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IRANNEW BOOKS 2015

THE IDEA OF IRAN SERIESPUBLISHED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE SOUDAVAR FOUNDATION

THE AGE OF THE SELJUQS NEW

The Idea of Iran, Vol. 6

Edmund Herzig, Wadham College, University of Oxord, and Sarah Stewart, SOAS, University of London (Eds)From their ancestral heartland by the shores of the Aral Sea, the medieval Oghuz Turks marched westwards in search of dominion. Their conquests led to control of a Muslim empire that united the territories of the eastern Islamic world, melded Turkic and Persian influences and transported Persian culture to Anatolia. In the eleventh and twelfth centuries the new Turkic-Persian symbiosis that had earlier emerged under the Samanids, Ghaznavids and Qara-Khanids came to fruition in a period that, under the enlightened rule of the Seljuq dynasty, combined imperial grandeur with remarkable artistic achievement. This latest volume in The Idea of Iran series focuses on a system of government based on Turkic ‘men of the sword’ and Persian ‘men of the pen’ that the Seljuqs (famous foes of the Crusader Frankish knights) consolidated in a form that endured for centuries. The book further explores key topics relating to the innovative Seljuq era, including: conflicted Sunni-Shi‘a relations between the Sunni Seljuq empire and Ismaili Fatimid caliphate; art, culture and ceramics; and poetry and architecture.192 PAGES 234 X 156MM NOVEMBER 20149781780769479 HARDBACK £39.50

BIRTH OF THE PERSIAN EMPIREThe Idea of Iran, Vol. 1

Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis, British Museum, and Sarah Stewart, SOAS, University of London (Eds)160 PAGES 234 X 156MM

9781845110628 HARDBACK £55.00

THE AGE OF THE PARTHIANSThe Idea of Iran, Vol. 2


9781845114060 HARDBACK £55.00

THE SASANIAN ERAThe Idea of Iran, Vol. 3

Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis, British Museum, and Sarah Stewart, SOAS, University of London (Eds)192 PAGES 234 X 156MM 2008

9781845116903 HARDBACK £41.50

THE RISE OF ISLAMThe Idea of Iran, Vol. 4


9781845116910 HARDBACK £41.50

EARLY ISLAMIC IRANThe Idea of Iran, Vol. 5

Edmund Herzig, Wadham College, University of Oxord, and Sarah Stewart, SOAS, University of London (Eds)304 PAGES 234 X 156MM 20119781780760612 HARDBACK £41.50

IRANNew and Recent Titles 2015

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ANCIENT PERSIA IN WESTERN HISTORY Hellenism and the Re-presentation of the Achaemenid Empire

Sasan Samiei, UCL320 PAGES 216 X 134MM JUNE 20149781780764801 HARDBACK £59.50INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES

EVERLASTING FLAME Zoroastrianism in History and Imagination

Sarah Stewart, SOAS, University of London (Ed)272 PAGES 289 X 235MM 20139781780768090 HARDBACK £45.00

THE PALACE OF DARIUS AT SUSA The Great Royal Residence of Achaemenid Persia

Jean Perrot, late of CRNS544 PAGES 300 X 230MM 20139781848856219 HARDBACK £60.00530 COLOUR AND B&W ILLUSTRATIONS

THE CYRUS CYLINDERThe Great Persian Edict from Babylon

Edited by I.L. Finkel, British Museum160 PAGES 246 X 189MM 20139781780760636 HARDBACK £35.00I.B.TAURIS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE IRAN HERITAGE FOUNDATION

HYMNS OF ZOROASTERA New Translation of the Most Ancient Sacred Texts of IranWith Introduction and Commentary by M.L. West, Emeritus

Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford

200 PAGES 216 X 134MM 20109781848853478 HARDBACK £52.509781848855052 PAPERBACK £14.99

ZOROASTRIANISMAn Introduction

Jenny Rose, Claremont Graduate University288 PAGES 216 X 134MM 20109781848850873 HARDBACK £45.009781848850880 PAPERBACK £14.9930 INTEGRATED B&W ILLUSTRATIONSI.B.TAURIS INTRODUCTIONS TO RELIGION

ANCIENT HISTORY

MEMORY AND IDENTITY IN SASANIAN PERSIASacred History and the Historiography of Ancient Iran NEW

Touraj Daryaee, University of California, Irvine

The Sasanian Empire was one of the most significant empires of late antiquity. As the dominant force in the Middle East, spanning Egypt, India and Mesopotamia, the Sasanian kings from Ardashir I (224CE) ruled an imperial, centrally administrated, multi-lingual state. Here, Touraj Daryaee shows how the idea of Iran – its attributes, mores, values, boundaries and traditions – was brought to the Zoroastrian, Jewish and Christian populations of the Sasanian Empire and accepted and internalized by these religious communities. By tracing the political accommodations reached in the the Sasanian court back to the Zoroastrian texts of the Avesta, Daryaee demonstrates why scholars, scribes and the state continued to emulate and propagate the memory of the Peshdadian, Kayanian and Sasanian empires – even into the Islamic period. Memory and Identity in Sasanian Persia will be an essential work for scholars of Iran, Zoroastrianism and those seeking to understand the history of Middle-Eastern antiquity.

224 PAGES 216 X 134MM APRIL 20159781780762487 HARDBACK £52.50INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 44

ANCIENT IRAN THROUGH CHINESE RECORDS NEW

Commodities and Culture

Berthold Laufer

In this major study – regarded as his most important work – the pioneering anthropologist, Berthold Laufer documents the cultural transfers that took place between China and Iran in early times. He does so by tracing the history of cultivated plants, drugs, products, minerals, metals, precious stones and textiles, in their migration from Persia to China and from China to Persia. Walnut, peach, apricot and olive, as well as more exotic products like jasmine, henna, indigo, lapis lazuli, amber, coral, gold, ebony, zinc and myrrh are all included. Few other publications provide so much informative detail about the way human activity has modified the natural world through the movement of plants and other natural resource products from one historical civilisation to another. The work also offers important detail for periods when Iranian sources are slim. With an introduction by Brian Spooner, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania, this classic work is once more available for all scholars of Iran, China and cultural exchange.

448 PAGES 234 X 156MM JUNE 20159781784532017 HARDBACK £75.00


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THE ILKHANID BOOK OF ASCENSIONA Persian-Sunni Prayer Manual

Christiane Gruber, Indiana University, Bloomington256 PAGES 234 X 156MM 20109781845114992 HARDBACK £56.0010 COLOUR PLATESBRITISH INSTITUTE OF PERSIAN STUDIES, VOL. 2

LOYALTY AND LEADERSHIP IN AN EARLY ISLAMIC SOCIETY

Roy P. Mottahedeh, Harvard University224 PAGES 216 X 134MM 9781860641817 PAPERBACK £16.99

THE FIRE, THE STAR AND THE CROSSMinority Religions in Medieval and Early Modern Iran

Aptin Khanbaghi, University of Cambridge288 PAGES 234 X 156MM 9781845110567 HARDBACK £59.50INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 5

EAGLE’S NESTIsmaili Castles in Iran and Syria

Peter Willey352 PAGES 234 X 156MM9781850434641 HARDBACK £25.00ISMAILI HERITAGE SERIES, I.B.TAURIS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE INSTITUTE OF ISMAILI STUDIES

THE ASSASSIN LEGENDSMyths of the Ismailis

Farhad Daftary, The Institute of Ismaili Studies224 PAGES 216 X 134MM 9781850437055 HARDBACK £59.509781850439509 PAPERBACK £14.99

THE ORNAMENT OF HISTORIES: A HISTORY OF THE EASTERN ISLAMIC LANDS AD 650-1041The Persian Text of Abu Sa‘id ‘Abd al-Hayy Gardizi

Edmund Bosworth, University of Exeter (Trans and Ed)192 PAGES 234 X 156MM 20109781848853539 HARDBACK £51.50BRITISH INSTITUTE OF PERSIAN STUDIES SERIES, VOL. 4

MEDIEVAL IRAN

THE WORLD OF ACHAEMENID PERSIA

John Curtis and St.John Simpson, British Museum648 PAGES 234 X 156MM 20109781848853461 HARDBACK £59.50I.B.TAURIS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE IRAN HERITAGE FOUNDATION

DECLINE AND FALL OF THE SASANIAN EMPIREThe Sasanian-Parthian Confederacy and the Arab Conquest of Iran

Parvaneh Pourshariati, Ohio State University552 PAGES 234 X 156MM9781845116453 HARDBACK £45.00INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 10

SASANIAN PERSIAThe Rise and Fall of an Empire

Touraj Daryaee, University of California256 PAGES 234 X 156MM 9781850438984 HARDBACK £35.00I.B.TAURIS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE IRAN HERITAGE FOUNDATION32 B&W ILLUSTRATIONS

ANCIENT PERSIA

Josef Wiesehöfer, University of Kiel352 PAGES 234 X 156MM9781850439998 PAPERBACK £14.99ILLUSTRATED IN B&W


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RITUAL CURSING IN IRAN NEW

Theology, Politics and the Public in Safavid Persia

Rosemary Stanfield-Johnson, University of Minnesota Duluth

Ritualized cursing had long been a part of popular culture in medieval and early modern Iran. When the Safavids seized power in 1501 and imposed Shi’i Islam as the established faith of the country, they appropriated the practice in the service of the state, compelling their subjects to curse ritually the first three (Sunni) caliphs in street and square – or face decapitation. Rosemary Stanfield-Johnson here demonstrates that in a largely oral society both the royal court and the emerging Shi’i religious establishment understood that controlling the medium meant controlling the message, and therefore society itself. Moreover, the ritual of public cursing also served the interests of the people. Because the new government could rely on a reservoir of shared cultural expression, it found willing participants among its subjects, for whom the practice became more than an act of compliance. With a new perspective on the transition from Sunni to Shi’i Iran, Ritual Cursing in Iran is essential for all those interested in Safavid Iran and Islamic history, as well as the relationship of politics and religion in the public sphere.

304 PAGES 216 X 134MM JUNE 20159781848852921 HARDBACK £54.50INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 22

THE HISTORY OF THE LATE REVOLUTIONS IN PERSIA NEW

An Eyewitness Account of the Fall of the Safavid Dynasty

J.T. KrusinskiIntroduction by Rudi Matthee, University of Delaware

The fall of the powerful Safavid Dynasty (1501-1722) to invading Afghan tribesmen in 1722 marked a crucial turning point in the country’s history. Father Krusinski, Procurator-General of the Jesuit Mission and intermediary between the Papacy and the Safavid court, resided in Isfahan and was thus an eyewitness to the siege of the city. His account of the conditions and events preceding and during the siege and the subsequent demise of the Safavids is unique. It also offers key insights into the workings of the late Safavid state and government as well as the functions of the royal harem. This set includes the translation of the Clodius edition undertaken at the behest of the Ottoman Grand Vizier Damat Ibrahim. Together, these scarce volumes provide a unique source of information on late Safavid Persia. With an introduction by leading contemporary scholar, Rudi Matthee, the set will be welcomed by academics, collectors and libraries.

328, 288, 288 PAGES 234 X 156MM JANUARY 20159781780764689 HARDBACK £250.003 VOLS

CONVERTING PERSIA NEW IN PAPERBACK

Religion and Power in the Safavid Empire

Rula Abisaab, University of Akron, Ohio

As the divide between Shi‘i and Sunni Muslims has dominated headlines in recent years, never before has it been more essential to examine the historical roots of Shi‘ism’s establishment in Iran, the only country in the Middle East to have Shi ‘ism as its official religion. It was under the Safavids (1501-1736 CE) that this occurred, and in this book, Rula Abisaab explains how and why this specific brand of Shi‘ism was adopted. Urban and legally based, it was brought to the region by leading Arab ulama from Ottoman Syria, and has changed the face of the region until this day. These émigré scholars furnished distinct sources of legitimacy for the Safavid monarchs, and an ideological defense against the Ottomans. Just as important at the time was a conscious and vivid process of ‘Persianization’, both at the state level and in society.

256 PAGES 234 X 156MM NOVEMBER 20149781780767789 PAPERBACK £17.99

EARLY MODERN AND SAFAVID IRAN

IRAN AND THE WORLD IN THE SAFAVID AGEWillem Foor and Edmund Herzig both at University of Oxford (Eds) NEW IN PAPERBACK

The Safavid era is of special significance in the history of Iran. Under the Safavids, Iran was transformed and a state emerged which was the forerunner of the Iran of today in several important ways. But with the exception of diplomatic and commercial contacts with western European countries, little is known about the Safavids’ foreign relations – their commercial, cultural, social and political exchanges with the rest of the world. This book presents the most recent research into Safavid Iran’s foreign relations. It challenges the long-held notion that, with the adoption of Shi’ism, Iranians retreated into relative isolation, suggesting rather that they engaged with the world in unprecedented and exciting ways. With contributions from the leading authorities in the field, Iran and the World in the Safavid Age explores Iran’s relations with other countries and cultures. Examining how Iran was itself perceived as well as how it viewed the outside world, this groundbreaking book sheds new light on the history of Iran’s relations with the world beyond its borders and expands our understanding of this pivotal period.

544 PAGES 234 X 156MM NOVEMBER 20149781780769905 PAPERBACK £17.9940 ILLUSTRATIONSI.B.TAURIS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE IRAN HERITAGE FOUNDATION


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THE MONETARY HISTORY OF IRANFrom the Safavids to the Qajars

Rudi Matthee, University of Maryland, Willem Floor and Patrick Clawson, Washington Institute for Near East Policy320 PAGES 234 X 156MM 20139781780760797 HARDBACK £45.00

PERSIA IN CRISISSafavid Decline and the Fall of Isfahan

Rudi Matthee, University of Maryland256 PAGES 234 X 156MM 20119781845117450 HARDBACK £30.00I.B.TAURIS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE IRAN HERITAGE FOUNDATIONINTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 17

THE PRACTICE OF POLITICS IN SAFAVID IRANPower, Religion and Rhetoric

Colin P. Mitchell, Dalhousie University, Canada304 PAGES 228 X 155MM 20129781780760964 PAPERBACK £17.99

THE SAFAVID DYNASTIC SHRINEArchitecture, Religion and Power in Early Modern Iran

Kishwar Rizvi, Yale University256 PAGES 234 X 156MM 20109781848853546 HARDBACK £52.5020 B&W INTEGRATED, 16 COLOUR ILLUSTRATIONSBRITISH INSTITUTE OF PERSIAN STUDIES, VOL. 5

SHAH ABBASThe Ruthless King Who Became an Iranian Legend

David Blow288 PAGES 234 X 156MM9781845119898 PAPERBACK £14.998PP B&W AND 8PP COLOUR ILLUSTRATIONS

THE SWORD OF PERSIANader Shah, from Tribal Warrior to Conquering Tyrant

Michael Axworthy, Exeter University368 PAGES 216 X 134MM9781845119829 PAPERBACK £14.99

SAFAVID PERSIAThe History and Politics of an Islamic Society

Charles Melville University of Cambridge (Ed)432 PAGES 234 X 156MM9781860640865 PAPERBACK £22.50PEMBROKE PERSIAN PAPERS

SLAVES OF THE SHAHNew Elites of Safavid Iran

Sussan Babaie, University of Michigan, Kathryn Babayan, University of Michigan, Ina Baghdiantz-McCabe, Tufts University, and Massumeh Farhad, Smithsonian Institution256 PAGES 234 X 156MM 9781860647215 HARDBACK £56.00LIBRARY OF MIDDLE EAST HISTORY, VOL. 3

SAFAVID IRANRebirth of a Persian Empire

Andrew J. Newman, University of Edinburgh296 PAGES 234 X 156MM 9781845118303 PAPERBACK £17.99


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PERCEPTIONS OF IRANHistory, Myths and Nationalism from Medieval Persia to the Islamic Republic

Ali M Ansari, University of St Andrews288 PAGES 234 X 156MM 20139781848858305 HARDBACK £56.50I.B.TAURIS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE IRAN HERITAGE FOUNDATIONINTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES

IRAN BETWEEN ISLAMIC NATIONALISM AND SECULARISM The Constitutional Revolution of 1906

Vanessa Martin, Royal Holloway, University of London288 PAGES 234 X 156MM 2013978178076663888 HARDBACK £56.50

THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF IRAN UNDER THE QAJARSSociety, Politics and Foreign Relations 1799 to 1921

Hooshang Amirahmadi, Rutgers University400 PAGES 234 X 156MM 20129781848856721 HARDBACK £59.50INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES,

THE BAHA’IS OF IRAN, TRANSCASPIA AND THE CAUCASUSVOLUME 1

Letters of Russian Officers and Officials

Soli Shahvar, Gad Gilbar and Boris Morozov (Eds)288 PAGES 216 X 134MM 20119781848853911 HARDBACK £59.50INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 26

THE BAHA’IS OF IRAN, TRANSCASPIA AND THE CAUCASUSVOLUME 2

Reports and Correspondence of Russian Officials

Soli Shahvar, Gad Gilbar and Boris Morozov (Eds)288 PAGES 216 X 134MM 20119781848853928 HARDBACK £59.50INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 27

THE BAHA’IS OF IRAN, TRANSCASPIA AND THE CAUCASUSTWO VOLUME SET

Soli Shahvar, Gad Gilbar and Boris Morozov (Eds)576 PAGES 216 X 134MM 20119781848854734 HARDBACK £105.00

IN THE SHADOW OF THE KINGZill al-Sultan and Isfahan under the Qajars

Heidi Walcher, SOAS, University of London528 PAGES 234 X 156MM 9781850434344 HARDBACK £51.50INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 9

FORMING NATIONAL IDENTITY IN IRANThe Idea of Homeland Derived from Ancient Persian and Islamic Imaginations of Place NEW

Ali Mozaffari, University of Western Australia

Modern Iran is a country with two significant but competing discourses of national identity, one stemming from ancient pre-Islamic customs and mythology, the other from Islamic Shiite practices and beliefs. This has left an often confused notion of identity in Iran. Ali Mozaffari explores the complex processes involved in the formation of Iranian national identity, laying particular stress upon the importance of place to ideas of homeland and the creation of a collective national identity. He illustrates his arguments through an analysis of the ancient Achaemenid capital of Persepolis and the Shiite rituals of Moharram. In a concluding part, he extends his analysis to the Ancient Iran Museum and the Islamic Period Museum, housed in the National Museum of Iran. An important work that offers powerful insights into the forces shaping national identity in Iran.

256 PAGES 234 X 156MM JUNE 20149781780764436 HARDBACK £56.00

QAJAR IRAN AND MODERN HISTORY

ON THE SHORES OF THE CASPIAN NEW

Commerce and Culture in Nineteenth Century Persia

William Richard Holmes448 PAGES 234 X 156MM AUGUST 20159781784531515 HARDBACK £85.00


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IRAN’S CONSTITUTIONAL REVOLUTIONPopular Politics, Cultural Transformations and Transnational Connections

H.E. Chehabi, Boston University and Vanessa Martin, Royal Holloway (Eds)512 PAGES 234 X 156MM 20109781848854154 HARDBACK £59.50INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 28I.B.TAURIS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE IRAN HERITAGE FOUNDATION

JEWISH IDENTITIES IN IRANResistance and Conversion to Islam and the Baha’i Faith

Mehrdad Amanat256 PAGES 216 X 134MM 20109781845118914 HARDBACK £56.50LIBRARY OF MODERN RELIGION, VOL. 9

THE FORGOTTEN SCHOOLSThe Baha’is and Modern Education in Iran, 1899–1934

Soli Shahvar, University of Haifa304 PAGES 216 X 134MM 20099781845116835 HARDBACK £59.50INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 11

RELIGION, CULTURE AND POLITICS IN IRANFrom the Qajars to Khomeini

Joanna de Groot320 PAGES 216 X 134MM 9781860645716 HARDBACK £59.50

PIVOT OF THE UNIVERSENasir al-Din Shah and the Iranian Monarchy, 1831–1896

Abbas Amanat568 PAGES 234 X 156MM 9781845118280 PAPERBACK £16.9923 B&W ILLUSTRATIONS

STATE AND SOCIETY IN IRANThe Eclipse of the Qajars and the Emergence of the Pahlavis

Homa Katouzian, St Antony’s College, Oxford368 PAGES 234 X 156MM 9781845112721 PAPERBACK £17.99LIBRARY OF MODERN MIDDLE EAST STUDIES, VOL. 28

KHANS AND SHAHSA History of the Bakhtiyari Tribe in Iran

Gene R. Garthwaite, Dartmouth College240 PAGES 234 X 156MM 20099781848850965 PAPERBACK £17.99

DIPLOMACY AND MURDER IN TEHRANAlexander Griboyedov and Imperial Russia’s Mission to the Shah of Persia

Laurence Kelly336 PAGES 198 X 126MM 9781845111960 PAPERBACK £12.99TAURIS PARKE PAPERBACKS

IRAN: THE CRISIS OF DEMOCRACY1941–1953

Fakhreddin Azimi, University of Connecticut448 PAGES 216 X 134MM 20099781860649806 PAPERBACK £16.99

IRAN IN THE 20TH CENTURY Historiography and Political Culture

Touraj Atabaki (Ed.), University of Leiden352 PAGES 234 X 156MM 20099781845116921 HARDBACK £54.50INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 20

IRAN AND THE FIRST WORLD WARBattleground of the Great Powers

Touraj Atabaki240 PAGES 234 X 156MM 9781860649646 HARDBACK £56.50

MUSADDIQ AND THE STRUGGLE FOR POWER IN IRAN

Homa Katouzian328 PAGES 216 X 134MM9781860642906 PAPERBACK £16.99


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REBELS WITH A CAUSEThe Failure of the Left in Iran

Maziar Behrooz, San Francisco State University264 PAGES 216 X 134MM9781860646300 PAPERBACK £16.99

THE QAJAR PACTBargaining, Protest and the State in Nineteenth-Century Persia

Vanessa Martin, Royal Holloway224 PAGES 234 X 156MM9781850437635 HARDBACK £59.50INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 4

THE ENGLISH AMONGST THE PERSIANSImperial Lives in Nineteenth-Century Iran

Denis Wright240 PAGES 234 X 156MM9781860646386 PAPERBACK £18.99

THE PERSIANS AMONGST THE ENGLISHEpisodes in Anglo-Persian History

Denis Wright288 PAGES 234 X 156MM9781850430025 HARDBACK £59.50

FRONTIER FICTIONSShaping the Iranian Nation, 1804-1946

Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet328 PAGES 234 X 156MM 9781850432708 HARDBACK £65.00

MEN OF ORDERAuthoritarian Modernization Under Ataturk and Reza Shah

Touraj Atabaki and Erik J. Zurcher, both at University of Leiden (Eds)296 PAGES 216 X 134MM 9781860644269 HARDBACK £59.50LIBRARY OF MODERN MIDDLE EAST STUDIES, VOL. 21

IRAN AND THE RISE OF REZA SHAHFrom Qajar Collapse to Pahlavi Power

Cyrus Ghani440 PAGES 234 X 156MM9781860642586 HARDBACK £56.509781860646294 PAPERBACK £17.99

AZERBAIJANEthnicity and the Struggle for Power in Iran

Touraj Atabaki256 PAGES 216 X 134MM9781860645549 PAPERBACK £17.99

THE STATE AND THE SUBALTERNModernization, Society and the State in Turkey and Iran

Touraj Atabaki (Ed)272 PAGES 234 X 156 MM9781845113391 HARDBACK £57.50

THE SHAH AND IThe Confidential Diary of Iran’s Royal Court, 1968–77

Asadollah Alam576 PAGES 234 X 156MM 9781845113728 PAPERBACK £14.99

THE PERSIAN SPHINXAmir Abbas Hoveyda and the Riddle of the Iranian Revolution

Abbas Milani400 PAGES 234 X 156MM9781850433286 HARDBACK £49.00


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POLITICS AND CONTEMPORARY IRAN

EVERYDAY IRANA Provincial Portrait of the Islamic Republic NEW

Clarissa de Waal, University of Cambridge

Iran is a country which, despite its extensive coverage in the media, is often regarded as ‘mysterious’, ‘exotic’ and ‘other-worldly’. This attitude often stems from a focus on the rhetoric of controversial figures in Iranian politics, rather than looking at the everyday lives of Iranians themselves. Clarissa de Waal uses her training as an anthropologist to examine the experiences of individuals, with a focus of the province of Fars in southwest Iran. This serves to highlight contemporary Iran outside of the capital, which so often dominates western understanding of the country. Using a wide range of subjects, from public sector workers and entrepreneurs to Qashqa’i tribes people (both settled and nomadic), students and the unemployed, de Waal examines the everyday existence Iran’s population from a variety of backgrounds. She offers analysis and insights concerning ordinary Iranians’ lives and the impact the state has on them economically, socially and religiously.

256 PAGES 216 X 134MM DECEMBER 20149781780769080, HARDBACK £56.00INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES

POLITICAL ISLAM IN POST-REVOLUTIONARYIRAN NEW

Shi’i Ideologies in Islamist Discourse

Majid Mohammadi, Glenville State College, West Virginia

The relationship between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Western World is fraught with challenges and tensions. In order to generate the capacity for greater engagement and dialogue, there is a need for the West to better understand the complex ideological developments that are central to Iran. Majid Mohammadi charts the central concepts and nuances of the ideological map of post-revolutionary Iran, and examines the rise and development of Shi’i Islamism. He recognises that the Islamic Republic of Iran and Iranian political discourse are the outcome of contesting perspectives and ideologies: identity-oriented, socialist, nationalist, authoritarian, Shari’a, scripturalist, mystical, militarist and fascist. This is a comprehensive, comparative contribution to one of today’s most important topics: that of the relationship between Political Islam and the West.

288 PAGES 216 X 134MM NOVEMBER 20149781848852761 HARDBACK £56.50INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 24

ARAB-IRANIAN RIVALRY IN THE PERSIAN GULF NEW

Territorial Disputes and the Balance of Power in the Middle East

Farzad Cyrus Sharifi,Kings College London

Iranian ambitions in the Persian Gulf and rivalries with Arab neighbours are subject to intense – and heated – speculation, controversy and debate. Here, Farzad Cyrus Sharifi scrutinises the rival Arab-Iranian claims to Bahrain, the Shatt al-Arab waterway, and the Abu Musa and Tunbs islands in the years after World War II and before the Iranian revolution. Through investigation of previously unexamined primary materials and interviews with leading players, this book sheds new light on the evolution and dynamics of hegemonic and nationalistic Arab-Iranian rivalries and how these rivalries began to find symbolic expression through territorial disputes. Sharifi illustrates that these ongoing disputes – and the deep-seated

320 PAGES 216 X 134MM NOVEMBER 20149781848858220 HARDBACK £59.50LIBRARY OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, VOL. 62

CONTROLLING IRANThe Struggle for Power in the Islamic Republic NEW

Siavush Randjbar-Daemi, University of Manchester

In the wake of the election of Hassan Rouhani as President of Iran, and the expectations that have been heaped upon a potential opening of the country, the struggle for power in Iran has never before been so widely commented upon, and yet, at the same time, so little understood. Here, Siavush Rand-jbar-Daemi presents an in-depth analysis of the presidency of Iran from the Iranian Revolution of 1978-79 to the present day. He examines the relationship of the presidency to the Supreme Leader: a position first held by Ayatollah Khomeini, and then by the former president, Ali Khameinei.

336 PAGES 216 X 135MM JULY 20159781780765266 HARDBACK £25.00


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IRAN AND PAKISTAN Security, Diplomacy and American Influence NEW

Alex VatankaMiddle East Institute, Washington DC

The respective policies of the governments of Iran and Pakistan pose serious challenges to US interests in the Middle East, Asia and beyond. These two regional powers, with a combined population of around 300 million, have been historically intertwined in various cultural, religious and political ways. Pakistan, a politically fragmented and unstable but nuclear-armed state, has a history of proliferation dating back to the 1980s. Iran, on the other hand, continues to develop its nuclear program despite UN sanctions and looks to break its isolation whenever possible. Even at times of heightened tension, such as in the second half of the 1980s, Islamabad provided Tehran with valuable nuclear know-how. As US focus in the region increases, Vatanka explores whether this neighbourly cooperation is fuelled by cultural and religious bonds or, indeed, as a reaction to the West. Even more concerning for the US is the support that Iran and Pakistan each give to insurgent elements in Afghanistan and, indeed, Iran’s past funding of minority Shi‘i Pakistani militants. Vatanka presents the first comprehensive analysis of this long-standing and complex relationship which will prove essential reading for students, specialists and those interested in the Middle East.

304 PAGES 216 X 134MM JULY 20159781784532147 HARDBACK £62.00

THE DISSIDENT MULLAH NEW

Ayatollah Montazeri and the Struggle for Reform in Revolutionary Iran

Ulrich Von Schwerin

The Iranian cleric Ayatollah Montazeri (1922-2009) played an integral role in the founding of the Islamic Republic in the wake of the Iranian Revolution of 1978/9. Yet at the time of his death, Montazeri was considered one of the Islamic Republic’s fiercest critics. What made this man, who was once considered the leading advocate of the state doctrine of the ‘Guardianship of the Jurist’ (velayat-e faqih) and the designated successor to the supreme leader Ayatollah Khomeini, change his views? How did his political theory incorporate issues such as civil rights, pluralism and popular participation? And what influence did his ideas have on others? Ulrich von Schwerin’s book answers these questions by examining the evolution of Montazeri’s political thought over the course of five decades, and studies his role in the discourse on religion and politics in Iran. By offering a comprehensive examination of this dissident ayatollah’s political and social thought, von Schwerin sheds a new light on some of the most crucial events and vital protagonists of recent Iranian history.

320 PAGES 216 X 134MM MARCH 20159781784531737 HARDBACK £62.00INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES

FAMILY LAW IN CONTEMPORARY IRAN NEW

Women’s Rights Activism and Shari’a

Marianne BøeCentre for Women’s and Gender Studies, University of Bergen

Passed into law over a decade before the Iranian Revolution, the Family Protection Law drew the ire of the conservative clergy and the Ayatollah Khomeini, and was one of the first laws to be rescinded following the establishment of the Islamic Republic. The law was hardly a surprising target, however, since women’s status in Iran was then – and continues now to be – a central concern of Iranian political leaders, media commentators and international observers alike. Taking up the issue of women’s status in a modern context, Bøe offers a nuanced view of how women’s rights activists assert their positions within an Islamic context. By weaving together religious and historical texts and narratives with discourses on human rights, these women are able to communicate their views to those in political power. Through her substantial fieldwork and innovative analysis, Bøe undermines the traditional view of ‘Islamic Feminism’ as monolithic and clears a path to a new understanding of the role of women’s rights activists in shaping and synthesising debates on the shari’a, women’s rights and family law.

288 PAGES 216 X 134MM JANUARY 20159781780769004 HARDBACK £62.00INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 54

ARAB-IRANIAN RELATIONSKhair el-Din Haseeb (Ed)Centre for Arab Studies, Beirut

NEW IN PAPERBACK

584 PAGES 234 X 156MM JANUARY 20159781780766478 PAPERBACK £25.00THE CENTRE FOR ARAB UNITY STUDIES

OCCIDENTALISM IN IRAN NEW

Representations of the West in the Iranian Media

Ehsan Bakhshandeh256 PAGES 216 X 134MM APRIL 20159781784531621 HARDBACK £58.00

IRAN IN THE MIDDLE EAST NEW

Transnational Encounters and Social History

Houchang Chehabi (Ed)Boston University336 PAGES 216 X 134MM FEBRUARY 20159781784531348 HARDBACK £62.00


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CULTURAL REVOLUTION IN IRANContemporary Popular Culture in the Islamic Republic

Annabelle Sreberny and Massoumeh Torfeh (Eds) both at SOAS, University of London288 PAGES 216 X 134MM 20139781780760896 HARDBACK £56.50

PERSIAN SERVICEThe BBC and British Interests in Iran

Annabelle Sreberny and Massoumeh Torfeh both at SOAS, University of London (Eds)224 PAGES 234 X 156MM JANUARY 20149781848859814 HARDBACK £40.00

KHATAMI’S IRANThe Islamic Republic and the Turbulent Path to Reform

Ghoncheh Tazmini, LSE240 PAGES 216 X 134MM 20139781848851825 PAPERBACK £14.99

NUCLEAR IRANThe Birth of an Atomic State

David Patrikarakos256 PAGES 234 X 156MM 20129781780761251 HARDBACK £25.00

CHRISTIAN ENCOUNTERS WITH IRANEngaging Muslim Thinkers after the Revolution

Sasan Tavassoli272 PAGES 216 X 134MM 20119781845117610 HARDBACK £59.50INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 19

POLITICS OF CONFRONTATIONThe Foreign Policy of the USA and Revolutionary Iran

Babak Ganji328 PAGES 234 X 156MM 20119781848859647 PAPERBACK £25.00

KURDS AND THE STATE IN IRANThe Making of Kurdish Identity

Abbas Vali, Bogaziçi University Istanbul224 PAGES 216 X 134MM 2011

9781848857889 HARDBACK £49.50INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 36

BLOGISTANThe Internet and Politics in Iran

Annabelle Sreberny, SOAS, University of London, and Gholam Khiabany, University of Westminster 240 PAGES 216 X 134MM 20109781845116064 HARDBACK £56.009781845116071 PAPERBACK £14.99INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 18

KHOMEINILife of the Ayatollah

Baqer Moin, Former head of BBC’s Persian Service352 PAGES 234 X 156MM 20099781845117900 PAPERBACK £16.99

AHMADINEJADThe Secret History of Iran’s Radical Leader

Kasra Naji304 PAGES 216 X 134MM 9781845116361 PAPERBACK £12.99

KHATAMI AND GORBACHEVPolitics of Change in the Islamic Republic of Iran and the USSR

Zhand Shakibi, LSE400 PAGES 216 X 134MM 20109781848851399 HARDBACK £65.00INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF POLITICAL STUDIES, VOL. 38

IRAN AND THE RISE OF ITS NEOCONSERVATIVESThe Politics of Tehran’s Silent Revolution

Anoush Ehteshami and Mahjoob Zweiri, both at the University of Durham240 PAGES 234 X 156MM 9781845113889 HARDBACK £25.00

SYRIA AND IRANDiplomatic Alliance and Power Politics in the Middle East

Jubin Goodarzi, Webster University, Geneva376 PAGES 216 X 134MM 9781845119973 PAPERBACK £16.99LIBRARY OF MODERN MIDDLE EAST STUDIES, VOL. 55

ISLAM AND DISSENT IN POSTREVOLUTIONARY IRANAbdolkarim Soroush, Religious Politics and Democratic Reform

Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi320 PAGES 234 X 156MM 9781845118792 HARDBACK £65.009781845118808 PAPERBACK £17.99


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THE CONSTITUTION OF IRANPolitics and the State in the Islamic Republic

Asghar Schirazi336 PAGES 234 X 156MM9781860642531 PAPERBACK £19.99

IRAN OILThe New Middle East Challenge to America

Roger Howard, New Statesman200 PAGES 234 X 156MM 9781845112493 HARDBACK £20.00

TROUBLED WATERS The Geopolitics of the Caspian Region

R. Hrair Dekmejian and Hovann H. Simonian, both at the University of Southern California280 PAGES 234 X 156MM 9781860649226 PAPERBACK £18.99

DISTANT RELATIONSIran and Lebanon in the Last 500 Years

H.E. Chehabi, Boston University560 PAGES 216 X 134MM 9781860645617 HARDBACK £47.509781845112554 PAPERBACK £16.99I.B.TAURIS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE CENTRE FOR LEBANESE STUDIES, OXFORD

ISLAM AND DEMOCRACY IN IRANEshkevari and the Quest for Reform

Ziba Mir-Hosseini, SOAS, University of London, and Richard Tapper, University of London208 PAGES 216 X 134MM 9781845111335 HARDBACK £59.509781845111342 PAPERBACK £16.99LIBRARY OF MODERN MIDDLE EAST STUDIES, VOL. 54

IRAN’S ECONOMY UNDER THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC

Jahangir Amuzegar416 PAGES 216 X 134MM9781860641046 PAPERBACK £18.99

REVOLUTIONARY IDEOLOGY AND ISLAMIC MILITANCYThe Iranian Revolution and Interpretations of the Quran

Najibullah Lafraie288 PAGES 2134 X 216MM9781845110635 HARDBACK £59.50INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 13

TRADE, INDUSTRIALIZATION AND THE FIRM IN IRANThe Impact of Government Policy on Business

Javad Amid and Amjad Hadjikhani304 PAGES 234 X 156MM 9781850436812 HARDBACK £65.00

SANCTIONING IRANAnatomy of a Failed Policy

Hossein Alikhani448 PAGES 234 X 156MM9781860646263 HARDBACK £65.00

THE ECONOMY OF IRANThe Dilema of an Islamic State

Parvin Alizadeh (Ed)313 PAGES 216 X 134MM9781860644641 HARDBACK £59.50

IRAN, SAUDI ARABIA AND THE GULFPower Politics in Transition

Faisal bin Salman al-Saud200 PAGES 234 X 156MM 9781860648816 HARDBACK £52.50

THE PRIEST AND THE KINGAn Eyewitness Account of the Iranian Revolution

Desmond Harney224 PAGES 216 X 134MM9781860643194 HARDBACK £49.009781860643743 PAPERBACK £14.99

AN ISLAMIC UTOPIANA Political Biography of Ali Shari’ati

Ali Rahnema, American University of Paris432 PAGES 234 X 156MM9781860645525 PAPERBACK £17.99


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CREATING AN ISLAMIC STATEKhomeini and the Making of a New Iran

Vanessa Martin, Royal Holloway272 PAGES 216 X 134MM 9781860649004 PAPERBACK £15.99

FROM PALACE TO PRISONInside the Iranian Revolution

Ehsan Naraghi392 PAGES 234 X 156MM9781850437048 PAPERBACK £49.00

RELIGION AND WAR IN REVOLUTIONARY IRAN

Saskia Gieling216 PAGES 216 X 134MM9781860644078 HARDBACK £59.50

RELIGION AND POLITICS IN MODERN IRANA Reader

Lloyd Ridgeon, University of Glasgow296 PAGES 234 X 156MM 9781845110734 HARDBACK £65.009781845110727 PAPERBACK £15.99INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 3

APOCALYPTIC ISLAM AND IRANIAN SHI’ISM

Abbas Amanat, Yale University304 PAGES 216 X 134MM 9781845111243 HARDBACK £59.509781845119812 PAPERBACK £16.99

MODERN ISLAMIC POLITICAL THOUGHT

Hamid Enayat, Foreword by Roy Mottahedeh240 PAGES 216 X 134MM 9781850434658 HARDBACK £56.00 9781850434665 PAPERBACK £15.99

GENDER

BECOMING VISIBLE IN IRANWomen in Contemporary Iranian Society

Mehri Honarbin-Holliday, Canterbury Christ Church University224 PAGES 216 X 134MM APRIL 20139781780760865 PAPERBACK £14.99INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 14

TRIBESWOMEN OF IRAN NEW IN PAPERBACK

Weaving Memories among Qashqa’i Nomads

Julia Huang288 PAGES 216 X 134MM SEPTEMBER 20149781780765389 PAPERBACK £14.99

FAITH AND FREEDOMWomen’s Human Rights in the Muslim World

Mahnaz Afkhami (Ed)256 PAGES 216 X 134MM9781860640087 PAPERBACK £14.99

ISLAM AND GENDERThe Religious Debate in Contemporary Iran

Ziba Mir-Hosseini, SOAS, University of London344 PAGES 234 X 156MM9781850432685 HARDBACK £59.509781850432692 PAPERBACK £16.99

MARRIAGE ON TRIALIslamic Law in Iran and Morocco

Ziba Mir-Hosseini264 PAGES 216 X 134MM9781860646089 PAPERBACK £15.99


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PERSIAN GARDENS AND PAVILIONS Reflections in History, Poetry and the Arts

Mohammad Gharipour, University of North Carolina320 PAGES 246 X 189MM 20139781780761213 HARDBACK £56.00

ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE IN IRANPoststructural Theory and the Architectural History of Iranian Mosques

Saeid Khaghani, University of Manchester288 PAGES 234 X 156MM SEPTEMBER 20129781848857292 HARDBACK £59.50INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 4

THE ART AND MATERIAL CULTURE OF IRANIAN SHI’ISMIconography and Religious Devotion in Shi’i Islam

Pedram Khosronejad, University of St Andrews288 PAGES 216 X 134MM 20119781848851689 HARDBACK £51.5050 INTEGRATED B&W, 8PP COLOUR ILLUSTRATIONSI.B.TAURIS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE IRAN HERITAGE OUNDATIONINTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES , VOL. 29

EARLY PERSIAN PAINTINGKalila wa Dimna Manuscripts of the Late 14th Century

Bernard O’Kane, American University of Cairo336 PAGES 280 X 248MM9781860648526 HARDBACK £75.0050 B&W & 91 COLOUR ILLUSTRATIONS

PERSIAN PAINTINGFrom the Mongols to the Qajars

Robert Hillenbrand (Ed336 PAGES 280 X 248MM9781850436591 HARDBACK £75.00

ART, ARCHITECTURE AND CULTURE

PERSIAN KINGSHIP AND ARCHITECTURE Strategies of Power in Iran from the Achaemenids to the Pahlavis NEW

Sussan Babaie, Coulthard Institute and Talinn Grigor, Brandeis University

Since the Shah went into exile and the Islamic Republic was established in 1979, the very idea of monarchy in Iran has become contentious. Yet, as leading scholars argue here, the institution of kingship has played a pivotal role in articulating an abstract notion of Iran since antiquity. This, in turn, has served as a unifying cultural force despite shifting political and religious allegiances. Analyses of palaces, mausoleums, art, architectural decoration and urban design from the Achaemenids to the Pahlavis show how architecture was appropriated by different rulers as an integral part of their strategies of legitimizing power. Drawing on archaeology, antiquity, and medieval Islamic and modern secular architectural history, ‘Persian Kingship and Architecture’ is indispensable for all those interested in Iranian studies and visual culture, as well as art, architectural and social history.

320 PAGES 256 X 189MM NOVEMBER 20149781848857513 HARDBACK £60.00

PICTURING IRAN NEW IN PAPERBACK

Art, Society and Revolution

Lynn Gumpert and Shiva Balaghi, both at New York University

When assessing the history of twentieth century cultural forms, non-western art can no longer remain relegated to the margins, viewed as derivative and imitative of canonical western artistic modes. This assessment of modern Iranian visual culture from the 1960’s and 1970’s suggests that modernity in Iran was a creative, complex and contested process.The book examines the expression of Iranian modernity in a variety of media including painting, sculpture, photography, posters and graphic arts. It highlights new modes of artistic production within an expanding institutional context: developments in Iranian art criticism, exhibition apparatus, education and patronage. The contributors also address changes in the iconography of Iranian art and in the increasingly social role of the artist. Ultimately, these patterns of artistic production influenced the art that accompanied the Iranian Revolution of 1979.

This groundbreaking work demonstrates that the visual arts serve as an important archival record of a critical period in Iranian history.

128 PAGES 246 X 189MM MARCH 20159781780768984 PAPERBACK £16.99


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FILM

FROM IRAN TO HOLLYWOOD AND SOME PLACES IN-BETWEENReframing Post-Revolutionary Iranian Cinema

Christopher Gow, University of Glasgow256 PAGES 234 X 156MM 20119781848855267 HARDBACK £51.509781848855274 PAPERBACK £17.99

THE POETICS OF IRANIAN CINEMAAesthetics, Modernity and Film after the Revolution

Khatereh Sheibani, University of Guelph, Canada240 PAGES 234 X 156MM 20119781848857414 HARDBACK £54.50INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 33

SHI’I ISLAM IN IRANIAN CINEMAReligion and Spirituality in Film

Nacim Pak-Shiraz288 PAGES 216 X 134MM 20119781848855106 HARDBACK £56.50INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF CULTURAL STUDIES, VOL. 17

MAKHMALBAF AT LARGEThe Making of a Rebel Filmmaker

Hamid Dabashi, Columbia University, New York, Foreword by Mohsen Makhmalbaf272 PAGES 234 X 156MM 9781845115319 HARDBACK £51.509781845115326 PAPERBACK £16.99

NEW IRANIAN CINEMAPolitics, Representation and Identity

Richard Tapper (Ed), SOAS, University of London304 PAGES 234 X 156MM 9781860648038 HARDBACK £59.509781860648045 PAPERBACK £15.9925 B&W HALFTONE ILLUSTRATIONS

IRANIAN CINEMAA Political History

Hamid Reza Sadr320 PAGES 222 X 172MM 9781845111465 HARDBACK £59.509781845111472 PAPERBACK £16.99INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 7

LITERATURE, BIOGRAPHY AND TRAVEL

THE WILD RUE OF PERSIA NEW

Magic, Myth and Folklore in Iran

Bess Donaldson

The Wild Rue is a unique study of myth and magic in Iran. Bess Donaldson spent thirty years in Iran as both missionary and teacher and in this classic work she records the beliefs and superstitions of country at a time when they were increasingly under threat from the tremendous changes brought about by the Shah’s programme of modernisation. This earlier way of life, with its belief in angels and the evil eye, and with its age-old rituals surrounding childbirth and burial, is recounted in an informed yet highly readable text. A unique study of magic, myth and folklore with chapters on cosmology, names and numbers, snakes, dreams, talismans and signs, childbirth, angels, the evil eye, and the calendar. A classic work, long unavailable but now back in print.

240PAGES 234 X 156MM DECEMBER 20149781780769455 HARDBACK £56.00

THE LITERATURE OF THE IRANIAN DIASPORA NEW

Meaning and Identity since the Islamic Revolution

Sanaz Fotouhi, University of New South Wales

The 1979 Revolution in Iran caused the migration of millions of Iranians, many of whom wrote of, and are still writing of, their experiences. Formed at the junctions of the Iranian culture, English language and Western cultures, this body of work has not only formed a unique literary space, offering an insightful reflection of Iranian diasporic experiences and its shifting nature, but it has also been making a unique and understudied contribution to World Literatures in English as significant as Indian, African and Asian writing in English. Fotouhi traces the origins of the emerging body of diasporic Iranian literature in English, and uses these origins to examine the socio-political position and historical context from which they emerged. While situating this body of work through existing theories such as postcolonialism, Fatouhi sheds new light on the role of Iranian literature and culture in Western literature by showing that these writings distinctively reflect a diasporic experience unique to Iranians.

288 PAGES 216 X 134MM FEBRUARY 20159781780767284 HARDBACK £62.00INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 49


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LAND OF THE TURQUOISE MOUNTAINS NEW

Journeys Across Iran

Cyrus Massoudi

For Cyrus Massoudi, a young Britishborn Iranian, the country his parents were forced to flee thirty years ago was a place wholly unknown to him. Wanting to make sense of his roots and piece together the deeply contradictory puzzle that is contemporary Iran, he embarked on a series of journeys that spanned hundreds of miles and through the many ebbs and flows of Iranian history. Rich portrayals of Sufis and ageing aristocrats, smugglers and underground rock bands are all woven together with history, religion and mythology to form a unique portrait of contemporary Iranian society. Land of the Turquoise Mountains reveals a world beyond the propagan-da-driven, media fuelled image of fractious, flag-burning fundamentalism, and provides a compelling glimpse both into the heart of a deeply misunderstood nation and into what it is to seek out and discover one’s heritage.

320 PAGES 216 X 135MM SEPTEMBER 20149781848856370 HARDBACK £17.99

PERSIAN PICTURESFrom the Mountains to the Sea

Gertrude Bell208 PAGES 198 X 126MM FEBRUARY 20149781780766928 PAPERBACK £11.99TAURIS PARKE PAPERBACKS

FERDOWSI, THE MONGOLS AND IRANIAN HISTORY Art, Literature and Culture from Early Islam to Qajar Persia

Robert Hillenbrand, Edinburgh University, A.C.S Peacock, British Institute, Ankara and Firuza Abdullaeva University of Cambridge (Eds)352 PAGES 246 X 189MM 20139781780760155 HARDBACK £65.00

HAFIZ, MASTER OF PERSIAN POETRYA Critical Bibliography in English

Parvin Loloi400 PAGES 234 X 156MM 9781860649233 HARDBACK £65.00

HAFIZ AND THE RELIGION OF LOVE IN CLASSICAL PERSIAN POETRY NEW IN PAPERBACK

Leonard Lewisohn (Ed.), Exeter University360 PAGES 234 X 156MM MARCH 20159781784532123 PAPERBACK £17.99I.B.TAURIS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE IRAN HERITAGE FOUNDATION

EPIC OF THE PERSIAN KINGSThe Shahnameh of Ferdowsi

Barbara Brend and Charles Melville, University of Cambridge (Eds)256 PAGES 271 X 218MM 20119781848856561 PAPERBACK £25.00145 COLOUR ILLUSTRATIONS

PERSIAN STEELMasterpieces of Iranian Art

James Allan, University of Oxford140 PAGES 296 X 210MM 978 1 85043 718 5 HARDBACK £42.00IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE IRAN HERITAGE FOUNDATION

THE ART OF OMAR KHAYYAMIllustrating Fitzgerald’s Rubaiyat

William H. Martin and Sandra Mason192 AGES 240 X 280MM 9781845112820 HARDBACK £52.50300 ILLUSTRATIONS

TWELVE PHOTOGRAPHIC JOURNEYSIran in the 21st Century

Anahita Ghabaian and Minou Saberi128 PAGES 236 X 189MM 9781850437192 PAPERBACK £18.99

MUHAMMAD JUKI’S SHAHNAMAH OF FIRDAUSI

Barbara Brend and A.H. Morton, SOAS, University of London208 PAGES 335 X 225MM 20109780856676727 HARDBACK £39.5080 COLOUR ILLUSTRATIONSPHILIP WILSON PUBLISHERS


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ATTAR AND THE PERSIAN SUFI TRADITIONThe Art of Spiritual Flight

Leonard Lewisohn, University of Exeter, and Christopher Shackle, SOAS, University of London (Eds)384 PAGES 234 X 156MM 9781845111489 HARDBACK £35.00I.B.TAURIS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE INSTITUTE OF ISMAILI STUDIES

MAKE A SHIELD FROM WISDOMSelected Verses from Nasir-i Khusraw’s Divan

Annemarie Schimmel112 PAGES 216 X 134MM9781860647253 PAPERBACK £12.99I.B.TAURIS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE INSTITUTE OF ISMAILI STUDIES

NASIR KHUSRAW, THE RUBY OF BADAKHSHANA Portrait of the Persian Poet, Traveller and Philosopher

Alice C. Hunsberger, The Institute of Ismaili Studies324 PAGES 216 X 134MM9781850439196 HARDBACK £25.009781850439264 PAPERBACK £14.99I.B.TAURIS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE INSTITUTE OF ISMAILI STUDIES

KNOWLEDGE AND LIBERATIONA Treatise on Philosophical Theology

Nasir Khusraw, Faquir M. Hunzai, The Institute of Ismaili Studies (Ed and Trans)240 PAGES 216 X 134MM9781860644719 PAPERBACK £14.99I.B.TAURIS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE INSTITUTE OF ISMAILI STUDIES

STRANGE TIMES IN PERSIAAn Anthology of Contemporary Iranian Literature

Nahid Mozaffari, New School, New York, and Ahmad Karimi Hakkak, University of Maryland (Eds)496 PAGES 234 X 156MM 20099781845114169 HARDBACK £35.009781845114176 PAPERBACK £12.99

FORUGH FARROKHZAD, POET OF MODERN IRANExploring her Life and Works

Dominic Parviz Brookshaw, University of Manchester and Nasrin Rahimieh, University of California (Eds)296 PAGES 234 X 156MM 20109781848851559 HARDBACK £54.509781848851566 PAPERBACK £16.99I.B.TAURIS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE IRAN HERITAGE FOUNDATIONINTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL 21

TWELVE DAYS IN PERSIAAcross the Mountains with the Bakhtiari Tribe

Vita Sackville-West144 PAGES 198 X 126MM 9781845119331 PAPERBACK £9.9932PP B&W ILLUSTRATIONSTAURIS PARKE PAPERBACKS

PASSENGER TO TEHERAN

Vita Sackville-West160 PAGES 234 X 156MM 9781845113438 PAPERBACK £11.99TAURIS PARKE PAPERBACKS

SADEQ HEDAYATThe Life and Legend of an Iranian Writer

Homa Katouzian, University of Oxford320 PAGES 216 X 134MM9781860644139 PAPERBACK £14.99

THE BLINDFOLD HORSEMemories of a Persian Childhood

Shusha Guppy256 PAGES 198 X 126MM 9781850434016 PAPERBACK £9.99TAURIS PARKE PAPERBACKS

A GIRL IN PARISA Persian Encounter with the West

Shusha Guppy296 PAGES 198 X 126MM 9781845113803 PAPERBACK £11.99

THE SECRET OF LAUGHTERMagical Tales from Classical Persia

Shusha Guppy232 PAGES 234 X 156MM 9781845116958 PAPERBACK £9.99TAURIS PARKE PAPERBACKS

FROM A PERSIAN TEA HOUSETravels in Old Iran

Michael Carroll224 PAGES 198 X 126MM 9781845115005 PAPERBACK £9.99TAURIS PARKE PAPERBACKS



AN ANTHOLOGY OF PHILOSOPHY IN PERSIA, VOL. IFrom Zoroaster to ‘Umar Khayyam520 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 84511 541 8 HARDBACK £41.50

AN ANTHOLOGY OF PHILOSOPHY IN PERSIA, VOL. IIIsmaili Thought in the Classical Age424 PAGES 234 X 156MM978 1 84511 542 5 HARDBACK £41.50

AN ANTHOLOGY OF PHILOSOPHY IN PERSIA, VOL. IIIPhilosophical Theology in the Middle Ages and Beyond488 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 84511 605 7 HARDBACK £41.50

AN ANTHOLOGY OF PHILOSOPHY IN PERSIA, VOL IVFrom the School of Illumination to Philosophical Mysticism592 PAGES 234 X 156MM 20129781848857490 HARDBACK £39.50

AN ANTHOLOGY OF PHILOSOPHY IN PERSIA, VOL. V NEW

From the School of Shiraz to the Twentieth Century

S. H. Nasr and M. Aminrazavi

544 PAGES 234 X 156MM NOVEMBER 20149781848857506 HARDBACK £39.50I.B.TAURIS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE INSTITUTE OF ISMAILI STUDIES

AN ANTHOLOGY OF PHILOSOPHY IN PERSIAS.H. Nasr, George Washington University & M. Aminrazavi, University of Mary Washington (Eds)

FROM A PERSIAN KITCHENFresh Discoveries in Iranian Cooking

Jila Dana-Haeri and Shahrzad GhorashianMARCH 2014 272 PAGES 248 X 191MM 9781780768014 HARDBACK £20.00100 COLOUR ILLUSTRATIONS

THE COMPLETE FAUNA OF IRAN

Eskandar Firouz, Former Director of the Department of the Environment in Iran336 PAGES 240 X 170MM 9781850439462 HARDBACK £65.00

NEW PERSIAN COOKINGA Fresh Approach to the Classic Cuisine of Iran

Jila Dana-Haeri, Shahrzad Ghorashian and Jason Lowe224 PAGES 248 X 191MM 20119781848855861 HARDBACK £20.0035 COLOUR ILLUSTRATIONS

SOCIETY AND ENVIRONMENT

THE JEWS OF IRANThe History, Religion and Culture of a Community in the Islamic World NEW

Houman M. Sarshar

Living continuously in Iran for over 2700 years, Jews have played an integral role in the history of the country, and in the development of its society and culture. Examining ancient texts, objects, and art, as well as the medieval trade routes along which these would have travelled, The Jews of Iran offers in-depth analysis of the material and visual culture of this community. Additionally, an exploration of modern novels and accounts of Jewish-Iranian women’s experiences sheds light on the social history and transformations of the Jews of Iran from the rule of Cyrus the Great to the present day. By using the examples of women writers such as Gina Barkhordar Nahai and Dalia Sofer, the vital importance of communal memory and tradition to this community is drawn out. By examining the representation of identity construction through lenses of religion, gender, and ethnicity, the analysis of these writers’ work highlights how the writers attempt to create a new narrative integrating the Jews of Iran into the idea of what it means to be Iranian.

264 PAGES 216 X 134MM SEPTEMBER 20149781780768885 HARDBACK £65.00INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 53


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GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO PERSIAN LITERATUREA History of Persian Literature, Vol. I500 PAGES 225 X 145MM 20089781845118860 HARDBACK £59.50

PERSIAN POETRY IN THE CLASSICAL ERA, 800-1500A History of Persian Literature, Vol. II500 PAGES 225 X 145MM OCTOBER 20159781845119034 HARDBACK £59.50

PERSIAN POETRY IN THE CLASSICAL ERA, 800-1500A History of Persian Literature, Vol. III500 PAGES 225 X 145MM OCTOBER 20159781845119041 HARDBACK £59.50

HEROIC EPIC: THE SHAHNAMEH AND ITS LEGACYA History of Persian Literature, Vol. IV500 PAGES 225 X 145MM OCTOBER 20159781845119058 HARDBACK £59.50

PERSIAN PROSEA History of Persian Literature, Vol. V500 PAGES 225 X 145MM OCTOBER 20159781845119065 HARDBACK £59.50

RELIGIOUS AND MYSTICAL LITERATUREA History of Persian Literature, Vol. VI500 PAGES 225 X 145MM OCTOBER 20159781845119072 HARDBACK £59.50

PERSIAN POETRY, 1500-1900: FROM THE SAFAVIDS TO THE DAWN OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL MOVEMENTA History of Persian Literature, Vol. VII500 PAGES 225 X 145MM OCTOBER 20159781845119089 HARDBACK £59.50

PERSIAN POETRY FROM OUTSIDE IRAN: THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT, ANATOLIA AND CENTRAL ASIA AFTER TIMUR A History of Persian Literature, Vol. VIII500 PAGES 225 X 145MM OCTOBER 20159781845119096 HARDBACK £59.50

PERSIAN PROSE FROM OUTSIDE IRAN: THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT, ANATOLIA AND CENTRAL ASIA AFTER TIMURA History of Persian Literature, Vol. IX500 PAGES 225 X 145MM OCTOBER 20159781845119102 HARDBACK £59.50

PERSIAN HISTORIOGRAPHY A History of Persian Literature, Vol. X500 PAGES 225 X 145MM 20129781845119119 HARDBACK £59.50

LITERATURE OF THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURYA History of Persian Literature, Vol. XI500 PAGES 225 X 145MM OCTOBER 20159781845119126 HARDBACK £59.50

MODERN PERSIAN POETRY, 1940 TO THE PRESENTA History of Persian Literature, Vol. XII500 PAGES 225 X 145MM OCTOBER 20159781845119133 HARDBACK £59.50

MODERN FICTION AND DRAMAA History of Persian Literature, Vol. XIII500 PAGES 225 X 145MM OCTOBER 20159781845119140 HARDBACK £59.50

BIOGRAPHIES OF THE POETS AND WRITERS OF THE CLASSICAL PERIODA History of Persian Literature, Vol. XIV500 PAGES 225 X 145MM OCTOBER 20159781845119157 HARDBACK £59.50

BIOGRAPHIES OF THE POETS AND WRITERS OF THE MODERN PERIOD; LITERARY TERMSA History of Persian Literature, Vol. XV500 PAGES 225 X 145MM OCTOBER 20159781845119164 HARDBACK £59.50

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A HISTORY OF PERSIAN LITERATURE Ehsan Yarshater, General Editor, Columbia University

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Cover Image: ‘Incident in a Mosque’ by Shaykh-Zãda, Herat, c.1527. Courtesy of Sackler Gallery, Harvard art Museum

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