1001 Persian-English Proverbs

Text in Arabic.

A Dictionary of Persian-English Idioms is the most comprehensive English language dictionary of Persian idioms. It contains more than 8,000 idioms ...

Rabia Balkhi was a tenth century Persian language poetess and a contemporary of Rudaki. She is known through the works of other writers, most notab...

Those teaching and learning Modern Persian outside the language s native homeland (Afghanistan, Iran, and Tajikistan), with its myriad dialects and...

The truth always loses itself among memories. The truth can be lost as though it never existed. Not on the ground or anywhere else. The difference ...

The Diaries of Assadollah Alam are probably the most important document about the inner workings of the Mohammad Reza Pahlavi period. This is the c...

"Alethophobia" revolves around the life of the Iranian-born Professor Pirooz who lives mostly in his own imagination; he is everywhere and yet he i...

Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak has selected and ably translated the poems of Mandana Zandian's poems. The translation includes poems which have never been pub...

An Introduction to Persian is intended to serve as an introduction on the elementary level to the modern Persian language. Each lesson is provided ...

Did God exist a thousand years ago? This book discusses and analyses the origins of questioning God and Religion in Medieval Middle Eastern and Eur...

"Avicenna and I" is a love saga spanning here and the hereafter; it is a journey of spirits toward immortality. Together two lovers explore the cit...

A study on Azari, the language of Azerbaijan, with additional articles by three Iranian scholars.

Walter Bandazian traces developments which led to the arrest, detention, and finally, the release of Young Turks and their allies accused of commit...

This is a bilingual (Persian and English) collection of the poems of Azar Vakil Gilani. Sheri Ramyar Massey has translated the poems into English.

"The Cannon" is the first and best of Gholam-Hossein Sa'edi's novels. It has an unwavering focus on a single character, the independent itinerant M...

This is the standard edition of the ghazals (sonnets) of Hafez edited by Mohammad Ghazvini and Ghassem Ghani and contains all 495 poems. It has bee...

Concise Encyclopedia of the Middle East.

Contains over 10,000 verbs; Gives Persian and English equivalents; Will be of invaluable assistance to students of Persian at all levels. It is sui...

The DIVAN-I HAFIZ is a complete verbatim translation of all of Hafez's ghazals, rubaiyats, qita'at, masnavi, the saqinameh, the moghaninameh, qasai...

International relations is a broad and ever-expanding field, covering all sorts of social practices that cross borders. This discussion will provid...

Includes approximately 22,000 entries. The Persian (Farsi) equivalents are also written in English letters for those unable to read Persian script....

The Eye of an Ant is a collection of 282 short epithets translated into English rhyme by Fatollah Akbar. Most of the sayings are traditional popula...

Text in Persian. Story by well known novelist about Iranian immigrant women in Canada.

This is not only a history of Iran but also a whole section of our contemporary history. It begins in 1935 when the author was a fifteen-year-old s...

Shokat's extensive biography of Bakhtiar is a significant contribution to the political history of Iran after WWII. Bakhtiar's long presence on Ira...

From Durham to Tehran presents a Persian literature specialist's impressions and reflections on his field of study and profession, based on two res...

From Durham to Tehran presents a Persian literature specialist's impressions and reflections on his field of study and profession, based on two res...

Text in Persian. Hassanali Mehran, who headed the Central Bank of Iran for more than two years, describes the goals and the policies of the bank fr...

Text in English & Persian. Is the Gulistan the most influential book in the Iranian world? In terms of prose, it is the model, which all writer...

"Miss Bells [translations] are true poetry of a very high order and, with perhaps the single exception of FitzGerald's paraphrase of the Quatrains ...

Nakosteen has drawn from German, Persian, Arabic, English, and French sources as well as his own understanding of the Eastern and Western cultures ...

This book contains a comprehensive research on the works of leading figures in the field of literary criticism in modern Iranian thought of the nin...

How to speak, Read and Write Persian (FARSI) is a practical, quick and convenient method to learning the language of ninety million people. Whether...

In Wineseller's Street is about hope. About a world seen through eyes that don't idolise individualism and separation. It reflects the human potent...

High-school teacher Farzin Rouhani steps out of his house on the last day of spring of 1981.Walking under Tehran's sizzling midday sun, his stroll ...

An Introduction to Koranic and Classical Arabic is an elementary-level grammar of standard classical Arabic, the literary norm of the Arabic langua...

An Introduction to Koranic and Classical Arabic is an elementary-level grammar of standard classical Arabic, the literary norm of the Arabic langua...

This book is intended to serve as an introduction on the elementary level to the modern Persian language. Each lesson is provided with specific exe...

Syriac is the Aramaic dialect of Edessa in Mesopotamia. Today it is the classical tongue of the Nestorians and Chaldeans of Iran and Iraq and the l...

Syriac is the Aramaic dialect of Edessa in Mesopotamia. Today it is the classical tongue of the Nestorians and Chaldeans of Iran and Iraq and the l...

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After finishing his religious education and returning to his hometown of Muhâjirân Haj Sayyah realises that his family has plans for him to marry h...

Text in Persian. The Memoirs of Farah Pahlavi.

The Caspian Sea has been the focus of states and peoples in and out of the area for the last decade. The surrounding states are interested in getti...

Text in Persian (Farsi).

The classic work on the subject, A Literary History of Persia is still the standard work in the English language on Persia and her literature. It s...

The classic work on the subject, A Literary History of Persia is still the standard work in the English language on Persia and her literature. It s...