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Two Centuries of Silence has been translated into English by Paul Sprachman (Oct. 5, 2017). [2] In his extensive introductory essay, Sprachman offers an analysis as how Zarrinkub was compelled to change his historical view of Iranian history after the 1979 Revolution [3] The book was earlier translated by Avid Kamgar (Aug. 19, 2016) and published by Oughten House Publications.
[48] [49] [50] This book has been prepared with great haste. This book is just a chronicle, without regard to new information and references to a large volume of new books and research. The articles do not have the right ending and conclusions. The book's editing is incomplete and some of the reviews have been personalized. [51]
The history of Iran (or Persia, as it was known in the Western world) is intertwined with Greater Iran, a sociocultural region spanning from Anatolia to the Indus River and from the Caucasus to the Persian Gulf. Central to this area is modern-day Iran, which covers the bulk of the Iranian plateau.
'The Book of Kings', modern Iranian Persian pronunciation [ʃɒːh.nɒː.ˈme]), [a] also transliterated Shahnama, [b] is a long epic poem written by the Persian poet Ferdowsi between c. 977 and 1010 CE and is the national epic of Greater Iran.
Lara Fabian wrote a mixed review of The Persians for Antiquity, in which she described the "slim and readable book" that unfortunately "[simplifies] the complex historical strands to the point of inaccuracy", with the most successful sections being those that "deal with the reception of Persian history in early modern and modern Western ...
Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West is a historical study of the Persian Empire by popular historian Tom Holland, first published in 2005. It won the Runciman Award . Reviews
A detail of Forst's drawing of Qasre Abunasr from Asar-e Ajam. Āsār-e Ajam [notelist 1] (Persian: آثار عجم, pronounced [ɒːsɒːr-e ædʒæm], lit."Antiquities of the Persians") [1] is a travelogue and historical book written by Forsat Shirazi between 1881 and 1895 which mostly contains first-hand biographical information about the elite of Fārs, sources on the history of the region ...
Russo-Persian War (1826–1828) Facing the possibility of a Russian conquest of Tehran and with Tabriz already occupied, Persia signed the Treaty of Turkmenchay; decisive and final cession of the last Caucasian territories of Iran comprising modern-day Armenia, the remainder of the Azerbaijan Republic that was still in Iranian hands, and Igdir ...