In Qazaqliq, or Ambitious Brigandage, and the Formation of the Qazaqs Joo-Yup Lee examines the formation of the Qazaqs and other group identities within the context of the role of the cossack/qazaqliq
Through an examination of a wide range of medieval sources and a close textual study of the account about Ardashir in theShahnama, Nasrin Askari demonstrates that medieval authors understood Firdausi’
Alexander the Great s military campaign to conquer the Achaemenid empire included a propaganda campaign to convince the Iranians his kingship was compatible with their religious and cultural norms. Th
This collection of 15 essays delves into the reception of and later versions created from the Persian epic by Firdausi. Depictions of the demon divs are the subject of two essays; other topics include
This work argues that the Sistani Cycle of Epics constitutes a genre of historiography, retaining reflections of events of Iran’s antiquity, notably the affairs of the Sistani kingdom and its relation
In Faramarz, the Sistani Hero Marjolijn van Zutphen discusses the role played by the legendary warrior Faramarz in the shorter and the longer Faramarzname, compared to his appearances in several other
In Lives of the Prophets Mohamad Reza Ghiasian analyses the images of the two extant illustrated copies of Hafiz-i Abru’s Majma? al-tawarikh, which were produced for the Timurid ruler Shahrukh (r. 140
In Khwadaynamag. The Middle Persian Book of Kings Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila analyses the lost sixth-century historiographical work of the Sasanians, its lost Arabic translations, and the sources of Firdaw
In Mughal Occidentalism, Mika Natif elucidates the meaningful and complex ways in which Mughal artists repurposed Christian and Renaissance visual idioms to embody themes from classical Persian litera
Shahnama Studies III offers new insights into the reception of the Shahnama or Book of Kings, composed by the Persian poet Firdausi in the 10th-11th century in eastern Iran.
In 'Politics, Poetry, and Sufism in Medieval Iran' Chad Lingwood offers new insights into the political significance of poetry and Sufism at the court of Sultan Ya'qub (d. 896/1490), leader of the Aq
Arthur Upham Pope and A New Survey of Persian Art re-addresses the role of the American pioneer in the study of Persian cultural heritage - Arthur Upham Pope (1881–1969) - in the development of Persia
Christine van Ruymbeke offers a first in-depth analysis of the contents and style of Kashefi’sAnvar-e Sohayli (15th c. AD). This analysis also addresses the Kalila wa-Dimna field, across its full rewr
