Reading Chubak is an examination of the life and works of Sadeq Chubak, one of the most prominent Iranian novelists and short story writers of the 20th century. A landmark in the development of modern Persian short stories and novels, Chubak’s work has...

Most writing in Persian and Urdu since the fifteenth century from Iran, Central Asia, and South Asia has been in a style known as nasta`liq and its derivative, shekasta. In rapidly written, informal hands these types of writing present serious obstacles to...

NOTE: Also available in Kindle format at lower price. 1- Click on "Select Format" 2- Select "eBook Download" 3- Select "AMAZON KINDLE" Published in a series of books intended to record the oral histories of Iranian women and...

King Aman-Allah emerged in 1919 as the hero of Afghan independence and as one of the most dynamic modernizers of the modern Middle East. His ten-year reign (1919-1929) encompassed a period of intense interplay between forces of change and tradition in...

When first published in 1975, this book was the first full-length study of Riza (Reza) Shah Pahlavi and his times in any language and remains the definitive study. His participation in the coup d’etat of 1921 marked the opening stage of the resurrection of...

A salient feature of Sufism, is the notion of a union between an individual and the Divine being. This union, which is an antithesis of alienation, is the most critical problem of humanity. This book explores the concept of mystical union and other major...

This study focuses on only one of the ethnic groups in Transcaucasia, the Armenians. It covers the period from the end of the eighteenth century to the late nineteenth century—that is, from the removal of the Russian forces from Transcaucasia by Emperor Paul...