Books
Book Review: Social Change in Medieval Iran
Social Change in Medieval Iran 132-628 AH (750-1231 AD) The Perspectives of Persian Historiography is a detailed interdisciplinary study that uses a sociological framework to delve into first-hand historical books in the Persian language. By providing novel perspectives, this book examines medieval Iran's history, from the…
The Historian at Work in “Persian Historiography”
Historiography in relation to other sciences is one of the main concerns of interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary studies. As two integrated disciplines, History and Literature have brought their approaches to “Persian Historiography” to propose new questions about the historians and their works. “A History of Persian Literature”…
Continuity of Iranian Identity in the Medieval Times
The Persians by Gene R. Garthwaite[1] addresses the history of Iran from the Achaemenians (c.550-331 BC) up to 2003. In the introduction, Garthwaite specifies that the term of Persia and Persians are as many metaphorical notions that can not be easily categorized: “Generally speaking Persia/Persians…
Social Change in Iran through the Perspective of Persian Historiography: Bal’ami to Jovayni
The science of history as the ability to reread the past experiences of human beings has perceived the attention of many intellectuals. In other words, history is one of the critical origins of the modern fields of science. Time, the main concern of the…
Ya’qub’e Layth Emerging from the Unfinished Structure of ‘Ayyari
To the Brave and Honorable People of Sistan and Balouchestan This article introduces the book, Ya’qub’e Layth-e Saffari written by Dr. Mohammad Ebrahim Bastani Parizi (1924-2014). Ya’qub-e Layth (840-879), the Iranian military leader, entered the political world more than a century after the…