Hassan Sadr, the author of previously unpublished notes on Dr. Mossadegh, is historically important for a number of reasons. He was Dr. Mossadegh’s personal lawyer at various times; represented the country at the International Court of the Hague during...

Sangi bar Guri [A Stone on a Grave] is a candid account of a male Iranian, in this case, a well-known essayist, fiction writer and socially and politically engaged intellectual, in his struggle to cope with his inability to produce offspring. In this book,...

Although traditionally, writing memoirs, as this genre is understood in the Western world, especially women’s memoirs, has been relatively rare in Persian, since the latter years of the 20th century, an increasing number of women from various classes...

Dr. Nina Garsoïan begins her masterfully written autobiography by introducing the reader to the émigré world into which she was born. She paints candid pictures of her parents and grandparents, ethnic Armenians who had never lived in Armenia. In the early...

NOTE: This book was first published in 1991 by Mazda Publishers in hardcover edition. **** The present study offers the first critical biography of Ferdowsi who, ten centuries ago, gathered historical traditions of various Iranians and recast them in epic...

These memoirs of a founder of Middle Eastern studies at U.S. institutions reveal more than the events of a life spent in intimate contact with many peoples of Eurasia. Although mainly concerned with “Greater Iran” (Afghanistan, Iran/Persia and...

This is the first comprehensive bibliographic treatment of Persian short story collections to appear in any language, and the first major biblio- graphic reference for contemporary Persian literature in many years. While the focus is on short stories in...

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...

NOTE: Also available in Kindle format at lower price. 1- Click on "Select Format" 2- Select "eBook Download" 3- Select "AMAZON KINDLE" In 1968, James Goode became a Peace Corps Volunteer assigned to teach English in the...

"One Woman’s War (Da)" is many things. Part autobiography, part oral history of the Iran-Iraq War (1980–88), the work is the story of Zahra Hoseyni, a female descendant of the Prophet Mohammad (thereby termed a seyyedeh), whose Kurdish family found refuge in...