Siméon of Erevan, was the Kat`oghikos, that is, the Supreme Patriarch, of the Armenian Church, from 1763 to 1780. He reorganized the Holy See of Ejmiatsin, restored its spiritual authority, and increased its wealth and political influence. In 1771,...

James Lyman Merrick was born into a farming family in western Massachusetts in 1803. In his youth, while completing a school project, he developed an enduring love for Persia that became a guiding light for his entire life. As a committed Christian of a...

First published in London, U.K. in 1864. Two-volumes in One edition. Language: English Condition: Good. Reprinted in Iran in 1976 as part of the Pahlavi Commemorative Reprint Series. For more information, please see under "Select...

Zak‘aria (1630-ca.1691) was a native of Agulis (present-day Akulis) in Nakhichevan and a merchant who traveled widely in the Ottoman and Persian empires. He also made one trip to Europe and traveled in Italy, Austria, Germany, and Holland. His diary is in...

“I flip the pages again and begin at the beginning. My nose was filled with fumes from burnt powder. The words stoop before me and pass quickly through the gap between two piles of earth. Hoseyn crawls face first into the foxhole. I grab his arm and...

Jujube Blossoms is a historical novel about a tumultuous period in Persian history during the Persian Constitutional Revolution that began in 1905 and ended in 1911. Even though the ruling monarch, Mozaffareddin Shah Qajar, signed the declaration for a...