; The Lindenblatt Affair and the National Bank; Germany’s Re-established Influence in Persia; Summary and Conclusion.288 PAGES 216 X 134MM JUNE 20129781848853249 HARDBACK £39.50

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NEWISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE IN IRANPoststructural Theory and the Architectural History of Iranian MosquesSaeid Khaghani, University of Manchester

The architecture of the Islamic world is predominantly considered in terms of a division between ‘tradition’ and ‘modernity’ – a division which, Saeid Khaghani here argues, has shaped and limited the narrative applied to this architecture. Khaghani introduces and reconsiders the mosques of eighth- to fifteenth-century Iran in terms of poststructural theory and developments in historiography in order to develop a brand new dialectical framework. By presenting a new way of thinking about and discussing Islamic architecture, this will be valuable reading for all interested in the study of the art, architecture and material culture of the Islamic world.288 PAGES 234 X 156MM NOVEMBER 20119781848857292 HARDBACK £59.5016PP COLOUR PLATES, 8 INTEGRATED B&WINTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 4

BECOMING VISIBLE IN IRANWomen in Contemporary Iranian SocietyMehri Honarbin-Holliday, Canterbury Christ Church University

Becoming Visible in Iran disputes the widespread stereotypes about Muslim women prevalent in the West, providing a vivid account of young women in contemporary Iran. Beginning at home, women are infusing dramatic change by challenging the patriarchal conceptions of their fathers, brothers, uncles and others within the intimate sphere of family and home. Empowered by education, they transport the power of their minds and being from the domestic to the public and political. Through detailed interviews and striking narratives, Mehri Honarbin-Holliday presents the experiences of these young women who wield a key if indirect political influence on the seemingly male dominated politics of this society, as they achieve a new visibility. 224 PAGES 216 X 134MM MAY 2012PAPERBACK 9781780760865 £14.9915 B&W INTEGRATEDINTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 14

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TEXTBOOKFAITH AND FREEDOMWomen’s Human Rights in the Muslim WorldMahnaz Afkhami (Ed.)256 PAGES 216 X 134MM978 1 86064 008 7 PAPERBACK £14.99

ISLAM AND GENDERThe Religious Debate in Contemporary IranZiba Mir-Hosseini, SOAS344 PAGES 234 X 156MM978 1 85043 268 5 HARDBACK £59.50978 1 85043 269 2 PAPERBACK £16.99

MARRIAGE ON TRIALIslamic Law in Iran and MoroccoZiba Mir-Hosseini264 PAGES 216 X 134MM978 1 86064 608 9 PAPERBACK £15.99

TRIBESWOMEN OF IRANWeaving Memories among Qashqa’i NomadsJulia Huang288 PAGES 216 X 134MM 978 1 84511 832 7 HARDBACK £59.50


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TEXTBOOKRELIGION AND POLITICS IN MODERN IRANA ReaderLloyd Ridgeon, University of Glasgow296 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 84511 073 4 HARDBACK £65.00978 1 84511 072 7 PAPERBACK £15.99INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 3

APOCALYPTIC ISLAM AND IRANIAN SHI’ISMAbbas Amanat, Yale University304 PAGES 216 X 134MM 978 1 84511 124 3 HARDBACK £59.50978 1 84511 981 2 PAPERBACK £16.99

MODERN ISLAMIC POLITICAL THOUGHTHamid Enayat, Foreword by Roy Mottahedeh240 PAGES 216 X 134MM 978 1 85043 465 8 HARDBACK £56.00 978 1 85043 466 5 PAPERBACK £15.99

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POLITICS OF CONFRONTATIONThe Foreign Policy of the USA and Revolutionary IranBabak Ganji

Provocation is the key theme in the antagonistic relationship between the US and post-revolution Iran. The two nations are the source of a growing tension felt around the globe. Politics of Confrontation is a penetrating critique of international relations theory within the historical framework of US-Iranian relations from the early reign of the Shah to the revolution

under the Ayatollah Khomeini, with particular emphasis on the final years during the Carter administration. This thorough examination provides the first in-depth look at US documents seized from the American Embassy by revolutionary students during the infamous hostage crisis. Babak Ganji’s findings are an essential addition to the discourse of foreign policy theorists as well as being invaluable for historians of the US, Iran and the Cold War.328 PAGES 234 X 156MM NOVEMBER 20119781848859647 PAPERBACK £25.00

CULTURAL REVOLUTION IN IRANContemporary Popular Culture in the Islamic RepublicAnnabelle Sreberny & Massoumeh Torfeh (Eds) both at SOAS

The Islamic Republic of Iran has entered its fourth decade, and the values and legacy of the Revolution it was founded upon continue to have profound and contradictory consequences for Iranian life. Despite the repressive power of the current regime the immense creativity of popular cultural practices, which negotiate and resist the system, is a potent and dynamic force. This book draws on the expertise and experience of

Iranian and international academics and activists to address diverse areas of social and cultural innovation that are driving change and progress. While religious conservatism remains the creed of the establishment, this volume uncovers an underground world of new technology, communication, media and entertainment that speaks both to women seeking a greater public role and to a restless younger generation that organises and engages with global trends online.288 PAGES 216 X 134MM JUNE 20129781780760896 HARDBACK £56.50

ARAB-IRANIAN RIVALRY IN THE PERSIAN GULFTerritorial Disputes and the Balance of Power in the Middle EastFarzad Cyrus Sharifi,Kings College London

Iranian ambitions in the Persian Gulf and rivalries with Arab neighbours are subject to intense – and heated – speculation, controversy and debate. Here, Farzad Cyrus Sharifi scrutinises the rival Arab-Iranian claims to Bahrain, the Shatt al-Arab waterway, and the Abu Musa and Tunbs islands in the years after World War II and before the Iranian revolution. Through investigation of previously unexamined primary materials and interviews with leading players, this book sheds new light on the evolution and dynamics of hegemonic and nationalistic Arab-Iranian rivalries and how these rivalries began to find symbolic expression through territorial disputes. Sharifi illustrates that these ongoing disputes – and the deep-seated 320 PAGES 216 X 134MM APRIL 20129781848858220 HARDBACK £59.5011 B&W INTEGRATED, 1 MAPLIBRARY OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, VOL. 62

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CHRISTIAN ENCOUNTERS WITH IRANEngaging Muslim Thinkers after the RevolutionSasan Tavassoli272 PAGES 216 X 134MM 20119781845117610 HARDBACK £59.50INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 19

BLOGISTANThe Internet and Politics in IranAnnabelle Sreberny, SOAS and Gholam Khiabany, University of Westminster 240 PAGES 216 X 134MM 20109781845116064 HARDBACK £56.009781845116071 PAPERBACK £14.99INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 18

KHOMEINILife of the AyatollahBaqer Moin, Former head of BBC’s Persian Service352 PAGES 234 X 156MM 2009978 1 84511 790 0 PAPERBACK £16.99

AHMADINEJADThe Secret History of Iran’s Radical LeaderKasra Naji304 PAGES 216 X 134MM 978 1 84511 636 1 PAPERBACK £12.99

KHATAMI AND GORBACHEVPolitics of Change in the Islamic Republic of Iran and the USSRZhand Shakibi, LSE400 PAGES 216 X 134MM 2010978 1 8488 5 139 9 HARDBACK £65.00INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF POLITICAL STUDIES, VOL. 38

IRAN AND THE RISE OF ITS NEOCONSERVATIVESThe Politics of Tehran’s Silent RevolutionAnoush Ehteshami & Mahjoob Zweiri, both at the University of Durham240 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 84511 388 9 HARDBACK £25.00

SYRIA AND IRANDiplomatic Alliance and Power Politics in the Middle EastJubin Goodarzi, Webster University, Geneva376 PAGES 216 X 134MM 978 1 84511 997 3 PAPERBACK £16.99LIBRARY OF MODERN MIDDLE EAST STUDIES, VOL. 55

ISLAM AND DISSENT IN POSTREVOLUTIONARY IRANAbdolkarim Soroush, Religious Politics and Democratic ReformBehrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi320 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 84511 879 2 HARDBACK £65.00978 1 84511 880 8 PAPERBACK £17.99

THE CONSTITUTION OF IRANPolitics and the State in the Islamic RepublicAsghar Schirazi336 PAGES 234 X 156MM978 1 86064 253 1 PAPERBACK £19.99

IRAN OILThe New Middle East Challenge to AmericaRoger Howard, New Statesman200 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 84511 249 3 HARDBACK £20.00

TEXTBOOKTROUBLED WATERS The Geopolitics of the Caspian RegionR. Hrair Dekmejian & Hovann H. Simonian, both at the University of Southern California280 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 86064 922 6 PAPERBACK £18.99

DISTANT RELATIONSIran and Lebanon in the Last 500 YearsH.E. Chehabi, Boston University560 PAGES 216 X 134MM 978 1 86064 561 7 HARDBACK £47.50978 1 84511 255 4 PAPERBACK £16.99I.B.TAURIS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE CENTRE FOR LEBANESE STUDIES, OXFORD

ISLAM AND DEMOCRACY IN IRANEshkevari and the Quest for ReformZiba Mir-Hosseini, SOAS & Richard Tapper, University of London208 PAGES 216 X 134MM 978 1 84511 133 5 HARDBACK £59.50978 1 84511 134 2 PAPERBACK £16.99LIBRARY OF MODERN MIDDLE EAST STUDIES, VOL. 54

IRAN’S ECONOMY UNDER THE ISLAMIC REPUBLICJahangir Amuzegar416 PAGES 216 X 134MM978 1 86064 104 6 PAPERBACK £18.99

REVOLUTIONARY IDEOLOGY AND ISLAMIC MILITANCYThe Iranian Revolution and Interpretations of the QuranNajibullah Lafraie288 PAGES 2134 X 216MM9781845110635 HARDBACK £59.50INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 13

TRADE, INDUSTRIALIZATION AND THE FIRM IN IRANThe Impact of Government Policy on BusinessJavad Amid and Amjad Hadjikhani304 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 85043 681 2 HARDBACK £65.00

SANCTIONING IRANAnatomy of a Failed PolicyHossein Alikhani448 PAGES 234 X 156MM978 1 86064 626 3 HARDBACK £65.00

THE ECONOMY OF IRANThe Dilema of an Islamic StateParvin Alizadeh (Ed.)313 PAGES 216 X 134MM978 1 86064 464 1 HARDBACK £59.50

IRAN, SAUDI ARABIA AND THE GULFPower Politics in Transition Faisal bin Salman al-Saud200 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 86064 881 6 HARDBACK £52.50

THE PRIEST AND THE KINGAn Eyewitness Account of the Iranian RevolutionDesmond Harney224 PAGES 216 X 134MM978 1 86064 319 4 HARDBACK £49.00978 1 86064 374 3 PAPERBACK £14.99

TEXTBOOKAN ISLAMIC UTOPIANA Political Biography of Ali Shari’atiAli Rahnema, American University of Paris432 PAGES 234 X 156MM978 1 86064 552 5 PAPERBACK £17.99

TEXTBOOKCREATING AN ISLAMIC STATEKhomeini and the Making of a New IranVanessa Martin, Royal Holloway272 PAGES 216 X 134MM 978 1 86064 900 4 PAPERBACK £15.99

FROM PALACE TO PRISONInside the Iranian RevolutionEhsan Naraghi392 PAGES 234 X 156MM978 1 85043 7048 PAPERBACK £49.00

RELIGION AND WAR IN REVOLUTIONARY IRANSaskia Gieling216 PAGES 216 X 134MM978 1 86064 407 8 HARDBACK £59.50


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POLITICS AND CONTEMPORARY IRAN POLITICS AND CONTEMPORARY IRAN

POLITICS OF CONFRONTATIONThe Foreign Policy of the USA and Revolutionary IranBabak Ganji

Provocation is the key theme in the antagonistic relationship between the US and post-revolution Iran. The two nations are the source of a growing tension felt around the globe. Politics of Confrontation is a penetrating critique of international relations theory within the historical framework of US-Iranian relations from the early reign of the Shah to the revolution

under the Ayatollah Khomeini, with particular emphasis on the final years during the Carter administration. This thorough examination provides the first in-depth look at US documents seized from the American Embassy by revolutionary students during the infamous hostage crisis. Babak Ganji’s findings are an essential addition to the discourse of foreign policy theorists as well as being invaluable for historians of the US, Iran and the Cold War.328 PAGES 234 X 156MM NOVEMBER 20119781848859647 PAPERBACK £25.00

CULTURAL REVOLUTION IN IRANContemporary Popular Culture in the Islamic RepublicAnnabelle Sreberny & Massoumeh Torfeh (Eds) both at SOAS

The Islamic Republic of Iran has entered its fourth decade, and the values and legacy of the Revolution it was founded upon continue to have profound and contradictory consequences for Iranian life. Despite the repressive power of the current regime the immense creativity of popular cultural practices, which negotiate and resist the system, is a potent and dynamic force. This book draws on the expertise and experience of

Iranian and international academics and activists to address diverse areas of social and cultural innovation that are driving change and progress. While religious conservatism remains the creed of the establishment, this volume uncovers an underground world of new technology, communication, media and entertainment that speaks both to women seeking a greater public role and to a restless younger generation that organises and engages with global trends online.288 PAGES 216 X 134MM JUNE 20129781780760896 HARDBACK £56.50

ARAB-IRANIAN RIVALRY IN THE PERSIAN GULFTerritorial Disputes and the Balance of Power in the Middle EastFarzad Cyrus Sharifi,Kings College London

Iranian ambitions in the Persian Gulf and rivalries with Arab neighbours are subject to intense – and heated – speculation, controversy and debate. Here, Farzad Cyrus Sharifi scrutinises the rival Arab-Iranian claims to Bahrain, the Shatt al-Arab waterway, and the Abu Musa and Tunbs islands in the years after World War II and before the Iranian revolution. Through investigation of previously unexamined primary materials and interviews with leading players, this book sheds new light on the evolution and dynamics of hegemonic and nationalistic Arab-Iranian rivalries and how these rivalries began to find symbolic expression through territorial disputes. Sharifi illustrates that these ongoing disputes – and the deep-seated 320 PAGES 216 X 134MM APRIL 20129781848858220 HARDBACK £59.5011 B&W INTEGRATED, 1 MAPLIBRARY OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, VOL. 62

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CHRISTIAN ENCOUNTERS WITH IRANEngaging Muslim Thinkers after the RevolutionSasan Tavassoli272 PAGES 216 X 134MM 20119781845117610 HARDBACK £59.50INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 19

BLOGISTANThe Internet and Politics in IranAnnabelle Sreberny, SOAS and Gholam Khiabany, University of Westminster 240 PAGES 216 X 134MM 20109781845116064 HARDBACK £56.009781845116071 PAPERBACK £14.99INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 18

KHOMEINILife of the AyatollahBaqer Moin, Former head of BBC’s Persian Service352 PAGES 234 X 156MM 2009978 1 84511 790 0 PAPERBACK £16.99

AHMADINEJADThe Secret History of Iran’s Radical LeaderKasra Naji304 PAGES 216 X 134MM 978 1 84511 636 1 PAPERBACK £12.99

KHATAMI AND GORBACHEVPolitics of Change in the Islamic Republic of Iran and the USSRZhand Shakibi, LSE400 PAGES 216 X 134MM 2010978 1 8488 5 139 9 HARDBACK £65.00INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF POLITICAL STUDIES, VOL. 38

IRAN AND THE RISE OF ITS NEOCONSERVATIVESThe Politics of Tehran’s Silent RevolutionAnoush Ehteshami & Mahjoob Zweiri, both at the University of Durham240 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 84511 388 9 HARDBACK £25.00

SYRIA AND IRANDiplomatic Alliance and Power Politics in the Middle EastJubin Goodarzi, Webster University, Geneva376 PAGES 216 X 134MM 978 1 84511 997 3 PAPERBACK £16.99LIBRARY OF MODERN MIDDLE EAST STUDIES, VOL. 55

ISLAM AND DISSENT IN POSTREVOLUTIONARY IRANAbdolkarim Soroush, Religious Politics and Democratic ReformBehrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi320 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 84511 879 2 HARDBACK £65.00978 1 84511 880 8 PAPERBACK £17.99

THE CONSTITUTION OF IRANPolitics and the State in the Islamic RepublicAsghar Schirazi336 PAGES 234 X 156MM978 1 86064 253 1 PAPERBACK £19.99

IRAN OILThe New Middle East Challenge to AmericaRoger Howard, New Statesman200 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 84511 249 3 HARDBACK £20.00

TEXTBOOKTROUBLED WATERS The Geopolitics of the Caspian RegionR. Hrair Dekmejian & Hovann H. Simonian, both at the University of Southern California280 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 86064 922 6 PAPERBACK £18.99

DISTANT RELATIONSIran and Lebanon in the Last 500 YearsH.E. Chehabi, Boston University560 PAGES 216 X 134MM 978 1 86064 561 7 HARDBACK £47.50978 1 84511 255 4 PAPERBACK £16.99I.B.TAURIS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE CENTRE FOR LEBANESE STUDIES, OXFORD

ISLAM AND DEMOCRACY IN IRANEshkevari and the Quest for ReformZiba Mir-Hosseini, SOAS & Richard Tapper, University of London208 PAGES 216 X 134MM 978 1 84511 133 5 HARDBACK £59.50978 1 84511 134 2 PAPERBACK £16.99LIBRARY OF MODERN MIDDLE EAST STUDIES, VOL. 54

IRAN’S ECONOMY UNDER THE ISLAMIC REPUBLICJahangir Amuzegar416 PAGES 216 X 134MM978 1 86064 104 6 PAPERBACK £18.99

REVOLUTIONARY IDEOLOGY AND ISLAMIC MILITANCYThe Iranian Revolution and Interpretations of the QuranNajibullah Lafraie288 PAGES 2134 X 216MM9781845110635 HARDBACK £59.50INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 13

TRADE, INDUSTRIALIZATION AND THE FIRM IN IRANThe Impact of Government Policy on BusinessJavad Amid and Amjad Hadjikhani304 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 85043 681 2 HARDBACK £65.00

SANCTIONING IRANAnatomy of a Failed PolicyHossein Alikhani448 PAGES 234 X 156MM978 1 86064 626 3 HARDBACK £65.00

THE ECONOMY OF IRANThe Dilema of an Islamic StateParvin Alizadeh (Ed.)313 PAGES 216 X 134MM978 1 86064 464 1 HARDBACK £59.50

IRAN, SAUDI ARABIA AND THE GULFPower Politics in Transition Faisal bin Salman al-Saud200 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 86064 881 6 HARDBACK £52.50

THE PRIEST AND THE KINGAn Eyewitness Account of the Iranian RevolutionDesmond Harney224 PAGES 216 X 134MM978 1 86064 319 4 HARDBACK £49.00978 1 86064 374 3 PAPERBACK £14.99

TEXTBOOKAN ISLAMIC UTOPIANA Political Biography of Ali Shari’atiAli Rahnema, American University of Paris432 PAGES 234 X 156MM978 1 86064 552 5 PAPERBACK £17.99

TEXTBOOKCREATING AN ISLAMIC STATEKhomeini and the Making of a New IranVanessa Martin, Royal Holloway272 PAGES 216 X 134MM 978 1 86064 900 4 PAPERBACK £15.99

FROM PALACE TO PRISONInside the Iranian RevolutionEhsan Naraghi392 PAGES 234 X 156MM978 1 85043 7048 PAPERBACK £49.00

RELIGION AND WAR IN REVOLUTIONARY IRANSaskia Gieling216 PAGES 216 X 134MM978 1 86064 407 8 HARDBACK £59.50


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KHATAMI’S IRANThe Islamic Republic and the Turbulent Path to ReformGhoncheh Tazmini

When Mohammed Khatami stormed to his 1997 election victory in a landslide result, the world waited anxiously for the reforms and radical changes that he would bring to the Iranian Presidency. By the end of his term in 2005, general disillusion had spread among his supporters. But when in early 2009 Khatami again announced his candidacy for the Presidency, he was

greeted with massive enthusiasm and support. The Ahmadinejad period of the previous four years had dramatically restored the fortunes of this mild-mannered, cerebral cleric who sought to bring Iran into the twenty-first century, end its international isolation, mend relations with the US and take its place as the leading regional power. But who is this enigmatic cleric, so little known in the West, whose grasp of Iran’s realities seems so much firmer than that of many of the secular figures around him? This book for the first time reveals the background, formation and thinking of a man who may yet change the face of politics in the Middle East.240 PAGES 216 X 134MM MARCH 20129781848851825 PAPERBACK £14.99

THE IRAN CONNECTIONUnderstanding the Alliance with Syria, Hizbullah and HamasAmal Saad Ghorayeb

As Iran’s suspected nuclear ambitions place it on an apparent collision course with the western powers and the Arab Gulf states, understanding its regional alliances takes on a huge strategic importance. The Lebanese group Hizbullah, the Palestinian group Hamas and Bashar al Asad’s Syria are all critical players in the Arab-Israeli conflict, and the puzzle of their relationship to their Iranian allies has confounded diplomats for

many years. Would Hizbullah start a war on Israel’s northern border in the event of an Israeli air-strike on Iran? Can Syria be prised from the alliance? How will Hamas’s negotiating position evolve? Drawing on her unique access to decision-makers in Lebanon, Tehran and Damascus, Amal Saad Ghorayeb unpicks this unusual strategic bloc of secularists and Islamists, Arabs and Iranians, Sunni and Shia, and seeks to provide a rigorous analysis of its mechanics. The Iran Connection is essential reading for anyone looking to understand the real dynamics of today’s Middle East.256 PAGES 234 X 156MM AUGUST 20129781848857407 HARDBACK £29.95

MODERNITY AND THE STATELESSThe Kurdish Question in IranAbbas Vali, University of Bogazici

The Kurds are the largest stateless nation in the world. They live under the jurisdiction of four sovereign states – Iran, Iraq, Turkey and Syria – which deny their national identity and suppress its political and cultural manifestations. The diversity that springs from this division has deprived

the Kurds of ideological cohesion and political unity. Offering a wealth of new information on the history and politics of Kurdish nationalism, this book also looks at the wider issues of stateless nations, their identities, rights and obligations and the problems such nations pose for normative political theory which presupposes the framework of the modern nation state.256 PAGES 216 X 134MM DECEMBER 20129781860640506 HARDBACK £39.50LIBRARY OF MODERN MIDDLE EAST STUDIES, VOL. 26

UNDERSTANDING IRANFrom Ancient Times to the Islamic RepublicWilliam Beeman, University of Minnesota

In this riveting book, William Beeman pries open the complex and multifaceted society that makes up Iran. Sweeping through its history, Beeman seeks to show how Iranian identity has been forged. Although Iran has been profoundly influenced by the experience of many invasions, its natural identity is firmly anchored in its deeply subtle literary and artistic heritage

producing the most ethnically diverse yet culturally united country in the Middle East. Iran’s national epic, the ‘Book of Kings’, is one of the gems of world literature with flawed heroes and sympathetic foes striding through its verses. This poetic ambiguity is felt in every aspect of Iranian social and political life today. Thoughtful and informative, Beeman’s book explains this dazzling and much misunderstood country with a verve and in a style which make it a pleasure to read.224 PAGES 216 X 134MM FEBRUARY 20139781845119690 PAPERBACK £9.99

KURDS AND THE STATE IN IRANThe Making of Kurdish IdentityAbbas Vali, Bogaziçi Universiti, Istabul

In early 1946, Kurds declared an independent republic in north-west Iran. The Mahabad Republic, as it became known, was the first time that the Kurds experienced self-rule in the modern era. Although short-lived, the Republic had a formative influence on the subsequent development of Kurdish nationalist movements in Iran and the wider region. Here, Abbas Vali disputes the conventional view that the Kurdish Republic

was the result of a Soviet conspiracy to dismember Iran, a side-effect of the Cold War. Instead he emphasizes the diversity of the internal Iranian and Kurdish factors that led to the formation of the Republic, arguing that the Republic represents the culmination of a new and modern Kurdish national identity. This was an identity which emerged in response to the exclusionary effects of the political and discursive processes and practices of the construction of a modern Iranian nation-state and national identity since the Constitutional Revolution of 1906. 224 PAGES 216 X 134MM SEPTEMBER 20119781848857889 HARDBACK £49.50INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 36

GERMAN FOREIGN POLICY TOWARDS IRAN BEFORE WORLD WAR II Political Relations, Economic Influence and the National Bank of PersiaRashid Khatib-Shahidi, University of Oxford

Early twentieth century Iran had been dominated by the competing influences of the two great imperial powers of the time – Russia and Britain. But an emergent, highly industrialised and assertive Germany in the 1930s became an attractive ally through which Iran could cut loose from domination by Britain and the Soviet Union, allowing it to seek modernity outside the constraints of old imperial interests. It was the National Bank of Persia, established in 1927 under German management, and with Kurt Lindenblatt as its governor, that was to be the vehicle for Germany’s economic expansion into Persia. But this was a relationship that came to an abrupt end with the Allied invasion of Iran in 1941. Contents:Introduction; Persia, The International Environment and Germany’s Commerical Approach; German Policy towards Persia; development of German Relations with Persia and its National Bank; Trial for German Policy towards Persia and the National Bank; The controversy surrounding the National Bank and the end of the Taimurtash Era; The Lindenblatt Affair and the National Bank; Germany’s Re-established Influence in Persia; Summary and Conclusion.288 PAGES 216 X 134MM JUNE 20129781848853249 HARDBACK £39.50

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NEWISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE IN IRANPoststructural Theory and the Architectural History of Iranian MosquesSaeid Khaghani, University of Manchester

The architecture of the Islamic world is predominantly considered in terms of a division between ‘tradition’ and ‘modernity’ – a division which, Saeid Khaghani here argues, has shaped and limited the narrative applied to this architecture. Khaghani introduces and reconsiders the mosques of eighth- to fifteenth-century Iran in terms of poststructural theory and developments in historiography in order to develop a brand new dialectical framework. By presenting a new way of thinking about and discussing Islamic architecture, this will be valuable reading for all interested in the study of the art, architecture and material culture of the Islamic world.288 PAGES 234 X 156MM NOVEMBER 20119781848857292 HARDBACK £59.5016PP COLOUR PLATES, 8 INTEGRATED B&WINTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 4

BECOMING VISIBLE IN IRANWomen in Contemporary Iranian SocietyMehri Honarbin-Holliday, Canterbury Christ Church University

Becoming Visible in Iran disputes the widespread stereotypes about Muslim women prevalent in the West, providing a vivid account of young women in contemporary Iran. Beginning at home, women are infusing dramatic change by challenging the patriarchal conceptions of their fathers, brothers, uncles and others within the intimate sphere of family and home. Empowered by education, they transport the power of their minds and being from the domestic to the public and political. Through detailed interviews and striking narratives, Mehri Honarbin-Holliday presents the experiences of these young women who wield a key if indirect political influence on the seemingly male dominated politics of this society, as they achieve a new visibility. 224 PAGES 216 X 134MM MAY 2012PAPERBACK 9781780760865 £14.9915 B&W INTEGRATEDINTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 14

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TEXTBOOKFAITH AND FREEDOMWomen’s Human Rights in the Muslim WorldMahnaz Afkhami (Ed.)256 PAGES 216 X 134MM978 1 86064 008 7 PAPERBACK £14.99

ISLAM AND GENDERThe Religious Debate in Contemporary IranZiba Mir-Hosseini, SOAS344 PAGES 234 X 156MM978 1 85043 268 5 HARDBACK £59.50978 1 85043 269 2 PAPERBACK £16.99

MARRIAGE ON TRIALIslamic Law in Iran and MoroccoZiba Mir-Hosseini264 PAGES 216 X 134MM978 1 86064 608 9 PAPERBACK £15.99

TRIBESWOMEN OF IRANWeaving Memories among Qashqa’i NomadsJulia Huang288 PAGES 216 X 134MM 978 1 84511 832 7 HARDBACK £59.50


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TEXTBOOKRELIGION AND POLITICS IN MODERN IRANA ReaderLloyd Ridgeon, University of Glasgow296 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 84511 073 4 HARDBACK £65.00978 1 84511 072 7 PAPERBACK £15.99INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 3

APOCALYPTIC ISLAM AND IRANIAN SHI’ISMAbbas Amanat, Yale University304 PAGES 216 X 134MM 978 1 84511 124 3 HARDBACK £59.50978 1 84511 981 2 PAPERBACK £16.99

MODERN ISLAMIC POLITICAL THOUGHTHamid Enayat, Foreword by Roy Mottahedeh240 PAGES 216 X 134MM 978 1 85043 465 8 HARDBACK £56.00 978 1 85043 466 5 PAPERBACK £15.99

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POLITICAL ISLAM IN POST-REVOLUTIONARYIRANShi’i Ideologies in Islamist DiscourseMajid Mohammadi, Glenville State College, West Virginia

The relationship between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Western World is fraught with challenges and tensions. In order to generate the capacity for greater engagement and dialogue, there is a need for the West to better understand the complex ideological developments that

are central to Iran. Majid Mohammadi charts the central concepts and nuances of the ideological map of post-revolutionary Iran, and examines the rise and development of Shi’i Islamism. He recognises that the Islamic Republic of Iran and Iranian political discourse are the outcome of contesting perspectives and ideologies: identity-oriented, socialist, nationalist, authoritarian, Shari’a, scripturalist, mystical, militarist and fascist. This is a comprehensive, comparative contribution to one of today’s most important topics: that of the relationship between Political Islam and the West.288 PAGES 216 X 134MM JULY 20129781848852761 HARDBACK £56.50INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 24

NUCLEAR IRANThe Birth of an Atomic State David Patrikarakos, The Economist

The Iranian nuclear crisis has dominated world politics for almost ten years, with the country now facing increasing diplomatic isolation, talk of strikes against its nuclear facilities and a disastrous Middle East war. Behind the rhetoric from all sides there is little real understanding of Iran’s nuclear strategy, and the history behind it. This ground-breaking book argues that Iran’s nuclear programme and the modern history of the country itself are irretrievably linked;

and only by understanding one can we understand the other. From the programme’s beginnings under the Shah, the book details the central role of the US in the birth of nuclear Iran. The author’s unique access to ‘the father’ of Iran’s nuclear programme, as well as to key scientists under the early Islamic Republic and to senior Iranian and Western negotiators, sheds new light on the uranium enrichment efforts that lie at the heart of global concerns. His insight into the effect of the ‘stuxnet’ virus on Iran’s capabilities makes for particularly fascinating reading. 256 PAGES 234 X 156MM JULY 2012HARDBACK 9781780761251 £24.50


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THE QAJAR PACTBargaining, Protest and the State in Nineteenth-Century PersiaVanessa Martin, Royal Holloway224 PAGES 234 X 156MM978 1 85043 763 5 HARDBACK £59.50INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 4

THE ENGLISH AMONGST THE PERSIANSImperial Lives in Nineteenth-Century IranDenis Wright240 PAGES 234 X 156MM978 1 86064 638 6 PAPERBACK £18.99

THE PERSIANS AMONGST THE ENGLISHEpisodes in Anglo-Persian HistoryDenis Wright288 PAGES 234 X 156MM978 1 85043 002 5 HARDBACK £59.50

FRONTIER FICTIONSShaping the Iranian Nation, 1804-1946Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet328 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 85043 2708 HARDBACK £65.00

MEN OF ORDERAuthoritarian Modernization Under Ataturk and Reza ShahTouraj Atabaki & Erik J. Zurcher, both at University of Leiden (Eds)296 PAGES 216 X 134MM 978 1 86064 426 9 HARDBACK £59.50LIBRARY OF MODERN MIDDLE EAST STUDIES, VOL. 21

IRAN AND THE RISE OF REZA SHAHFrom Qajar Collapse to Pahlavi PowerCyrus Ghani440 PAGES 234 X 156MM978 1 86064 258 6 HARDBACK £56.50978 1 86064 629 4 PAPERBACK £17.99ILLUSTRATED

AZERBAIJANEthnicity and the Struggle for Power in IranTouraj Atabaki256 PAGES 216 X 134MM978 1 86064 554 9 PAPERBACK £17.99

THE STATE AND THE SUBALTERNModernization, Society and the State in Turkey and IranTouraj Atabaki (Ed)272 PAGES 234 X 156 MM978 1 84511 339 1 HARDBACK £57.50

THE SHAH AND IThe Confidential Diary of Iran’s Royal Court, 1968–77Asadollah Alam576 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 84511 372 8 PAPERBACK £14.99

THE PERSIAN SPHINXAmir Abbas Hoveyda and the Riddle of the Iranian RevolutionAbbas Milani400 PAGES 234 X 156MM978 1 85043 328 6 HARDBACK £49.00


THE ART AND MATERIAL CULTURE OF IRANIAN SHI’ISMIconography and Religious Devotion in Shi’i IslamPedram Khosronejad, University of St Andrews

Shi’i Islam has been the official religion of Iran from the Safavids (1501-1732) to the present day. The Shi’i world experience has provided a rich artistic tradition, encompassing painting, sculpture and the production of artefacts and performance,

which has helped to embed Shi’i identity in Iran as part of its national narrative. In what areas of material culture has Iranian Shi’ism manifested itself through objects or buildings that are unique within the overall culture of Islam? To what extent is the art and architecture of Iran from the Safavid period onwards identifiably Shi’i? What does this say about the relationship of nation, state and faith in Iran? Here, leading experts trace the material heritage of Iranian Shi’ism within each of its political, religious and cultural dimensions.288 PAGES 216 X 134MM NOVEMBER 20119781848851689 HARDBACK £51.5050 INTEGRATED B&W, 8PP COLOUR PLATESI.B.TAURIS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE IRAN HERITAGE FOUNDATIONINTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES , VOL. 29

PERSIAN GARDENS AND PAVILIONSReflections in History, Poetry and the ArtsMohammad Gharipour, University of North Carolina

From Timur’s tent in Samarqand to Shah ‘Abbas’s palace in Isfahan and Humayun’s tomb in Delhi, the pavilion has been an integral part of Persianate gardens since its earliest appearance at the Achaemenid garden in Pasargadae in the sixth century BC. Despite its significance, the pavilion has often been neglected in the study of gardens and the cultural contexts of its

development. This is a gap that Mohammad Gharipour seeks to address, emphasizing pavilions as vibrant and dynamic parts of Persian gardens. Using textual and visual media not only clarifies the significance of gardens and pavilions as cultural icons, but also explains their typological diversity and their spatial, formal, and functional qualities. This book reaches back through Persia’s rich history to explore the material and psychological relationships between human beings, pavilions and gardens, the impact of gardens on political, cultural and social affairs.320 PAGES 246 X 189MM JULY 2012HARDABCK 9781780761213 £56.00

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EARLY PERSIAN PAINTINGKalila wa Dimna Manuscripts of the Late 14th CenturyBernard O’Kane, American University of Cairo336 PAGES 280 X 248MM978 1 86064 852 6 HARDBACK £75.0050 B&W & 91 COLOUR PLATES

PERSIAN PAINTINGFrom the Mongols to the QajarsRobert Hillenbrand (ed.)336 PAGES 280 X 248MM978 1 85043 659 1 HARDBACK £75.00

FROM IRAN TO HOLLYWOOD AND SOME PLACES IN-BETWEENReframing Post-Revolutionary Iranian CinemaChristopher Gow, University of Glasgow

The rise in popularity of the New Iranian Cinema has been a fascinating success story and critics have hailed Iranian films as alternatives to the global influence of mainstream Hollywood cinema. Drawing on seminal ideas of ‘art cinema’, Christopher Gow examines how the success of this cinema and the films of Abbas Kiarostami,

its foremost proponent, can be accounted for by the extent to which they fit into a pre-established notion of art cinema. Gow also seeks to expand understanding of post-revolutionary Iranian cinema by examining the links between the New Iranian Cinema and émigré Iranian filmmaking from the uncompromising German films of Sohrab Saless, to Vadim Perlman’s exploration of the Iranian experience of exile in the Oscar-nominated House of Sand and Fog. He reveals how this large and dispersed émigré Iranian cinema challenges our understanding of New Iranian Cinema itself and of national cinema in general.256 PAGES 234 X 156MM JULY 20119781848855267 HARDBACK £51.509781848855274 PAPERBACK £17.99

WAR IN IRANIAN CINEMAReligion, Martyrdom and National IdentityPedram Khosronejad (Ed.), University of St Andrews

While the cinema of post-revolutionary Iran is internationally acknowledged, the world outside Iran has been ignorant of the Iranian war films that are the subject of this pioneering book. A massive production of over 50 Iranian feature films concentrating primarily on fighting and military operations have appeared since the 1980s with the beginning of the war between Iran and Iraq. This book presents a detailed exploration

of the Sacred Defence Cinema, established by Seyed Morteza Avini, a cinema that directly connects this specific war to the faith and religious belief of volunteer guardians of the revolution. The main objective of Sacred Defence Cinema is martrydom. As the distinguished film scholar Hamid Dabashi writes in his Introduction to the book: ‘If national cinemas are predicated on national traumas, in the volume that Pedram Khosronejad has put together we are at the heart of the heart of Iranian cinema’.256 PAGES 234 X 156MM JULY 20129781848852853 HARDBACK £54.50I.B.TAURIS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE IRAN HERITAGE FOUNDATION

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FERDOWSI, THE MONGOLS AND IRANIAN HISTORYArt, Literature and Culture from Early Islam to Qajar PersiaRobert Hillenbrand, Edinburgh University, A.C.S Peacock, British Institute, Ankara and Firuza Abdullaeva University of Cambridge (Eds)

Iran’s rich cultural heritage has been shaped over many centuries by its rich and eventful history. This impressive book, which assembles contributions by some of the world’s most eminent historians, art historians and other scholars of the Iranian

world, explores the history of the country through the prism of Persian literature, art and culture. The result is a seminal work which illuminates important, yet largely neglected, aspects of Medieval and Early Modern Iran and the Middle East. Its scope, from the era of the Shahnameh to the period of the Mongols, Timurids, Safavids, Zands and Qajars, examines the interaction between mythology, history, historiography, poetry, painting and craftwork in the long narrative of the Persianate experience. As such, the book will be essential reading and a reference point for students and scholars of Iranian history, Persian literature and the arts of the Islamic World. 352 PAGES 246 X 189MM JULY 20129781780760155 HARDBACK £65.00

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SHI’I ISLAM IN IRANIAN CINEMAReligion and Spirituality in FilmNacim Pak-Shiraz

In recent years there has been a remarkable surge in Iranian films expressing contentious issues which would otherwise be very difficult to discuss publicly inside the Islamic Republic of Iran – such as the role of clergy in Iranian society. Nacim Pak-Shiraz here highlights how many Iranian film directors concern themselves with the content of the religious and historical narratives of

culture and society, sparking debate about the medium’s compatibility or incongruity with religion and spirituality. She explores the various ways that Shi’i discourse emerges on screen, and offers groundbreaking insights into both the role of film in Iranian culture and society, and how it has become a medium for exploring what it means to be Iranian and Muslim after thirty years of Islamic rule. This is invaluable for reading students and scholars of Film Studies and contemporary Iranian cinema, but also of the culture and identity of Iran more widely.288 PAGES 216 X 134MM SEPTEMBER 20119781848855106 HARDBACK £56.50INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF CULTURAL STUDIES, VOL. 17

THE POETICS OF IRANIAN CINEMAAesthetics, Modernity and Film after the RevolutionKhatereh Sheibani, University of Guelph, Canada

In the wake of the Islamic Revolution, Iran experienced not only profound political and social changes, but also underwent a dramatic shift in its cultural and literary discourse. In The Poetics of Iranian Cinema, Khatereh Sheibani argues that Persian poetry, fiction, painting and other art forms

all were influenced by the upheavals of the 1970s and 80s, but that this remarkable cultural revolution is best evidenced in Iranian films. In fact, she holds that film ultimately replaced poetry as the dominant form of cultural expression in Iran. As evidence, she presents a comparative analysis of post-revolutionary Iranian cinema – particularly the work of Abbas Kiarostami and Bahram Bayzai – as an offshoot of Iranian modernity, and explains its connections with the themes present in traditional Persian poetry and conventional visual arts. She thus offers an original contribution to the scholarly literature on Iranian cinema, politics and culture.240 PAGES 234 X 156MM SEPTEMBER 20119781848857414 HARDBACK £54.50INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 33

MAKHMALBAF AT LARGEThe Making of a Rebel FilmmakerHamid Dabashi, Columbia University, New York, Foreword by Mohsen Makhmalbaf272 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 84511 531 9 HARDBACK £51.50978 1 84511 532 6 PAPERBACK £16.99

TEXTBOOKNEW IRANIAN CINEMAPolitics, Representation and IdentityRichard Tapper (Ed.), SOAS304 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 86064 803 8 HARDBACK £59.50978 1 86064 804 5 PAPERBACK £15.9925 B&W HALFTONES

TEXTBOOKIRANIAN CINEMAA Political History Hamid Reza Sadr320 PAGES 222 X 172MM 978 1 84511 146 5 HARDBACK £59.50978 1 84511 147 2 PAPERBACK £16.99INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 7

EPIC OF THE PERSIAN KINGSThe Shahnameh of FerdowsiBarbara Brend and Charles Melville, University of Cambridge (Eds)

Composed more than a millennium ago, the Shahnameh – the great royal book of the Persian court – is a pillar of Persian literature and one of the world’s unchallenged masterpieces. Recounting the history of the Persian people from its mythic origins down to the Islamic conquest in the seventh century, the Shahnameh is the stirring and

beautifully textured story of a proud civilization. But the Shahnameh (or, literally, the ‘Book of Kings’) is much more than a literary masterpiece: it is the wellspring of the modern Persian language, a touchstone for Iranian national consciousness and its illustrations, in manuscripts of different eras, are the inspiration for one of the world’s greatest artistic traditions. Epic of the Persian Kings combines revealing scholarship with stunning, full-colour illustrations from the rich manuscript tradition of the Shahnameh. 256 PAGES 271 X 218MM NOVEMBER 20119781848856561 PAPERBACK £25.00145 COLOUR

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IN THE SHADOW OF THE KINGZill al-Sultan and Isfahan under the QajarsHeidi Walcher, SOAS528 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 85043 434 4 HARDBACK £51.50INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 9

IRAN’S CONSTITUTIONAL REVOLUTIONPopular Politics, Cultural Transformations and Transnational ConnectionsH.E. Chehabi, Boston University and Vanessa Martin, Royal Holloway (Eds)512 PAGES 234 X 156MM JUNE 20109781848854154 HARDBACK £59.5034 INTEGRATED B&WINTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 28I.B.TAURIS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE IRAN HERITAGE

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JEWISH IDENTITIES IN IRANResistance and Conversion to Islam and the Baha’i FaithMehrdad Amanat256 PAGES 216 X 134MM 20109781845118914 HARDBACK £56.50LIBRARY OF MODERN RELIGION, VOL. 9

THE FORGOTTEN SCHOOLSThe Baha’is and Modern Education in Iran, 1899–1934Soli Shahvar, University of Haifa304 PAGES 216 X 134MM 2009978 1 84511 683 5 HARDBACK £59.50INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 11

RELIGION, CULTURE AND POLITICS IN IRANFrom the Qajars to KhomeiniJoanna de Groot320 PAGES 216 X 134MM 978 1 86064 571 6 HARDBACK £59.50

PIVOT OF THE UNIVERSENasir al-Din Shah and the Iranian Monarchy, 1831–1896Abbas Amanat568 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 84511 828 0 PAPERBACK £16.9916 B&W PLATES AND 7 INTEGRATED B&W IMAGES

STATE AND SOCIETY IN IRANThe Eclipse of the Qajars and the Emergence of the PahlavisHoma Katouzian, St Antony’s College, Oxford368 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 84511 272 1 PAPERBACK £17.99LIBRARY OF MODERN MIDDLE EAST STUDIES, VOL. 28

KHANS AND SHAHSA History of the Bakhtiyari Tribe in IranGene R. Garthwaite, Dartmouth College240 PAGES 234 X 156MM 2009978 1 84885 096 5 PAPERBACK £17.99ILLUSTRATED

DIPLOMACY AND MURDER IN TEHRANAlexander Griboyedov and Imperial Russia’s Mission to the Shah of PersiaLaurence Kelly336 PAGES 198 X 126MM 978 1 84511 196 0 PAPERBACK £12.99TAURIS PARKE PAPERBACKS

IRAN: THE CRISIS OF DEMOCRACY1941–1953Fakhreddin Azimi, University of Connecticut448 PAGES 216 X 134MM 2009978 1 86064 980 6 PAPERBACK £16.99

IRAN IN THE 20TH CENTURY Historiography and Political Culture Touraj Atabaki (Ed.), University of Leiden352 PAGES 234 X 156MM 2009978 1 84511 692 1 HARDBACK £54.50INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 20

IRAN AND THE FIRST WORLD WARBattleground of the Great PowersTouraj Atabaki240 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 86064 964 6 HARDBACK £56.50

TEXTBOOKMUSADDIQ AND THE STRUGGLE FOR POWER IN IRANHoma Katouzian328 PAGES 216 X 134MM978 1 86064 290 6 PAPERBACK £16.99

TEXTBOOKREBELS WITH A CAUSEThe Failure of the Left in IranMaziar Behrooz, San Francisco State University264 PAGES 216 X 134MM978 1 86064 630 0 PAPERBACK £16.99ILLUSTRATED

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NEWTHE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF IRAN UNDER THE QAJARSSociety, Politics and Foreign Relations 1799 to 1921Hooshang Amirahmadi, Rutgers University

This book provides a critical analysis of Iran’s economic, social and political development and shows how the path to modernity, far from smooth, was hindered by both internal and international factors. These included a powerful monarchy with little interest in administrative and economic reform, a large aristocracy frequently holding vital provincial governorships and frustrating effective central government and a failure to modernise the civil service, military, banking, finance or communications – the essential infrastructure for economic development. Reformers were marginalised and business suffered. And the all-powerful ulema were a further brake on modernisation. On the international front, the rivalry of Britain and Russia compounded the problems: both acting to control Iran and to further their own interests. Hooshang Amirahmadi reveals the roots of present-day challenges to modernisation and progress. 400 PAGES 234 X 156MM MAY 20129781848856721 HARDBACK £59.50INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 30


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AN ANTHOLOGY OF PHILOSOPHY IN PERSIA, VOL. IVFrom the School of Illumination to Philosophical MysticismS.H. Nasr, George Washington University & M. Aminrazavi, University of Mary Washington (Eds)

The fourth volume of An Anthology of Philosophy in Persia deals with one of the richest and yet least known periods of philosophical life in Persia, the centuries between the 7th/13th century, which saw the eclipse of the school of Khorasan, and the 10th/16th century which coincided with the rise of the Safavids. The main schools dealt with in this volume are the Peripatetic (mashsha’i) School, the School of Illumination (ishraq) of Suhrawardi, and various forms of philosophical Sufism, especially the school of Ibn ‘Arabi, which had its origins in the works of Ghazzali and ‘Ayn al-Qudat Hamadani. This period was also notable for various philosopher-scientists such as Nasir al-Din Tusi and Qutb al-Din Shirazi. 424 PAGES 234 X 156MM APRIL 20129781848857490 HARDBACK £39.50I.B.TAURIS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE INSTITUTE OF ISMAILI STUDIES

AN ANTHOLOGY OF PHILOSOPHY IN PERSIA, VOL. IFrom Zoroaster to Omar KhayyamS.H. Nasr, George Washington University & M. Aminrazavi, University of Mary Washington (Eds)

Volume 1 starts with the Zoroastrian period and extends to the time of Biruni and Oma Khayyam, paying special attenton to the peripatetic school associated with Ibn Sina (Avicenna). During the pre-Islamic period philosophy was intertwined with religion, and it is within Persian religious

texts such as the Gathas, the Denkard, and the Zoroastrian texts of the Bundahisn that philosophical discussions of subjects ranging from metaphysics to cosmology and eschatology are to be found.520 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 84511 541 8 HARDBACK £39.50I.B.TAURIS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE INSTITUTE OF ISMAILI STUDIES

AN ANTHOLOGY OF PHILOSOPHY IN PERSIA, VOL. IIIsmaili Thought in the Classical AgeS.H. Nasr, George Washington University & M. Aminrazavi, University of Mary Washington (Eds)

Volume 2 covers five centuries of Ismaili philosophy, and includes extracts from outstanding Ismaili works including the Rasa’il Ikhwan al-Safa (Treatises of the Brethren of Purity) and the philosophical odes of Nasir Khusraw. It is of great siginificance that, in the early centuries of

Islam, philosophers were influenced by Pythagorean and Hermetic ideas, which are usually associated with Shi’i thought in general and Ismailism in particular. Ismaili philosophy at this time was able to integrate strands of Greco-Alexandrian thought such as Hermeticism and Neo-Pythagoreanism, as well as aspects of Mazdaeism and Manichaeism. It also showed marked interest in Neo-platonism.424 PAGES 234 X 156MM978 1 84511 542 5 HARDBACK £39.50I.B.TAURIS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE INSTITUTE OF ISMAILI STUDIES

AN ANTHOLOGY OF PHILOSOPHY IN PERSIA, VOL. IIIPhilosophical Theology in the Middle AgesS.H. Nasr, George Washington University & M. Aminrazavi, University of Mary Washington (Eds)

The tradition of philosophy in the Persian-speaking world is extraordinarily rich, creative and diverse. This anthology, which is divided into three volumes, aims to communicate something of that richness and diversity.The term ‘philosophy’ is understood to in its widest sense to include theological debate, philosophical Sufism and philosophical hermeneutics (ta’wil). Extending over a period of more than two millennia, and showcasing translations by well-established scholars, the anthology offers full bibliographical references throughout. For anyone interested in exploring, in all their varied manifestations, the fascinating philosophical traditions of Persia, such a wide-ranging and ambitious work will be an indispensable resource.488 PAGES 234 X 156MM 2010978 1 84511 605 7 HARDBACK £39.50I.B.TAURIS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE INSTITUTE OF ISMAILI STUDIES

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THE BAHA’IS OF IRAN, TRANSCASPIA AND THE CAUCASUSVOLUME 1Letters of Russian Officers and OfficialsSoli Shahvar, Gad Gilbar and Boris Morozov (Eds)

Despite growing interest in the Baha’is of Iran, research on the history of this often-persecuted minority community has been limited by the availability of sources. The Baha’is of Iran, Transcaspia and the Caucasus will help to fill this gap by assembling for

the first time original material from Russian archives. Volume 1 of this set showcases letters from the Rozen collection, including those of diplomats, army officers and scholars, candidly revealing the Russian perspective on developments concerning the Baha’is in Iran and Russia. In addition to the complete texts in their original languages, the authors provide both annotated translations and analytical introductions which supply essential background information, thus making this book an invaluable resource for anyone interested in Babi and Baha’i history, the history of religion and minorities, Russo-Persian relations or Qajar Iran.288 PAGES 216 X 134MM NOVEMBER 20119781848853911 HARDBACK £59.50INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 26

THE BAHA’IS OF IRAN, TRANSCASPIA AND THE CAUCASUSVOLUME 2Reports and Correspondence of Russian OfficialsSoli Shahvar, Gad Gilbar and Boris Morozov (Eds)

Volume 2 draws together official reports and correspondence detailing events including the dramatic Babi upheavals and the landmark Ashgabat murder trial. Analytical introductions provide essential

background information to accompany the texts, making this set an invaluable resource for anyone interested in Babi and Baha’i history, the history of religion and minorities, Russo-Persian relations or Qajar Iran.288 PAGES 216 X 134MM NOVEMBER 20119781848853928 HARDBACK £59.50INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 27

PERCEPTIONS OF IRANHistory, Myths and Nationalism from Medieval Persia to the Islamic RepublicAli M Ansari, University of St Andrews

From the Sasanian to the Safavid Empire, and from Qajar Iran to the current Islamic Republic, the history of Iran is one which has been coloured by a rich tradition of myths and narratives and shaped by its wealth of philosophers, cultural theorists and political thinkers. Perceptions of Iran dissects the construction of Iranian identity, to reveal how nationalism has been continually re-formulated and how self-perceptions have been carried by Iran’s literary past, in particular the mystical love poetry of Rumi, Sa’adi and Hafez. It traces a long history of encounters with the Western world and tracks Iranian thought from Herodotus’ representation of Cyrus to the Constitutional Movement of the early twentieth century. This book ties together the diverse threads of Iranian intellectual activity that have underpinned social and political movements, from nineteenth-century discourses on a liberal nationalism to the anti-Westernism of figures such as Sayed Jamal Al-Afghani and Ayatollah Khomeini. 288 PAGES 234 X 156MM JULY 20129781848858305 HARDBACK £56.50

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THE BAHA’IS OF IRAN, TRANSCASPIA AND THE CAUCASUSTWO VOLUME SETSoli Shahvar, Gad Gilbar and Boris Morozov (Eds)288+288 PAGES 216 X 134MM NOVEMBER 20119781848854734 HARDBACK £105.00

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THE SWORD OF PERSIANader Shah, from Tribal Warrior to Conquering TyrantMichael Axworthy, Exeter University368 PAGES 216 X 134MM978 1 84511 982 9 PAPERBACK £14.99ILLUSTRATED

TEXTBOOKSAFAVID PERSIAThe History and Politics of an Islamic SocietyCharles Melville (Ed.), University of Cambridge432 PAGES 234 X 156MM978 1 86064 086 5 PAPERBACK £22.50PEMBROKE PERSIAN PAPERS

CONVERTING PERSIAReligion and Power in the Safavid EmpireRula Abisaab, University of Akron, Ohio256 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 86064 970 7 HARDBACK £59.50INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 1

SLAVES OF THE SHAHNew Elites of Safavid IranSussan Babaie, University of Michigan, Kathryn Babayan, University of Michigan, Ina Baghdiantz-McCabe, Tufts University, & Massumeh Farhad, Smithsonian Institution256 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 86064 721 5 HARDBACK £56.00LIBRARY OF MIDDLE EAST HISTORY, VOL. 3

SAFAVID IRANRebirth of a Persian EmpireAndrew J. Newman, University of Edinburgh296 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 84511 830 3 PAPERBACK £17.99


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GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO PERSIAN LITERATUREA History of Persian Literature, Vol. I600 PAGES 225 X 145M AVAILABLE 9781845118860 HARDBACK £59.50

PERSIAN POETRY IN THE CLASSICAL ERA, 800-1500A History of Persian Literature, Vol. II500 PAGES 225 X 145MM MAY 20129781845119034 HARDBACK £59.50

PERSIAN POETRY IN THE CLASSICAL ERA, 800-1500A History of Persian Literature, Vol. III500 PAGES 225 X 145MM MAY 20129781845119041 HARDBACK £59.50

HEROIC EPICA History of Persian Literature, Vol. IV500 PAGES 225 X 145MM APRIL 20149781845119058 HARDBACK £59.50

PERSIAN PROSEA History of Persian Literature, Vol. V500 PAGES 225 X 145MM OCTOBER 20129781845119065 HARDBACK £59.50

RELIGIOUS AND MYSTICAL LITERATUREA History of Persian Literature, Vol. VI500 PAGES 225 X 145MM NOVEMBER 20129781845119072 HARDBACK £59.50

PERSIAN POETRY, 1500-1900A History of Persian Literature, Vol. VII500 PAGES 225 X 145MM JUNE 20139781845119089 HARDBACK £59.50

PERSIAN POETRY FROM OUTSIDE IRAN A History of Persian Literature, Vol. VIII500 PAGES 225 X 145MM MAY 20129781845119096 HARDBACK £59.50

PERSIAN PROSE FROM OUTSIDE IRANA History of Persian Literature, Vol. IX500 PAGES 225 X 145MM MAY 20129781845119102 HARDBACK £59.50

PERSIAN HISTORIOGRAPHY A History of Persian Literature, Vol. X500 PAGES 225 X 145MM OCTOBER 20119781845119119 HARDBACK £59.50

LITERATURE OF THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURYA History of Persian Literature, Vol. XI500 PAGES 225 X 145MM SEPTEMBER 20129781845119126 HARDBACK £59.50

MODERN PERSIAN POETRY, 1940 TO THE PRESENTA History of Persian Literature, Vol. XII500 PAGES 225 X 145MM MAY 2014 9781845119133 HARDBACK £59.50

MODERN FICTION AND DRAMAA History of Persian Literature, Vol. XIII500 PAGES 225 X 145MM DECEMBER 20129781845119140 HARDBACK £59.50

BIOGRAPHIES OF THE POETS AND WRITERS OF THE CLASSICAL PERIODA History of Persian Literature, Vol. XIV500 PAGES 225 X 145MM MARCH 2014 9781845119157 HARDBACK £59.50

BIOGRAPHIES OF THE POETS AND WRITERS OF THE MODERN PERIODA History of Persian Literature, Vol. XV500 PAGES 225 X 145MM MARCH 20149781845119164 HARDBACK £59.50

GENERAL INDEXA History of Persian Literature, Vol. XVI500 PAGES 225 X 145MM DECEMBER 20149781845119171 HARDBACK £59.50

LITERATURE OF PRE-ISLAMIC IRAN: COMPANION VOL IA History of Persian Literature, Vol. XVII552 PAGES 225 X 145MM AVAILABLE9781845118877 HARDBACK £59.50

ORAL LITERATURE OF IRANIAN LANGUAGES: COMPANION VOL IIA History of Persian Literature, Vol. XVIII500 PAGES 225 X 145MM AVAILABLE9781845119188 HARDBACK £59.50

A HISTORY OF PERSIAN LITERATURE Ehsan Yarshater, General Editor, Columbia University

A New History of Persian Literature in 18 Volumes.

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. It has been a source of inspiration for Goethe, Emerson, Matthew Arnold and Jorge Luis Borges among others and praised by William Jones, Tagore, E. M. Forster and many more. Yet whereas Persian art and architecture, and more recently Iranian cinema, have been written about extensively and at different levels for a varied audience, Persian literature has largely remained the exclusive domain of specialists. And although in the past few years the poems of Rumi have attracted the kind of popular attention enjoyed by Omar Khayyam’s quatrains in the 19th century, 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 nation. Prominent scholars in the field bring a fresh critical approach to bear on this important topic and each volume includes representative samples of this literature.


SAFAVID THINKERSThe Intellectual Creators of Iran’s Renaissance in the early Modern PeriodAndrew Newman, University of Edinburgh

The Safavid era is the key to the emergence of modern Iran. Safavid Iran became a regional superpower, with its reach extending beyond its domains into the Middle East, South Asia and the Eastern Mediterranean. This was the period in which, challenging Ottoman and Mughal power, an Iranian nation state was established, with a defined central government, state sovereignty and settled borders. The Shahs,

especially Shah Abbas, have been credited with Iran’s rise to power but Andrew Newman’s revisionist study demonstrates that the mainspring of Safavid progress was the work of a range of intellectual giants who would dominate the thinking of any era. These iconic figures provided the religious and cultural underpinning of the renaissance of Iran under the Safavids. Their influence has endured to this very day.256 PAGES 234 X 156MM SEPTEMBER 20129781780760841 HARDBACK £49.50

THE PRACTICE OF POLITICS IN SAFAVID IRANPower, Religion and RhetoricColin P. Mitchell, Dalhousie University, Canada

The Safavid dynasty originated as a fledgling apocalyptic mystical movement based in Iranian Azarbaijan, and grew into a large, cosmopolitan Irano-Islamic empire stretching from Baghdad to Herat. Here, Colin P. Mitchell examines how the Safavid state introduced and moulded a unique and vibrant political discourse, reflecting the social and religious heterogeneity of

sixteenth-century Iran. Beginning with the millenarian-minded Shah Isma’il and concluding with the autocrat par excellence, Shah Abbas, Mitchell explores the phenomenon of state-sponsored rhetoric. A thorough investigation of the Safavid state and the significance of rhetoric, power and religion in its functioning, The Practice of Politics in Safavid Iran is indispensable for all those interested in Iranian history and politics and Middle East studies.304 PAGES 228 X 155MM JANUARY 20129781780760964 PAPERBACK £17.99

IRAN AND THE WORLD IN THE SAFAVID AGEWillem Floor and Edmund Herzig, University of Oxford (Eds)

The Safavid era is of special significance in the history of Iran. The age is known for its wealth of contributions to Persian culture and to the arts of the Islamic world, its robust military encounters with its Ottoman and Mughal neighbours and growing contacts with western Europe. But little is known about the social, cultural, commercial and diplomatic relations of

the Safavids with the rest of the world. Iran and the World in the Safavid Age presents the most recent research into Safavid Iran’s foreign relations. It challenges the long-held notion that, with the adoption of Shi’ism, Iranians retreated into relative isolation, suggesting rather that they engaged with the world in unprecedented and exciting ways. With contributions from the leading authorities in the field, Iran and the World in the Safavid Age explores Iran’s relations with other countries and cultures. 672 PAGES 234 X 156MM DECEMBER 20119781850439301 HARDBACK £45.0025 B&W, 25 LINE DRAWINGSI.B.TAURIS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE IRAN HERITAGE FOUNDATIONINTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 2

THE MONETARY HISTORY OF IRANFrom the Safavids to the QajarsRudi Matthee, University of Maryland Willem Floor and Patrick Clawson, Washington Institute for Near East Policy

The monetary history of a country provides important insights into its economic development, as well as its political and social history. This book is the first detailed study of Iran’s monetary history from the advent of the Safavid dynasty in 1501 to the end of Qajar rule in 1925. Using an array of

previously unpublished sources in ten languages, the authors consider the specific monetary conditions in Iran’s modern history, covering the use of ready money and its circulation, the changing conditions of the country’s mints and the role of the state in managing money. Throughout the book, the authors also consider the larger regional and global economic context within which the Iranian economy operated. As the first study of Iran’s monetary history, this book will be essential reading for researchers of Iranian and economic history.320 PAGES 234 X 156MM SEPTEMBER 20129781780760797 HARDBACK £45.00

THE SAFAVID DYNASTIC SHRINEArchitecture, Religion and Power in Early Modern IranKishwar Rizvi, Yale University256 PAGES 234 X 156MM 20109781848853546 HARDBACK £52.5020 B&W INTEGRATED, 16 COLOUR IN 16PP PLATESBRITISH INSTITUTE OF PERSIAN STUDIES, VOL. 5

SHAH ABBASThe Ruthless King Who Became an Iranian LegendDavid Blow288 PAGES 234 X 156MM9781845119898 PAPERBACK £14.998PP B&W PLATES AND 8PP COLOUR PLATES

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PERSIA IN CRISISSafavid Decline and the Fall of IsfahanRudi Matthee, University of Maryland

In this ground-breaking new book Rudi Matthee revisits traditional sources and introduces new ones to take a fresh look at Safavid Iran in the century preceding the fall of Isfahan in 1722. Matthee views Safavid Iran as a network of precarious alliances subject to perpetual negotiation and the society they ruled as an uneasy balance between conflicting forces. An increasingly detached, palace-bound shah; a weakening link between the capital and the outlying provinces; the regime’s neglect of the military and its shortsighted monetary policies combined to exacerbate rather than redress existing problems, leaving the country with a ruler too feeble to hold factionalism and corruption in check and a military unable to defend its borders against outside attack by Ottomans and Afghans. The scene was set for the Crisis of 1722.256 PAGES 234 X 156MM OCTOBER 20119781845117450 HARDBACK £30.00I.B.TAURIS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE IRAN HERITAGE FOUNDATIONINTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 17


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WONDROUS WORDSThe Poetic Mastery of Jalal al-Din RumiLeonard Lewisohn, University of Exeter (Ed.)

Widely admired, translated and commented upon, the works of Jalal al-Din Rumi remain largely unexamined from a literary perspective. Emphasis has been placed on him as a spiritual master, and on his Masnavi (Rumi’s great masterpiece, consisting of Sufi teaching stories given profound mystical interpretations). As a result, the poet has often been concealed from view. Yet there is much to be explored and discovered in the poetic legacy of Rumi’s entire corpus:

his dynamic use of imagery; his mastery of lyrical expression; his creative use of poetic devices; the powerful rhetoric of his narrative structures; and more. This substantial volume, offering contributions from leading scholars of Persian literature and culture, focuses on the poetic art of Rumi and the various ways it interacts with the literary tradition that came before and after him. 360 PAGES 216 X 134MM APRIL 20129781848852709 HARDBACK £45.008PP COLOUR PLATES

THE PHILOSOPHY OF ECSTASYRumi and the Sufi TraditionLeonard Lewisohn (Ed.), Exeter University

The spiritual writings of the great Persian poet Rumi (1207–1273) are often characterised as the supreme expression of Sufism, the fascinating mystical strain that runs through Islamic thought and culture. This important volume brings together international Rumi experts and scholars to explore the ways in which the mysticism of Sufism coloured and shaped Rumi’s passionate poetic philosophy. Ranging from

a comprehensive investigation of the language and spirituality of the Masnavi, Rumi’s greatest literary work, to the intriguing relationship between Rumi’s poetic vision and Christians and Sufis, the volume as a whole offers an indispensable companion to the poetry of the man who, perhaps before all others, can best lay claim to reveal the rich complexity of Persia’s soul.360 PAGES 216 X 134MM APRIL 2012978184885 269 3 HARDBACK £45.00 INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 23

HAFIZ AND HIS CONTEMPORARIESA Study of Fourteenth-century Persian Love PoetryDominic Brookshaw, University of Manchester

Hafiz of Shiraz has long been celebrated by many as the greatest Persian poet within the annals of world literature. During the fourteenth century he was master of the Persian ‘ghazal’ – the pre-eminent genre of love poetry in the Iranian world in its day and which, in the hands of Hafiz, reached the pinnacle of its development and refinement. Dominic Brookshaw here places Hafiz into a broader literary context by comparing his poetry with his two most important contemporaries: ‘Ubayd-i Zakani and the poet-princess, Jahan-Malik Khatun, whose ‘ghazals’ have received insufficient scholarly attention to date. Brookshaw presents here for the first time many previously untranslated ‘ghazals’. This detailed comparison enables a truer picture of the distinct and innovative nature of Hafiz’s poetry to emerge.288 PAGES 234 X 156MM MAY 20129781848851443 HARDBACK £56.50BRITISH INSTITUTE OF PERSIAN STUDIES, VOL. 3

HAFIZ AND THE RELIGION OF LOVE IN CLASSICAL PERSIAN POETRYLeonard Lewisohn (Ed.), Exeter University360 PAGES 234 X 156MM MAY 2010978184885 339 3 HARDBACK £45.00INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIESI.B.TAURIS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE IRAN HERITAGE FOUNDATION

HAFIZ, MASTER OF PERSIAN POETRYA Critical Bibliography in EnglishParvin Loloi400 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 86064 923 3 HARDBACK £65.00

PERSIAN STEELMasterpieces of Iranian ArtJames Allan, University of Oxford140 PAGES 296 X 210MM 978 1 85043 718 5 HARDBACK £42.00ILLUSTRATEDIN ASSOCIATION WITH THE IRAN HERITAGE FOUNDATION

THE ART OF OMAR KHAYYAMIllustrating Fitzgerald’s RubaiyatWilliam H. Martin & Sandra Mason192 AGES 240 X 280MM 978 1 84511 282 0 HARDBACK £52.50300 ILLUSTRATIONS

TWELVE PHOTOGRAPHIC JOURNEYSIran in the 21st Century Anahita Ghabaian & Minou Saberi128 PAGES 236 X 189MM 978 1 85043 719 2 PAPERBACK £18.99

MUHAMMAD JUKI’S SHAHNAMAH OF FIRDAUSIBarbara Brend and A.H. Morton, SOAS208 PAGES 335 X 225MM 2010978 0 85667 672 7 HARDBACK £39.5080 COLOUR ILLUSTRATIONSPHILIP WILSON PUBLISHERS

ATTAR AND THE PERSIAN SUFI TRADITIONThe Art of Spiritual FlightLeonard Lewisohn, University of Exeter, & Christopher Shackle, SOAS (Eds)384 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 84511 148 9 HARDBACK £35.00ILLUSTRATED I.B.TAURIS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE INSTITUTE OF ISMAILI STUDIES

MAKE A SHIELD FROM WISDOMSelected Verses from Nasir-i Khusraw’s DivanAnnemarie Schimmel112 PAGES 216 X 134MM978 1 86064 725 3 PAPERBACK £12.99I.B.TAURIS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE INSTITUTE OF ISMAILI STUDIES

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THE ILKHANID BOOK OF ASCENSIONA Persian-Sunni Prayer ManualChristiane Gruber, Indiana University, Bloomington256 PAGES 234 X 156MM 2010978 1 84511 499 2 HARDBACK £56.0010 COLOUR PLATESBRITISH INSTITUTE OF PERSIAN STUDIES, VOL. 2

TEXTBOOKLOYALTY AND LEADERSHIP IN AN EARLY ISLAMIC SOCIETYRoy P. Mottahedeh, Harvard University224 PAGES 216 X 134MM 978 1 86064 181 7 PAPERBACK £16.99

THE FIRE, THE STAR AND THE CROSSMinority Religions in Medieval and Early Modern IranAptin Khanbaghi, University of Cambridge288 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 84511 056 7 HARDBACK £59.50INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 5

EAGLE’S NESTIsmaili Castles in Iran and SyriaPeter Willey352 PAGES 234 X 156MM978 1 85043 464 1 HARDBACK £25.00ILLUSTRATEDISMAILI HERITAGE SERIES, I.B.TAURIS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE INSTITUTE OF ISMAILI STUDIES

THE ASSASSIN LEGENDSMyths of the Ismailis Farhad Daftary, The Institute of Ismaili Studies224 PAGES 216 X 134MM 978 1 85043 705 5 HARDBACK £59.50978 1 85043 950 9 PAPERBACK £14.99

THE ORNAMENT OF HISTORIES: A HISTORY OF THE EASTERN ISLAMIC LANDS AD 650-1041The Persian Text of Abu Sa‘id ‘Abd al-Hayy GardiziEdmund Bosworth (Trans. and Ed.), University of Exeter192 PAGES 234 X 156MM 20109781848853539 HARDBACK £51.50BRITISH INSTITUTE OF PERSIAN STUDIES SERIES, VOL. 4

HYMNS OF ZOROASTERA New Translation of the Most Ancient Sacred Texts of IranWith Introduction and Commentary by M.L. West, Emeritus Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford200 PAGES 216 X 134MM 20109781848853478 HARDBACK £52.509781848855052 PAPERBACK £14.991 MAP

ZOROASTRIANISMAn IntroductionJenny Rose, Claremont Graduate University288 PAGES 216 X 134MM 20109781848850873 HARDBACK £45.009781848850880 PAPERBACK £14.9930 INTEGRATED B&W, 2 MAPSI.B.TAURIS INTRODUCTIONS TO RELIGION

THE WORLD OF ACHAEMENID PERSIAJohn Curtis and St.John Simpson, British Museum648 PAGES 234 X 156MM 2010978 1 84885 346 1 HARDBACK £59.50I.B.TAURIS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE IRAN HERITAGE FOUNDATION

DECLINE AND FALL OF THE SASANIAN EMPIREThe Sasanian-Parthian Confederacy and the Arab Conquest of IranParvaneh Pourshariati, Ohio State University552 PAGES 234 X 156MM978 1 84511 645 3 HARDBACK £45.00INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 10

SASANIAN PERSIAThe Rise and Fall of an EmpireTouraj Daryaee, University of California256 PAGES 234 X 156MM 9781850438984 HARDBACK £35.00I.B.TAURIS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE IRAN HERITAGE FOUNDATION32 B&W IN 16PP PLATES

TEXTBOOKANCIENT PERSIAJosef Wiesehöfer, University of Kiel352 PAGES 234 X 156MM978 1 85043 999 8 PAPERBACK £14.99ILLUSTRATED IN B&W

THE CYRUS CYLINDERThe Great Persian Edict from BabylonEdited by I.L. Finkel, British Museum

Some historical artefacts are destined forever to alter how the ancient world is perceived. The unearthing in Iraq (in 1879) of a clay cylinder-shaped decree from Cyrus the Great, founder of the Achaemenid dynasty of Persia, stands in the same tradition of game-changing discoveries from antiquity as Hammurabi’s famous law code or the intact tomb of the boy-king Tutankhamun. For the Cyrus Cylinder contains in microcosm the whole history of its period. Inscribed with an account of the conquest of Babylon in 539 BCE by the Persian King, it records an event which launched one of the greatest imperial adventures in history. It describes Cyrus’ capture and deposition of Nabonidus, last native Babylonian ruler (represented by the Cylinder text as an oppressor of his own people) and proclaims the Persian as a liberator. The Cylinder has also been called the world’s first declaration of human rights, setting out the decree by which Cyrus freed the Jews from captivity in Babylon. This important volume is the first to discuss the Cylinder and its remarkable history.160 PAGES 246 X 189MM APRIL 20129781780760636 HARDBACK £35.00

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NASIR KHUSRAW, THE RUBY OF BADAKHSHANA Portrait of the Persian Poet, Traveller and PhilosopherAlice C. Hunsberger, The Institute of Ismaili Studies324 PAGES 216 X 134MM978 1 85043 919 6 HARDBACK £25.00978 1 85043 926 4 PAPERBACK £14.99I.B.TAURIS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE INSTITUTE OF ISMAILI STUDIES

KNOWLEDGE AND LIBERATIONA Treatise on Philosophical Theologyby Nasir Khusraw, Faquir M. Hunzai (Ed. & Trans), The Institute of Ismaili Studies240 PAGES 216 X 134MM978 1 86064 471 9 PAPERBACK £14.99I.B.TAURIS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE INSTITUTE OF ISMAILI STUDIES

STRANGE TIMES IN PERSIAAn Anthology of Contemporary Iranian LiteratureNahid Mozaffari, New School, New York, & Ahmad Karimi Hakkak, University of Maryland (Eds)496 PAGES 234 X 156MM 2009978 1 84511 416 9 HARDBACK £35.00978 1 84511 417 6 PAPERBACK £12.99

FORUGH FARROKHZAD, POET OF MODERN IRANExploring her Life and WorksDominic Parviz Brookshaw, University of Manchester and Nasrin Rahimieh, University of California (Eds)296 PAGES 234 X 156MM 2010978184885 155 9 HARDBACK £54.50978184885 156 6 PAPERBACK £16.9916 INTEGRATED B&WI.B.TAURIS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE IRAN HERITAGE

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TWELVE DAYS IN PERSIAAcross the Mountains with the Bakhtiari TribeVita Sackville-West144 PAGES 198 X 126MM 978184511 933 1 PAPERBACK £9.9932PP B&W PLATESTAURIS PARKE PAPERBACKS

PASSENGER TO TEHERANVita Sackville-West160 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 84511 343 8 PAPERBACK £11.99TAURIS PARKE PAPERBACKSILLUSTRATED

SADEQ HEDAYATThe Life and Legend of an Iranian WriterHoma Katouzian, University of Oxford320 PAGES 216 X 134MM978 1 86064 413 9 PAPERBACK £14.99

THE BLINDFOLD HORSEMemories of a Persian ChildhoodShusha Guppy256 PAGES 198 X 126MM 978 1 85043 401 6 PAPERBACK £9.99TAURIS PARKE PAPERBACKS

A GIRL IN PARISA Persian Encounter with the WestShusha Guppy296 PAGES 198 X 126MM 978 1 84511 380 3 PAPERBACK £11.99

THE SECRET OF LAUGHTERMagical Tales from Classical PersiaShusha Guppy232 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 84511 695 8 PAPERBACK £9.99TAURIS PARKE PAPERBACKS

FROM A PERSIAN TEA HOUSETravels in Old IranMichael Carroll224 PAGES 198 X 126MM 978 1 84511 500 5 PAPERBACK £9.99ILLUSTRATEDTAURIS PARKE PAPERBACKS

NEW PERSIAN COOKINGA Fresh Approach to the Classic Cuisine of IranJila Dana-Haeri, Shahrzad Ghorashian, Jason Lowe

The subtleties of Persian cuisine and their exciting mix of flavours are totally distinct from other styles of cooking and make it one of the great cuisines of the world. The traditional emphasis on the use of fresh and seasonal ingredients and the importance of a complementary mix of herbs, vegetables, meat, fish, fruit and spices, accords well with the modern desire for healthy eating and a balanced diet. This highly-illustrated cookbook offers an enticing introduction to traditional Persian cuisine through recipes that are accessible to the non-professional cook and are based on ingredients that are readily available in the West. Jila Dana-Haeri has adapted traditional Persian recipes to fit the requirements of today’s modern cooks, demonstrating that Persian food can be made easily anywhere in the world. Featuring beautiful photographs by award-winning food photographer Jason Lowe, this book will be essential for anyone interested in sampling Persian cuisine and expanding their cultural horizons.224 PAGES 248 X 191MM 2011 9781848855861 HARDBACK £20.0035 COLOUR

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THE AGE OF THE PARTHIANSThe Idea of Iran, Vol. 2Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis, British Museum, & Sarah Stewart, SOAS (Eds)

The Parthians are a fascinating but little-known ancient civilization. In the mid-third century BCE a bold and ambitious leader called Arsaces challenged Hellenic rule and led his armies to victory. The dynasty which he founded ruled over what became a mighty empire and restored the glory of Iran following the region’s conquest by Alexander the Great. This imperial eastern superpower, which lasted for 400 years and

stretched from the Hindu Kush to Mesopotamia, withstood the might of Rome for centuries. The Parthians were nomadic horse-warriors who left few written records, concentrating rather on a rich oral and storytelling tradition. What knowledge we have of this remarkable people derives primarily from their coinage, which mixed Hellenism with Persian influences. 176 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 84511 406 0 HARDBACK £52.50THE IDEA OF IRAN SERIES, VOL. 2

THE RISE OF ISLAMThe Idea of Iran, Vol. 4Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis & Sarah Stewart (Eds)

This final volume in the successful series The Idea of Iran addresses the astonishing impact made by Islam during and after the Arab conquest of Iran in the middle of the seventh century. As the Sasanian dynasty crumbled before the invaders’ triumphant onslaught, its state religion of Zoroastrianism was unceremoniously dismantled to make way for the new faith of the victorious desert warriors. Yet why,

if Iran jettisoned its indigenous religion, did it still manage to retain its Persian language and distinctive Iranian identity once Muslim governance took hold? These, and other intriguing questions, are addressed by the book, which includes distinguished contributions from world-renowned scholars such as Hugh Kennedy, Edmund Bosworth, Robert Hillenbrand and Ehsan Yarshater. The volume offers one of the most ambitious perspectives on Persian religion, society and culture to be published to date.128 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 84511 691 0 HARDBACK £39.50THE IDEA OF IRAN SERIES, VOL. 4

THE IDEA OF IRAN SERIESEARLY ISLAMIC IRANThe Idea of Iran, Vol. 5Edmund Herzig and Sarah Stewart, SOAS (Eds)

How did Iran remain distinctively Iranian in the centuries which followed the Arab Conquest? How did it retain its cultural distinctiveness after the displacement of Zoroastrianism – state religion of the Persian empire – by Islam? This latest volume in The Idea of Iran series traces that critical moment in Iranian history which followed the transformation of ancient traditions during the country’s conversion and initial Islamic period. One of the paradoxes of this era is that the establishment throughout the eastern Islamic territories of new Turkish dynasties coincided with the genesis and spread, into Central and South Asia, of vibrant new Persian language and literatures. Exploring the nature of this paradox, separate chapters engage with ideas of kingship, authority and identity and their fascinating expression through the written word, architecture and the visual arts.304 PAGES 234 X 156MM NOVEMBER 2011HARDBACK 9781780760612 £39.50THE IDEA OF IRAN SERIES, VOL. 5

BIRTH OF THE PERSIAN EMPIREThe Idea of Iran, Vol. 1Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis, British Museum, & Sarah Stewart, SOAS (Eds)

Of the great ancient civilizations, that of Persia is the least known and the most enigmatic. This book explores the formation of the first Persian Empire under the Achaemenid Persians. It brings together a multi-disciplinary view of ancient Iran in the first millennium BCE and concentrates on the art, archaeology, history and religion of a geographical area far beyond the present borders of modern Iran in the period

beginning just before the formation of the Persian empire in the middle of the 6th century up to its collapse following conquest by Alexander the Great in the late 4th century BCE.160 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 84511 062 8 HARDBACK £52.50ILLUSTRATEDTHE IDEA OF IRAN SERIES, VOL. 1

THE SASANIAN ERAThe Idea of Iran, Vol. 3Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis, British Museum, & Sarah Stewart, SOAS (Eds)

Seizing power from the previous dynasty – the Parthians – the Sasanians ruled Iran and most of the ancient Near East from 224 until 642 CE. They are particularly fascinating because of their adherence to Zoroastrianism, an ancient dualistic Iranian religion named after the prophet Zarathustra (or, in Greek, Zoroaster). The Sasanians expressed the divine aspect

of their rule in a variety of forms, such as on coins, rock reliefs and silver plates, and architecture and the arts flourished under their aegis. Sasanian military success brought them into conflict with Rome, and later Byzantium. Their empire eventually collapsed under the force of the Arab army in CE 642, when Zoroastrianism was replaced with Islam.192 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 84511 690 3 HARDBACK £39.50THE IDEA OF IRAN SERIES, VOL. 3

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THE COMPLETE FAUNA OF IRANEskandar Firouz, Former Director of the Department of the Environment in Iran336 PAGES 240 X 170MM 978 1 85043 946 2 HARDBACK £65.00ILLUSTRATED


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CONTENTSAncient Persia 2-3Medieval Iran 3Early Modern and Safavid Iran 4-5Qajar Iran and Modern History 5-7Politics and Contemporary Iran 7-10

Iran and Islam 11Gender 11Art, Architecture and Culture 11-12Film 12-13Literature, Biography and Travel 13-17Society and Environment 17

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INDEX AND ORDER FORM...Age of the Parthians, The: Curtis & Stewart, 978 1 84511 406 0, hb £52.50 2...Ahmadinejad: Naji, 978 1 84511 636 1, pb, £12.99 9...Ancient Persia: Wiesehöfer, 978 1 86064 675 1, pb, £14.99 3...Anthology of Philosophy..., Vol 1, An: Nasr et al, 978 1 84511 541 8, hb, £39.50 14...Anthology of Philosophy..., Vol 2, An: Nasr et al, 978 1 84511 542 5, hb, £39.50 14...Anthology of Philosophy..., Vol 3, An: Nasr et al, 978 1 84511 605 7, hb, £39.50 14... Anthology of Philosophy..., Vol 4: Nasr & Aminrazavi, 978 1 84885 749 0, hb, £39.50 14...Apocalyptic Islam and: Amanat, 978 1 84511 124 3, hb, £59.50 978 1 84511 981 2, pb, £16.99 11... Arab-Iranian Rivalry in the Persian Gulf: Sharifi, 978 1 84885 822 0, hB, £59.50 9...Art and Material Culture..., The: Khosronejad 978 1 84885 168 9, hb, £51.50 12...Art of Omar Khayyam, The: Mason & Martin 978 1 84511 282 0, hb, £52.50 16...Assassin Legends, The: Dafary, 978 1 85043 705 5, hb, £59.50 978 1 85043 950 9, pb, £14.99 3...Attar and the Persian ...: Lewisohn & Shackle, 978 1 84511 148 9, hb, £35.00 16...Azerbaijan: Atabaki, 978 1 86064 554 9, pb, £17.99 7...Baha’is of Iran, The, Vol 1: Shahvar, Gilbar & Morozov, 978 1 84885 391 1, HB, £59.50 5...Baha’is of Iran, The, Vol 2: Shahvar, Gilbar & Morozov, 978 1 84885 392 8, HB, £59.50 5...Baha’is of Iran, The, Two Vol Set: Shahvar, Gilbar & Morozov, 978 1 84885 473 4, HB, £105.00 5...Becoming Visible in Iran: Honarbin-Holliday 978 1 78076 086 5, pb, £14.99 11...Biographies of the Poets…Vol 14: Yarshater, 978 1 84511 915 7, hb, £59.50 15...Biographies of the Poets…Vol 15: Yarshater, 978 1 84511 916 4, hb, £59.50 15...Birth of the Persian Empire: Curtis & Stewart, 978 1 84511 062 8, hb, £52.50 2...Blindfold Horse, The: Guppy, 978 1 85043 401 6, pb, £9.99 17...Blogistan: Srebeny & Khiabany, 978 1 84511 606 4, hb, £56.00 978 1 84511 607 1, pb, £14.99 9...Christian Encounters with Iran: Tavassoli, 978 1 84511 761 0, hb, £59.50 9...Complete Fauna of Iran, The: Firouz, 978 1 85043 946 2, hb, £65.00 17...Constitution of Iran, The: Schirazi, 978 1 86064 253 1, pb, £17.99 10...Converting Persia: Abisaab, 978 1 86064 970 7, hb, £59.50 5...Creating an Islamic State: Martin, 978 1 86064 900 4, pb, £16.99 10...Cultural Revolution in Iran: Sreberny & Torfeh, 978 1 78076 089 6, hb, £56.50 9... Cyrus Cylinder, The: Finkel, 978 1 78076 063 6, hb, £35.00 3...Decline and Fall of the ...: Pourshariati, 978 1 84511 645 3, hb, £45.00 3...Diplomacy and Murder in Tehran: Kelly, 978 1 84511 196 0, pb, £14.99 6...Distant Relations: Chehabi & Mneimneh, 978 1 86064 561 7,hb, £47.50 978 1 84511 255 4, pb, £16.99 10...Eagle’s Nest, The: Willey, 978 1 85043 464 1, hb, £25.00 3...Early Islamic Iran: Herzig & Stewart, 978 1 78076 061 2, hb, £39.50 2...Early Persian Painting: O’Kane, 978 1 86064 852 6, hb, £75.00 12...Economy of Iran, The: Alizadeh, 978 1 86064 464 1, hb, £59.50 10...English Amongst the Persians, The: Wright, 978 1 86064 638 6, pb, £18.99 7...Epic of the Persian Kings: Melville & Brend, 978 1 84885 656 1, pb, £25.00 13 ...Faith & Freedom: Afkhami, 978 1 86064 008 7, pb, £14.99 11... Ferdowsi, the Mongols and Iranian History: Hillenbrand et al 978 1 78076 015 5, hb, £65.00 13...Fire, The Star and the Cross, The: Khanbaghi, 978 1 84511 056 7, hb, £59.50 13...Forgotten Schools, The: Shahvar, 978 1 84511 683 5, hb, £59.50 9...Forugh Farokhzad: Brookshaw & Rahimieh, 978 1 84885 155 9, hb, £54.50 978 1 84885 156 6, pb, £16.99 17...From a Persian Tea House: Carroll, 978 184511 500 5, pb, £9.99 17...From Iran to Hollywood...: Gow, 978 1 84885 526 7, hb, £51.50 978 1 84885 527 4, pb, £17.99 12...From Palace to Prison: Naraghi, 978 1 85043 704 8, hb, £49.00 10...Frontier Fictions: Kashani-Sabet, 978 1 85043 270 8, hb, £54.50 13...General Index, Vol 16: Yarshater, 978 1 84511 917 1, hb, £59.50 15...General Introduction..., Vol 1:, Yarshater, 978 1 84511 886 0, hb, £59.50 15...German Foreign Policy Towards Iran...: Khatib-Shahidi, 978 1 84885 324 9, hb, £39.50 8...Girl in Paris, A: Guppy, 978 1 84511 380 3, pb, £9.99 17...Hafiz and His Contemporaries: Brookshaw, 978 1 84885 144 3, hb, £56.50 16...Hafiz and the Religion...: Lewisohn 978 1 84885 339 3, hb, £45.00 16...Hafiz, Master of Persian Poetry: Loloi,

978 1 86064 923 3, hb, £59.50 16...Heroic Epic, Vol 4: Yarshater, 978 1 84511 905 8, hb, £59.50 15...Hymns of Zoroaster, The: West 978 1 84885 347 8, hb, £52.50 978 1 84885 505 2, pb, £14.99 3...Ilkhanid Book of Ascension, The: Gruber 978 1 84511 499 2, hb, £56.00 3...In the Shadow of the King: Walcher, 978 1 85043 434 4, hb, £51.50 6...Iran and the First World War: Atabaki, 978 1 86064 964 6, hb, £56.50 6 ...Iran and the Rise...: Ehteshami & Zweiri, 978 1 84511 388 9, hb, £25.00 9...Iran and the Rise of Reza Shah: Ghani, 978 1 86064 258 6, hb, £56.50 978 1 86064 629 4, pb, £17.99 7...Iran and the World...: Floor & Herzig 978 1 85043930 1, hb £45.00 4...Iran Connection, The: Ghorayeb, 978 1 84885 740 7, hb, £29.95 8...Iran in the 20th century: Atabaki, 978 1 84511 962 1, hb, £54.50 6...Iran Oil: Howard, 978 1 84511 249 3, hb, £20.00 10...Iran, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf: al-Saud, 978 1 86064 881 6, hb, £52.50 10...Iran: the Crisis of Democracy: Azimi, 978 1 86064 980 6, pb, £16.99 6...Iran’s Constitutional ...: Chehabi & Martin 978 1 84885 415 4, hb, £59.50 6...Iran’s Economy under the ...: Amuzegar, 978 1 86064 104 6, pb, £18.99 10...Iranian Cinema: Sadr, 978 1 84511 146 5, hb, £59.50 978 1 84511 147 2, pb, £16.99 13...Islam and Democracy : Mir-Hosseini et al, 978 1 84511 133 5, hb, £56.50 978 1 84511 134 2. pb, £16.99 10...Islam and Dissent in ...: Ghamari-Tabrizi, 978 1 84511 879 2, hb, £65.00 978 1 84511 880 8, pb, £17.99 9...Islam and Gender: Mir-Hosseini, 978 1 85043 268 5, hb, £56.50 978 1 85043 269 2, pb, £16.99 11...Islamic Architecture in Iran: Khaghani, 978 1 84885 729 2, hb, £59.50 11...Islamic Utopian, An: Rahnema, 978 1 86064 552 5, pb, £17.99 10...Jewish Identities in Iran: Amanat, 978 1 84511 891 4, hb, £56.50 6...Khans and Shahs: Garthwaite, 978 1 84885 096 5, pb, £17.99 6...Khatami and Gorbachev: Shakibi, 978 1 84885 139 9, hb, £65.00 9...Khatami’s Iran: Tazmini, 978 1 84885 182 5, pb, £14.99 8...Khomeini: Moin, 978 1 84511 790 0, pb, £16.99 9...Knowledge and Liberation: Hunzai, 978 1 86064 471 9, pb, £14.99 17...Kurds and the State in Iran: Vali, 978 1 84885 788 9, hb, £49.50 8...Literature in Iranian…Vol 18: Yarshater, 978 1 84511 918 8, hb, £59.50 15...Literature in the Early..., Vol 11: Yarshater, 978 1 84511 912 6, hb, £59.50 15...Loyalty and Leadership in an ... : Mottahedeh, 978 1 86064 181 7, pb, £16.99 3...Make A Shield From Wisdom: Schimmel, 978 1 86064 725 3, pb, £12.99 16...Makhmalbaf at Large: Dabashi, 978 1 84511 531 9, hb, £59.50, 978 1 84511 532 6, pb, £16.99 13...Marriage on Trial: Mir-Hosseini, 978 1 86064 608 9, pb, £15.99 11...Men of Order: Atabaki & Zurcher, 978 1 86064 426 9, hb, £59.50 7...Modern Fiction and Drama, Vol 13: Yarshater, 978 1 84511 914 0, hb, £59.50 15...Modern Islamic Political Thought: Enayat, 978 1 85043 465 8, hb, £56.00 978 1 85043 466 5, pb, £15.99 11...Modern Persian Poetry…Vol 12: Yarshater, 978 1 84511 913 3, hb, £59.50 15...Modernity and the Stateless: Vali, 978 1 86064 050 6, hb, £39.50 8...Monetary History of Iran, The: Matthee, Floor & Clawson 978 1 78076 079 7, hb, £45.00 4...Muhammad Juki’s...: Brend & Morton, 978 0 85667 672 7, hb, £39.50 16...Musaddiq and the Struggle for ...: Katouzian, 978 1 86064 290 6, pb, £16.99 6...Nasir Khusraw, the Ruby of ...: Hunsberger, 978 1 85043 919 6, hb, £25.00 978 1 85043 926 4, pb, £14.99 17...New Iranian Cinema: Tapper 978 1 86064 803 8, hb, £56.50 978 1 86064 804 5, pb, £15.99 13...New Persian Cooking: Dana-Haeri et al 978 1 84885 586 1, hb, £20.00 17...Nuclear Iran: Patrikarakos 978 1 78076 125 1, hb, £24.50 7...Ornament of Histories, The: Bosworth 978 1 84885 353 9, hb, £51.50 3...Passenger to Teheran: Sackville –West, 978 1 84511 343 8, pb, £11.99 17...Perceptions of Iran: Ansari, 978 1 84885 830 5, hb, £56.50 5...Persia in Crisis: Matthee, 978 1 84511 745 0, hb, £42.50 4...Persian Gardens and Pavilions: Gharipour 978 1 78076 121 3, hb. £56.00 12...Persian Historiography, Vol 10: Yarshater 978 1 84511 911 9, hb, £59.50 15

...Persian Poetry, Vol 7, The: Yarshater, 978 1 84511 908 9, hb, £59.50 15...Persian Painting: Hillenbrand, 978 1 85043 659 1, hb, £75.00 12...Persian Poetry in..., Vol 2: Yarshater, 978 1 84511 903 4, hb, £59.50 15...Persian Poetry in..., Vol 3: Yarshater 978 1 84511 904 1, hb, £59.50 15...Persian Prose from..., Vol 8: Yarshater, 978 1 84511 909 6, hb, £59.50 15...Persian Poety from..., Vol 9: Yarshater, 978 1 84511 910 2, hb, £59.50 15...Persian Prose, Vol 5: Yarshater, 978 1 84511 906 5, hb,, £59.50 15...Persian Sphinx, The: Milani, 978 1 85043 328 6, hb, £42.00 6...Persian Steel: Allan, 978 1 85043 718 5, hb, £42.00 16...Persian’s Amongst the English, The: Wright 978 1 85043 002 5, hb, 45.00 7...Philosophy of Ecstasy, The: Lewisohn, 978 1 84885 269 3, hb, £45.00 16...Pivot of the Universe, The: Amanat, 978 1 84511 828 0, pb, £16.99 6...Poetics of Iranian Cinema, The: Sheibani, 978 1 84885 741 4, hb, £54.50 13...Political Economy of Iran Under..., The: Amirahmadi, 978 1 84885 672 1, hb, £59.50 5...Political Islam in ...: Mohammadi 978 1 84885 276 1, hb, £56.50 7...Politics of Confrontation: Ganji, 978 1 84885 964 7, pb, £25.00 9...Practice of Politics in Safavid Iran, The: Mitchell, 978 1 78076 096 4, pb, £17.99 4...Pre-Islamic Iranian…Vol 17: Yarshater, 978 1 84511 887 7, hb, £59.50 15...Priest and the King, The: Harney, 978 1 86064 319 4, hb, £42.00 978 1 86064 374 3, pb, £14.99 10...Qajar Pact, The: Martin, 978 1 85043 763 5, hb, £59.50 7...Rebels with a Cause: Behrooz, 978 1 86064 630 0, pb, £16.99 6...Religion and Politics in Modern Iran: Ridgeon, 978 1 84511 073 4, hb, £65.00 978 1 84511 072 7, pb, £15.99 11...Religion and War in ...: Gieling, 978 1 86064 407 8, hb, £59.50 10...Religion, Culture and Politics in Iran: de Groot, 978 1 86064 571 6, hb, £59.50 6...Religious and Mystical..., Vol 6: Yarshater, 978 1 84511 907 2, hb, £59.50 15...Revolutionary Ideology and Islamic ...: Lafraie 978 1 84511 063 5, hb, £59.50 10...Rise of Islam, The: Curtis & Stewart. 978 1 84511 691 0, hb, £39.50 1...Sadeq Hedayat: Katouzian, 978 1 86064 413 9, pb, £14.99 17...Safavid Dynastic Shrine, The: Rizvi, 978 1 84885 354 6, hb, £54.50 4...Safavid Iran: Newman, 978 1 84511 830 3, pb, £17.99 4...Safavid Persia: Melville, 978 1 86064 023 0, hb, £49.50 978 1 86064 086 5, pb, £25.00 4... Safavid Thinkers: Newman, 978 1 78076 084 1, hb, £49.50 4...Sanctioning Iran: Alikhani, 978 1 86064 626 3, hb, £65.00 10...Sasanian Era, The: Curtis & Stewart, 978 1 84511 690 3, hb, £39.50 2...Sasanian Persia: Daryaee, 978 1 85043 898 4, hb, £35.00 3...Secret of Laughter, The: Guppy, 978 1 84511 695 8, pb, £9.99 17...Shah Abbas: Blow, 9781 84511989 8, pb, £14.99 4...Shah and I, The: Alam, 978 1 84511 372 8, pb, £14.99 6...Shi’i Islam in Iranian Cinema: Pak-Shiraz, 978 1 84885 510 6, hb, £56.50 13...Slaves Of the Shah: Babaie, Babayan, et al, 978 1 86064 721 5, hb, £51.50 4...State and Society in Iran: Katouzian, 978 1 84511 272 1, pb, £17.99 6...State and the Subaltern, The: Atabaki 978 1 84511 339 1, hb, £57.50 7...Strange Times in Persia: Mozaffari & Hakkak, 978 1 84511 416 9, hb, £35.00 978 1 84511 417 6, pb, £12.99 17...Sword of Persia, The: Axworthy, 978 1 84511 982 9, pb, £14.99 5...Syria and Iran: Goodarzi, 978 1 84511 997 3, pb, £16.99 9...Trade, Industrialization ...: Amid et al 9781 84511 982 9, hb, £65.00 10...Tribeswomen of Iran: Hunag, 978 1 84511 832 7, hb, £59.50 11...Troubled Waters: Dekmejian & Simonian, 978 1 86064 922 6, pb, £18.99 10...Twelve Days in Persia: Sackville-West, 978 1 84511 933 1, pb, £9.99 17...Twelve Photographic...: Ghabaian & Saberi, 978 1 85043 719 2, pb, £18.99 16...Understanding Iran: Beeman, 978 1 84511 969 0, pb, £9.99 8...War in Iranian Cinema: Khosronejad, 978 1 84885 285 3, hb, £54.50 12...Wondrous Words: Lewisohn, 978 1 84885 270 9, hb, £45.00 16...World of Achaemeni..., The: Curts & Simpson 978 1 84885 346 1, hb, £59.50 3...Zoroastrianism: Rose 978 1 84885 087 3, hb, £45.00 978 1 84885 088 0, pb, £14.99 3

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