Iran 2014

Iran 2014

IRANNEW BOOKS 2014

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ANCIENT HISTORY

THE IDEA OF IRAN SERIES

BIRTH OF THE PERSIAN EMPIREThe Idea of Iran, Vol. 1Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis, British Museum, & Sarah Stewart, SOAS (Eds)

160 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 84511 062 8 HARDBACK £52.50ILLUSTRATEDTHE IDEA OF IRAN SERIES, VOL. 1

THE AGE OF THE PARTHIANSThe Idea of Iran, Vol. 2Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis, British Museum, & Sarah Stewart, SOAS (Eds)

176 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 84511 406 0 HARDBACK £52.50THE IDEA OF IRAN SERIES, VOL. 2

THE SASANIAN ERAThe Idea of Iran, Vol. 3Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis, British Museum, & Sarah Stewart, SOAS (Eds)


THE RISE OF ISLAMThe Idea of Iran, Vol. 4Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis & Sarah Stewart (Eds)


EARLY ISLAMIC IRANThe Idea of Iran, Vol. 5Edmund Herzig and Sarah Stewart, SOAS (Eds)

304 PAGES 234 X 156MM 2011HARDBACK 9781780760612 £39.50THE IDEA OF IRAN SERIES, VOL. 5

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THE AGE OF THE GREAT SELJUQS NEWThe Idea of Iran, Vol. 6Edited by Edmund Herzig and Sarah Stewart

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 MAY 2014978178076 947 9 HARDBACK £39.5015 B&W INTEGRATEDTHE IDEA OF IRAN SERIES, VOL. 5THE IDEA OF IRAN

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EVERLASTING FLAME Zoroastrianism in History and ImaginationSarah Stewart (Ed), SOAS272 PAGES 289 X 235MM 20139781780768090 HARDBACK £45.00

THE PALACE OF DARIUS AT SUSA The Great Royal Residence of Achaemenid PersiaJean Perrot, late of CRNS544 PAGES 300 X 230MM 2013 9781848856219 HARDBACK £60.00530 COLOUR AND B&W

THE CYRUS CYLINDERThe Great Persian Edict from BabylonEdited 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, Oxford200 PAGES 216 X 134MM 20109781848853478 HARDBACK £52.509781848855052 PAPERBACK £14.991 MAP

ZOROASTRIANISMAn IntroductionJenny Rose, Claremont Graduate University288 PAGES 216 X 134MM 20109781848850873 HARDBACK £45.009781848850880 PAPERBACK £14.9930 INTEGRATED B&W, 2 MAPSI.B.TAURIS INTRODUCTIONS TO RELIGION

THE WORLD OF ACHAEMENID PERSIAJohn Curtis and St.John Simpson, British Museum648 PAGES 234 X 156MM 2010978 1 84885 346 1 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 IranParvaneh Pourshariati, Ohio State University552 PAGES 234 X 156MM978 1 84511 645 3 HARDBACK £45.00INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 10

SASANIAN PERSIAThe Rise and Fall of an EmpireTouraj Daryaee, University of California256 PAGES 234 X 156MM 9781850438984 HARDBACK £35.00I.B.TAURIS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE IRAN HERITAGE FOUNDATION32 B&W IN 16PP PLATES

TEXTBOOKANCIENT PERSIAJosef Wiesehöfer, University of Kiel352 PAGES 234 X 156MM978 1 85043 999 8 PAPERBACK £14.99ILLUSTRATED IN B&W

ANCIENT PERSIA IN WESTERN HISTORY NEWHellenism and the Re-presentation of the Achaemenid EmpireSasan Samiei, UCL

The Achaemenid Empire, founded by Cyrus the Great in the 6th century, was at its height the largest empire the world had yet seen, stretching across Asia, the Middle East and North Africa. Because this first Persian Empire fought a series of wars against the Ancient

Greek city-states, it has often been cast in opposition to the Hellenistic cultures of the period. Ancient Persia in Western History is a measured rejoinder to the dominant narrative that considers the Graeco-Persian Wars to be merely the first round of an oft-repeated battle between the despotic ‘East’ and the broadly enlightened ‘West’. Sasan Samiei analyses the historiography which has skewed our understanding of this crucial era - contrasting the work of Edward Gibbon and Goethe, which venerated Classicism and Hellenistic history, with later writers such as John Linton Myres. Finally, Samiei explores the cross-cultural encounters which constituted the Achaemenid period itself, and repositions it as essential to the history of Europe, Asia and the Middle East.320 PAGES 216 X 134MM JUNE 20149781780764801 HARDBACK £59.50INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES

MEMORY AND IDENTITY IN SASANIAN PERSIA NEWSacred History and the Historiography of Ancient IranTouraj 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 NOVEMBER 20149781780762487 HARDBACK £52.50INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 44

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CONVERTING PERSIA NEW EDITIONReligion and Power in the Safavid EmpireRula 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 JANUARY 20149781780767789 PAPERBACK £17.99

THE ILKHANID BOOK OF ASCENSIONA Persian-Sunni Prayer ManualChristiane Gruber, Indiana University, Bloomington256 PAGES 234 X 156MM 2010978 1 84511 499 2 HARDBACK £56.0010 COLOUR PLATESBRITISH INSTITUTE OF PERSIAN STUDIES, VOL. 2

TEXTBOOKLOYALTY AND LEADERSHIP IN AN EARLY ISLAMIC SOCIETYRoy P. Mottahedeh, Harvard University224 PAGES 216 X 134MM 978 1 86064 181 7 PAPERBACK £16.99

THE FIRE, THE STAR AND THE CROSSMinority Religions in Medieval and Early Modern IranAptin Khanbaghi, University of Cambridge288 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 84511 056 7 HARDBACK £59.50INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 5

EAGLE’S NESTIsmaili Castles in Iran and SyriaPeter Willey352 PAGES 234 X 156MM978 1 85043 464 1 HARDBACK £25.00ILLUSTRATEDISMAILI 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 978 1 85043 705 5 HARDBACK £59.50978 1 85043 950 9 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 GardiziEdmund Bosworth (Trans. and Ed.), University of Exeter192 PAGES 234 X 156MM 20109781848853539 HARDBACK £51.50BRITISH INSTITUTE OF PERSIAN STUDIES SERIES, VOL. 4

MEDIEVAL IRAN

THE HISTORY OF THE LATE REVOLUTIONS IN PERSIA NEWAn Eyewitness Account of the Fall of the Safavid DynastyJ.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 APRIL 20149781780764689 HARDBACK £250.003 VOLS

RITUAL CURSING IN IRAN NEW

Theology, Politics and the Public in Safavid PersiaRosemary 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 APRIL 20149781848852921 HARDBACK £54.50INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 22

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PERCEPTIONS OF IRAN NEWHistory, Myths and Nationalism from Medieval Persia to the Islamic RepublicAli M Ansari, University of St Andrews

From the Sasanian to the Safavid Empire, and from Qajar Iran to the current Islamic Republic, the history of Iran is one which has been coloured by a rich tradition of myths and narratives and shaped by its wealth of philosophers, cultural theorists and political thinkers. Perceptions of Iran dissects the construction of Iranian identity, to reveal how nationalism has been continually re-formulated and how self-perceptions have been carried by Iran’s literary past, in particular the mystical love poetry of Rumi, Sa’adi and Hafez. It traces a long history of encounters with the Western world and tracks Iranian thought from Herodotus’ representation of Cyrus to the Constitutional Movement of the early twentieth century. This book ties together the diverse threads of Iranian intellectual activity that have underpinned social and political movements, from nineteenth-century discourses on a liberal nationalism to the anti-Westernism of figures such as Sayed Jamal Al-Afghani and Ayatollah Khomeini. 288 PAGES 234 X 156MM JULY 20139781848858305 HARDBACK £56.50

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THE MONETARY HISTORY OF IRANFrom the Safavids to the QajarsRudi Matthee, University of Maryland Willem Floor and Patrick Clawson, Washington Institute for Near East Policy

320 PAGES 234 X 156MM SEPTEMBER 20139781780760797 HARDBACK £45.00

IRAN AND THE WORLD IN THE SAFAVID AGEWillem Floor and Edmund Herzig, University of Oxford (Eds)672 PAGES 234 X 156MM JULY 20129781850439301 HARDBACK £45.0025 B&W, 25 LINE DRAWINGSI.B.TAURIS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE IRAN HERITAGE FOUNDATIONINTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 2

PERSIA IN CRISISSafavid Decline and the Fall of IsfahanRudi 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 RhetoricColin P. Mitchell, Dalhousie University, Canada304 PAGES 228 X 155MM JANUARY 20129781780760964 PAPERBACK £17.99

THE SAFAVID DYNASTIC SHRINEArchitecture, Religion and Power in Early Modern IranKishwar Rizvi, Yale University256 PAGES 234 X 156MM 20109781848853546 HARDBACK £52.5020 B&W INTEGRATED, 16 COLOUR IN 16PP PLATESBRITISH INSTITUTE OF PERSIAN STUDIES, VOL. 5

SHAH ABBASThe Ruthless King Who Became an Iranian LegendDavid Blow288 PAGES 234 X 156MM9781845119898 PAPERBACK £14.998PP B&W PLATES AND 8PP COLOUR PLATES

THE SWORD OF PERSIANader Shah, from Tribal Warrior to Conquering TyrantMichael Axworthy, Exeter University368 PAGES 216 X 134MM978 1 84511 982 9 PAPERBACK £14.99ILLUSTRATED

TEXTBOOKSAFAVID PERSIAThe History and Politics of an Islamic SocietyCharles Melville (Ed.), University of Cambridge432 PAGES 234 X 156MM978 1 86064 086 5 PAPERBACK £22.50PEMBROKE PERSIAN PAPERS

SLAVES OF THE SHAHNew Elites of Safavid IranSussan Babaie, University of Michigan, Kathryn Babayan, University of Michigan, Ina Baghdiantz-McCabe, Tufts University, & Massumeh Farhad, Smithsonian Institution256 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 86064 721 5 HARDBACK £56.00LIBRARY OF MIDDLE EAST HISTORY, VOL. 3

SAFAVID IRANRebirth of a Persian EmpireAndrew J. Newman, University of Edinburgh296 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 84511 830 3 PAPERBACK £17.99

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IRAN BETWEEN ISLAMIC NATIONALISM AND SECULARISM The Constitutional Revolution of 1906Vanessa Martin, Royal Holloway, University of London288 PAGES 234 X 156MM SEPTEMBER 2013978178076663888 HARDBACK £56.50

THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF IRAN UNDER THE QAJARSSociety, Politics and Foreign Relations 1799 to 1921Hooshang Amirahmadi, Rutgers University400 PAGES 234 X 156MM JUNE 20129781848856721 HARDBACK £59.50INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES,

THE BAHA’IS OF IRAN, TRANSCASPIA AND THE CAUCASUSVOLUME 1Letters of Russian Officers and OfficialsSoli 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 2Reports and Correspondence of Russian OfficialsSoli 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 SETSoli Shahvar, Gad Gilbar and Boris Morozov (Eds)288+288 PAGES 216 X 134MM 20119781848854734 HARDBACK £105.00

IN THE SHADOW OF THE KINGZill al-Sultan and Isfahan under the QajarsHeidi Walcher, SOAS528 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 85043 434 4 HARDBACK £51.50INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 9

IRAN’S CONSTITUTIONAL REVOLUTIONPopular Politics, Cultural Transformations and Transnational ConnectionsH.E. Chehabi, Boston University and Vanessa Martin, Royal Holloway (Eds)512 PAGES 234 X 156MM JUNE 20109781848854154 HARDBACK £59.5034 INTEGRATED B&WINTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 28I.B.TAURIS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE IRAN HERITAGE

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JEWISH IDENTITIES IN IRANResistance and Conversion to Islam and the Baha’i FaithMehrdad Amanat256 PAGES 216 X 134MM 20109781845118914 HARDBACK £56.50LIBRARY OF MODERN RELIGION, VOL. 9

THE FORGOTTEN SCHOOLSThe Baha’is and Modern Education in Iran, 1899–1934Soli Shahvar, University of Haifa304 PAGES 216 X 134MM 2009978 1 84511 683 5 HARDBACK £59.50INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 11

RELIGION, CULTURE AND POLITICS IN IRANFrom the Qajars to KhomeiniJoanna de Groot320 PAGES 216 X 134MM 978 1 86064 571 6 HARDBACK £59.50

PIVOT OF THE UNIVERSENasir al-Din Shah and the Iranian Monarchy, 1831–1896Abbas Amanat568 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 84511 828 0 PAPERBACK £16.9916 B&W PLATES AND 7 INTEGRATED B&W IMAGES

STATE AND SOCIETY IN IRANThe Eclipse of the Qajars and the Emergence of the PahlavisHoma Katouzian, St Antony’s College, Oxford368 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 84511 272 1 PAPERBACK £17.99LIBRARY OF MODERN MIDDLE EAST STUDIES, VOL. 28

KHANS AND SHAHSA History of the Bakhtiyari Tribe in IranGene R. Garthwaite, Dartmouth College240 PAGES 234 X 156MM 2009978 1 84885 096 5 PAPERBACK £17.99ILLUSTRATED

DIPLOMACY AND MURDER IN TEHRANAlexander Griboyedov and Imperial Russia’s Mission to the Shah of PersiaLaurence Kelly336 PAGES 198 X 126MM 978 1 84511 196 0 PAPERBACK £12.99TAURIS PARKE PAPERBACKS


FORMING NATIONAL IDENTITY IN IRAN NEWThe Idea of Homeland Derived from Ancient Persian and Islamic Imaginations of PlaceAli 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 NOVEMBER 20139781780764436 HARDBACK £56.00

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IRAN: THE CRISIS OF DEMOCRACY1941–1953Fakhreddin Azimi, University of Connecticut448 PAGES 216 X 134MM 2009978 1 86064 980 6 PAPERBACK £16.99

IRAN IN THE 20TH CENTURY Historiography and Political Culture Touraj Atabaki (Ed.), University of Leiden352 PAGES 234 X 156MM 2009978 1 84511 692 1 HARDBACK £54.50INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 20

IRAN AND THE FIRST WORLD WARBattleground of the Great PowersTouraj Atabaki240 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 86064 964 6 HARDBACK £56.50

TEXTBOOKMUSADDIQ AND THE STRUGGLE FOR POWER IN IRANHoma Katouzian328 PAGES 216 X 134MM978 1 86064 290 6 PAPERBACK £16.99

TEXTBOOKREBELS WITH A CAUSEThe Failure of the Left in IranMaziar Behrooz, San Francisco State University264 PAGES 216 X 134MM978 1 86064 630 0 PAPERBACK £16.99ILLUSTRATED

THE QAJAR PACTBargaining, Protest and the State in Nineteenth-Century PersiaVanessa Martin, Royal Holloway224 PAGES 234 X 156MM978 1 85043 763 5 HARDBACK £59.50INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 4

THE ENGLISH AMONGST THE PERSIANSImperial Lives in Nineteenth-Century IranDenis Wright240 PAGES 234 X 156MM978 1 86064 638 6 PAPERBACK £18.99

THE PERSIANS AMONGST THE ENGLISHEpisodes in Anglo-Persian HistoryDenis Wright288 PAGES 234 X 156MM978 1 85043 002 5 HARDBACK £59.50

FRONTIER FICTIONSShaping the Iranian Nation, 1804-1946Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet328 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 85043 2708 HARDBACK £65.00

MEN OF ORDERAuthoritarian Modernization Under Ataturk and Reza ShahTouraj Atabaki & Erik J. Zurcher, both at University of Leiden (Eds)296 PAGES 216 X 134MM 978 1 86064 426 9 HARDBACK £59.50LIBRARY OF MODERN MIDDLE EAST STUDIES, VOL. 21

IRAN AND THE RISE OF REZA SHAHFrom Qajar Collapse to Pahlavi PowerCyrus Ghani440 PAGES 234 X 156MM978 1 86064 258 6 HARDBACK £56.50978 1 86064 629 4 PAPERBACK £17.99ILLUSTRATED

AZERBAIJANEthnicity and the Struggle for Power in IranTouraj Atabaki256 PAGES 216 X 134MM978 1 86064 554 9 PAPERBACK £17.99

THE STATE AND THE SUBALTERNModernization, Society and the State in Turkey and IranTouraj Atabaki (Ed)272 PAGES 234 X 156 MM978 1 84511 339 1 HARDBACK £57.50

THE SHAH AND IThe Confidential Diary of Iran’s Royal Court, 1968–77Asadollah Alam576 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 84511 372 8 PAPERBACK £14.99

THE PERSIAN SPHINXAmir Abbas Hoveyda and the Riddle of the Iranian RevolutionAbbas Milani400 PAGES 234 X 156MM978 1 85043 328 6 HARDBACK £49.00


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POLITICS AND CONTEMPORARY IRAN

CULTURAL REVOLUTION IN IRAN NEWContemporary Popular Culture in the Islamic RepublicAnnabelle Sreberny & Massoumeh Torfeh (Eds) both at SOAS

The Islamic Republic of Iran has entered its fourth decade, and the values and legacy of the Revolution it was founded upon continue to have profound and contradictory consequences for Iranian life. Despite the repressive power of the current regime the immense creativity of popular cultural practices, which negotiate and resist the system, is a potent and dynamic force. This book draws on the expertise and experience of Iranian and international academics and activists to address diverse areas of social and cultural innovation that are driving change and progress. While religious conservatism remains the creed of the establishment, this volume uncovers an underground world of new technology, communication, media and entertainment that speaks both to women seeking a greater public role and to a restless younger generation that organises and engages with global trends online.288 PAGES 216 X 134MM JUNE 20139781780760896 HARDBACK £56.50

PERSIAN SERVICE NEWThe BBC and British Interests in IranAnnabelle Sreberny and Massoumeh Torfeh both at SOAS (Eds)

Rumour and speculation in Iran have been rife for generations that the BBC has had a hand in every political upheaval in the country. In this vein the BBC has become a notable element in the complex and tortured narrative of Anglo-Iranian relations. The BBC Persian Service was initially developed in 1940 to prepare and broadcast British war-time propaganda. And it has since been

seen by many in Iran as an integral part of British policy-making in the region. Those participating and organising the British-planned removal of Reza Shah in 1941, the CIA-led 1953 coup against Prime Minister Mohammad Musaddiq and the domestically inspired Iranian Revolution of 1978-79, have all at one time or another been accused of having links with the BBC. In this book, Annabelle Sreberny and Massoumeh Torfeh track the history of the BBC’s Persian Service, critically analysing both the assumptions that the corporation is a standard bearer for objective reporting and representations of it as a simple tool of Western interests. 224 PAGES 234 X 156MM JANUARY 20149781848859814 HARDBACK £40.00

EVERYDAY IRAN NEWA Provincial Portrait of the Islamic RepublicClarissa 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 JULY 20149781780769080, HARDBACK £56.007 B&W INTEGRATEDINTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES

CONTROLLING IRAN NEWThe Struggle for Power in the Islamic RepublicSiavush 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

Randjbar-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 SEPTEMBER 20149781780765266 HARDBACK £25.00

POLITICAL ISLAM IN POST-REVOLUTIONARYIRANShi’i Ideologies in Islamist DiscourseMajid 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 JULY 20139781848852761 HARDBACK £56.50INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 24

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THE IRAN CONNECTION NEWUnderstanding the Alliance with Syria, Hizbullah and HamasAmal Saad Ghorayeb

As Iran’s suspected nuclear ambitions place it on an apparent collision course with the western powers and the Arab Gulf states, understanding its regional alliances takes on a huge strategic importance. The Lebanese group Hizbullah, the Palestinian group Hamas and Bashar al Asad’s Syria are all critical players in the Arab-Israeli conflict, and the puzzle of their relationship to their Iranian allies has confounded diplomats for

many years. Would Hizbullah start a war on Israel’s northern border in the event of an Israeli air-strike on Iran? Can Syria be prised from the alliance? How will Hamas’s negotiating position evolve? Drawing on her unique access to decision-makers in Lebanon, Tehran and Damascus, Amal Saad Ghorayeb unpicks this unusual strategic bloc of secularists and Islamists, Arabs and Iranians, Sunni and Shia, and seeks to provide a rigorous analysis of its mechanics. The Iran Connection is essential reading for anyone looking to understand the real dynamics of today’s Middle East.256 PAGES 234 X 156MM AUGUST 20139781848857407 HARDBACK £29.95

MODERNITY AND THE STATELESS NEWThe Kurdish Question in IranAbbas Vali, University of Bogazici

The Kurds are the largest stateless nation in the world. They live under the jurisdiction of four sovereign states – Iran, Iraq, Turkey and Syria – which deny their national identity and suppress its political and cultural manifestations. The diversity that springs from this division has deprived

the Kurds of ideological cohesion and political unity. Offering a wealth of new information on the history and politics of Kurdish nationalism, this book also looks at the wider issues of stateless nations, their identities, rights and obligations and the problems such nations pose for normative political theory which presupposes the framework of the modern nation state.256 PAGES 216 X 134MM JULY 20149781860640506 HARDBACK £39.50LIBRARY OF MODERN MIDDLE EAST STUDIES, VOL. 26

ARAB-IRANIAN RIVALRY IN THE PERSIAN GULF NEWTerritorial Disputes and the Balance of Power in the Middle EastFarzad 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 APRIL 20149781848858220 HARDBACK £59.5011 B&W INTEGRATED, 1 MAPLIBRARY OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, VOL. 62

KHATAMI’S IRANThe Islamic Republic and the Turbulent Path to ReformGhoncheh 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 RevolutionSasan 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 IranBabak Ganji328 PAGES 234 X 156MM 20119781848859647 PAPERBACK £25.00

KURDS AND THE STATE IN IRANThe Making of Kurdish IdentityAbbas Vali, Bogaziçi University Istanbul224 PAGES 216 X 134MM 20119781848857889 HARDBACK £49.50INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 36

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

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KHOMEINILife of the AyatollahBaqer Moin, Former head of BBC’s Persian Service352 PAGES 234 X 156MM 2009978 1 84511 790 0 PAPERBACK £16.99

AHMADINEJADThe Secret History of Iran’s Radical LeaderKasra Naji304 PAGES 216 X 134MM 978 1 84511 636 1 PAPERBACK £12.99

KHATAMI AND GORBACHEVPolitics of Change in the Islamic Republic of Iran and the USSRZhand Shakibi, LSE400 PAGES 216 X 134MM 2010978 1 8488 5 139 9 HARDBACK £65.00INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF POLITICAL STUDIES, VOL. 38

IRAN AND THE RISE OF ITS NEOCONSERVATIVESThe Politics of Tehran’s Silent RevolutionAnoush Ehteshami & Mahjoob Zweiri, both at the University of Durham240 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 84511 388 9 HARDBACK £25.00

SYRIA AND IRANDiplomatic Alliance and Power Politics in the Middle EastJubin Goodarzi, Webster University, Geneva376 PAGES 216 X 134MM 978 1 84511 997 3 PAPERBACK £16.99LIBRARY OF MODERN MIDDLE EAST STUDIES, VOL. 55

ISLAM AND DISSENT IN POSTREVOLUTIONARY IRANAbdolkarim Soroush, Religious Politics and Democratic ReformBehrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi320 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 84511 879 2 HARDBACK £65.00978 1 84511 880 8 PAPERBACK £17.99

THE CONSTITUTION OF IRANPolitics and the State in the Islamic RepublicAsghar Schirazi336 PAGES 234 X 156MM978 1 86064 253 1 PAPERBACK £19.99

IRAN OILThe New Middle East Challenge to AmericaRoger Howard, New Statesman200 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 84511 249 3 HARDBACK £20.00

TEXTBOOKTROUBLED WATERS The Geopolitics of the Caspian RegionR. Hrair Dekmejian & Hovann H. Simonian, both at the University of Southern California280 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 86064 922 6 PAPERBACK £18.99

DISTANT RELATIONSIran and Lebanon in the Last 500 YearsH.E. Chehabi, Boston University560 PAGES 216 X 134MM 978 1 86064 561 7 HARDBACK £47.50978 1 84511 255 4 PAPERBACK £16.99I.B.TAURIS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE CENTRE FOR LEBANESE STUDIES, OXFORD

ISLAM AND DEMOCRACY IN IRANEshkevari and the Quest for ReformZiba Mir-Hosseini, SOAS & Richard Tapper, University of London208 PAGES 216 X 134MM 978 1 84511 133 5 HARDBACK £59.50978 1 84511 134 2 PAPERBACK £16.99LIBRARY OF MODERN MIDDLE EAST STUDIES, VOL. 54

IRAN’S ECONOMY UNDER THE ISLAMIC REPUBLICJahangir Amuzegar416 PAGES 216 X 134MM978 1 86064 104 6 PAPERBACK £18.99

REVOLUTIONARY IDEOLOGY AND ISLAMIC MILITANCYThe Iranian Revolution and Interpretations of the QuranNajibullah 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 BusinessJavad Amid and Amjad Hadjikhani304 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 85043 681 2 HARDBACK £65.00

SANCTIONING IRANAnatomy of a Failed PolicyHossein Alikhani448 PAGES 234 X 156MM978 1 86064 626 3 HARDBACK £65.00

THE ECONOMY OF IRANThe Dilema of an Islamic StateParvin Alizadeh (Ed.)313 PAGES 216 X 134MM978 1 86064 464 1 HARDBACK £59.50

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MASCULINITIES IN URBAN IRAN NEWYoung Men in Contemporary Iranian SocietyMehri Honarbin-Holliday, Canterbury Christ Church University

Men in Middle Eastern societies are often viewed by the popular Western media only in the context of religious fundamentalism and the subjugation of women. This new book shifts the discourse on gender, usually focused on women, to men in the Middle East, and to young men in Iranian society in particular - and in the process fills a

crucial gap in our understanding. It illustrates that, contrary to common perceptions that Iranian men are ‘tough’, there is an acute desire among young men for women’s approval and friendship, and to be recognised as sensitive and cosmopolitan. Mehri Honarbin-Holliday examines the conflicting factors and complexities involved in the formation of Iranian masculine identity, including the ideals of Persian cultural heritage, the pull of traditional familial and societal expectations, the memory of the 1979 revolution and its aspirations, and the pressures of being outwardly committed to Iran’s political system. 56 PAGES 234 X 156MM AUGUST 20149781848857360 HARDBACK £54.5015 INTEGRATED B&W

TRIBESWOMEN OF IRAN NEWWeaving Memories among Qashqa’i NomadsJulia Huang

Since the revolution in 1979, the Islamic Republic of Iran has permitted few Western scholars to conduct research in the country. Here Julia Huang provides a remarkable account of local tribal life in Iran and depicts a community largely beyond the scope and reach of foreign travellers and the Western media. Huang documents the difficult livelihoods and lifestyles of these mobile Qashqa’i pastoralists and their society and

culture, and she explains how this Turkic-speaking group relates to the wider Iranian society and the Islamic Republic. Focusing on a small group of women, she shows us how they adapt to a rapidly changing world while retaining tribal values and a distinctive ethnolinguistic identity as one of Iran’s largest national minorities. Engagingly written and documenting a disappearing way of life, Tribeswomen of Iran is essential reading for all those interested in Iran, the Middle East, anthropology, nomadism and gender.288 PAGES 216 X 134MM FEBRUARY 20149781845118327 HARDBACK £59.509781780765389 PAPERBACK £14.9910 IN 8PP COLOUR PLATES, 25 B&W INTEGRATED

IRAN, SAUDI ARABIA AND THE GULFPower Politics in Transition Faisal bin Salman al-Saud200 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 86064 881 6 HARDBACK £52.50

THE PRIEST AND THE KINGAn Eyewitness Account of the Iranian RevolutionDesmond Harney224 PAGES 216 X 134MM978 1 86064 319 4 HARDBACK £49.00978 1 86064 374 3 PAPERBACK £14.99

TEXTBOOKAN ISLAMIC UTOPIANA Political Biography of Ali Shari’atiAli Rahnema, American University of Paris432 PAGES 234 X 156MM978 1 86064 552 5 PAPERBACK £17.99

TEXTBOOKCREATING AN ISLAMIC STATEKhomeini and the Making of a New IranVanessa Martin, Royal Holloway272 PAGES 216 X 134MM 978 1 86064 900 4 PAPERBACK £15.99

FROM PALACE TO PRISONInside the Iranian RevolutionEhsan Naraghi392 PAGES 234 X 156MM978 1 85043 7048 PAPERBACK £49.00

RELIGION AND WAR IN REVOLUTIONARY IRANSaskia Gieling216 PAGES 216 X 134MM978 1 86064 407 8 HARDBACK £59.50

TEXTBOOKRELIGION AND POLITICS IN MODERN IRANA ReaderLloyd Ridgeon, University of Glasgow296 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 84511 073 4 HARDBACK £65.00978 1 84511 072 7 PAPERBACK £15.99INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 3

APOCALYPTIC ISLAM AND IRANIAN SHI’ISMAbbas Amanat, Yale University304 PAGES 216 X 134MM 978 1 84511 124 3 HARDBACK £59.50978 1 84511 981 2 PAPERBACK £16.99

MODERN ISLAMIC POLITICAL THOUGHTHamid Enayat, Foreword by Roy Mottahedeh240 PAGES 216 X 134MM 978 1 85043 465 8 HARDBACK £56.00 978 1 85043 466 5 PAPERBACK £15.99

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PICTURING IRAN NEWArt, 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, such as 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 1979.128 PAGES 246 X 189MM JUNE 20149781780768984 PAPERBACK £16.99ILLUSTRATED IN COLOUR AND B&W

PERSIAN KINGSHIP AND ARCHITECTURE NEWStrategies of Power in Iran from the Achaemenids to the PahlavisSussan 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 MAY 20149781848857513 HARDBACK £60.00

GENDERBECOMING VISIBLE IN IRANWomen in Contemporary Iranian SocietyMehri Honarbin-Holliday, Canterbury Christ Church University224 PAGES 216 X 134MM APRIL 20139781780760865 PAPERBACK £14.9915 B&W INTEGRATEDINTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 14

TEXTBOOKFAITH AND FREEDOMWomen’s Human Rights in the Muslim WorldMahnaz Afkhami (Ed.)256 PAGES 216 X 134MM978 1 86064 008 7 PAPERBACK £14.99

ISLAM AND GENDERThe Religious Debate in Contemporary IranZiba Mir-Hosseini, SOAS344 PAGES 234 X 156MM978 1 85043 268 5 HARDBACK £59.50978 1 85043 269 2 PAPERBACK £16.99

MARRIAGE ON TRIALIslamic Law in Iran and MoroccoZiba Mir-Hosseini264 PAGES 216 X 134MM978 1 86064 608 9 PAPERBACK £15.99

ART, ARCHITECTURE AND CULTURE

PERSIAN GARDENS AND PAVILIONS Reflections in History, Poetry and the ArtsMohammad Gharipour, University of North Carolina320 PAGES 246 X 189MM 2013HARDABCK 9781780761213 £56.00

ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE IN IRANPoststructural Theory and the Architectural History of Iranian MosquesSaeid Khaghani, University of Manchester288 PAGES 234 X 156MM SEPTEMBER 20129781848857292 HARDBACK £59.5016PP COLOUR PLATES, 8 INTEGRATED B&WINTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 4

THE ART AND MATERIAL CULTURE OF IRANIAN SHI’ISMIconography and Religious Devotion in Shi’i IslamPedram Khosronejad, University of St Andrews288 PAGES 216 X 134MM 20119781848851689 HARDBACK £51.5050 INTEGRATED B&W, 8PP COLOUR PLATESI.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 CenturyBernard O’Kane, American University of Cairo336 PAGES 280 X 248MM978 1 86064 852 6 HARDBACK £75.0050 B&W & 91 COLOUR PLATES

PERSIAN PAINTINGFrom the Mongols to the QajarsRobert Hillenbrand (ed.)336 PAGES 280 X 248MM978 1 85043 659 1 HARDBACK £75.00

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ALLEGORY IN IRANIAN CINEMA NEWAn Aesthetics of Poetry and ResistanceMichelle Langford, University of New South Wlaes, Sydney

Since the 1979 revolution, Iranian filmmakers have been creating vibrant, aesthetically rich cinema – whilst working under strict state censorship laws. How have they achieved this? As Michelle Langford reveals, many have found indirect, allegorical ways of expressing forbidden topics and issues in their films, drawing on a long history of allegorical expression in Persian poetry and the arts. Allegory in Iranian Cinema explores the allegorical aesthetics of Iranian cinema, explaining how it has emerged from deep cultural traditions and how it functions as a strategy for ideological resistance. She uses a range of cinematic, philosophical and cultural concepts - developed by thinkers such as Walter Benjamin, Gilles Deleuze, Henri Bergson, Vivian Sobchack and Laura Marks - to provide a theoretical framework for detailed analyses of films by renowned directors such as Abbas Kiarostami, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Majid Majidi, Rakhshan Bani-Etemad, Hana Makhmalbaf and Jafar Panahi.272 PAGES 234 X 156MM MAY 2014

9781780762982 HARDBACK £59.50 9781780762999 PAPERBACK £15.99

FROM IRAN TO HOLLYWOOD AND SOME PLACES IN-BETWEENReframing Post-Revolutionary Iranian CinemaChristopher 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 RevolutionKhatereh 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 FilmNacim Pak-Shiraz288 PAGES 216 X 134MM 20119781848855106 HARDBACK £56.50INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF CULTURAL STUDIES, VOL. 17

MAKHMALBAF AT LARGEThe Making of a Rebel FilmmakerHamid Dabashi, Columbia University, New York, Foreword by Mohsen Makhmalbaf272 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 84511 531 9 HARDBACK £51.50978 1 84511 532 6 PAPERBACK £16.99

TEXTBOOKNEW IRANIAN CINEMAPolitics, Representation and IdentityRichard Tapper (Ed.), SOAS304 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 86064 803 8 HARDBACK £59.50978 1 86064 804 5 PAPERBACK £15.9925 B&W HALFTONES

TEXTBOOKIRANIAN CINEMAA Political History Hamid Reza Sadr320 PAGES 222 X 172MM 978 1 84511 146 5 HARDBACK £59.50978 1 84511 147 2 PAPERBACK £16.99INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIES, VOL. 7

LITERATURE, BIOGRAPHY AND TRAVEL

THE WILD RUE OF PERSIA NEWMagic, Myth and Folklore in IranBess 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 MARCH 20149781780769455 HARDBACK £56.00

HAFIZ AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES NEWA Study of Fourteenth-century Persian Love PoetryDominic Brookshaw, University of Manchester

Hafiz of Shiraz has long been celebrated by many as the greatest Persian poet within the annals of world literature. During the fourteenth century he was master of the Persian ‘ghazal’ – the pre-eminent genre of love poetry in the Iranian world in its day and which, in the hands of Hafiz, reached the pinnacle of its development

and refinement. Dominic Brookshaw here places Hafiz into a broader literary context by comparing his poetry with his two most important contemporaries: ‘Ubayd-i Zakani and the poet-princess, Jahan-Malik Khatun, whose ‘ghazals’ have received insufficient scholarly attention to date. Brookshaw presents here for the first time many previously untranslated ‘ghazals’. This detailed comparison enables a truer picture of the distinct and innovative nature of Hafiz’s poetry to emerge.288 PAGES 234 X 156MM JUNE 20149781848851443 HARDBACK £56.50BRITISH INSTITUTE OF PERSIAN STUDIES, VOL. 3

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AN ANTHOLOGY OF PHILOSOPHY IN PERSIA, VOL. IFrom Zoroaster to Omar KhayyamS.H. Nasr, George Washington University & M. Aminrazavi, University of Mary Washington (Eds)

520 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 84511 541 8 HARDBACK £39.50I.B.TAURIS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE INSTITUTE OF ISMAILI STUDIES

AN ANTHOLOGY OF PHILOSOPHY IN PERSIA, VOL. IIIsmaili Thought in the Classical AgeS.H. Nasr, George Washington University & M. Aminrazavi, University of Mary Washington (Eds)

424 PAGES 234 X 156MM978 1 84511 542 5 HARDBACK £39.50I.B.TAURIS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE INSTITUTE OF ISMAILI STUDIES

AN ANTHOLOGY OF PHILOSOPHY IN PERSIA, VOL. IIIPhilosophical Theology in the Middle AgesS.H. Nasr, George Washington University & M. Aminrazavi, University of Mary Washington (Eds)

488 PAGES 234 X 156MM 2010978 1 84511 605 7 HARDBACK £39.50I.B.TAURIS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE INSTITUTE OF ISMAILI STUDIES

AN ANTHOLOGY OF PHILOSOPHY IN PERSIA, VOL. IVFrom the School of Illumination to Philosophical MysticismS.H. Nasr, George Washington University & M. Aminrazavi, University of Mary Washington (Eds)

424 PAGES 234 X 156MM APRIL 20129781848857490 HARDBACK £39.50I.B.TAURIS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE INSTITUTE OF ISMAILI STUDIES

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

GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO PERSIAN LITERATURE AVAILABLE

A History of Persian Literature, Vol. I600 PAGES 225 X 145M 9781845118860 HARDBACK £59.50

PERSIAN POETRY IN THE CLASSICAL ERA, 800-1500A History of Persian Literature, Vol. II500 PAGES 225 X 145MM JUNE 20149781845119034 HARDBACK £59.50

PERSIAN POETRY IN THE CLASSICAL ERA, 800-1500A History of Persian Literature, Vol. III500 PAGES 225 X 145MM JUNE 20149781845119041 HARDBACK £59.50

HEROIC EPICA History of Persian Literature, Vol. IV500 PAGES 225 X 145MM JUNE 20149781845119058 HARDBACK £59.50

PERSIAN PROSEA History of Persian Literature, Vol. V500 PAGES 225 X 145MM JUNE 20149781845119065 HARDBACK £59.50

RELIGIOUS AND MYSTICAL LITERATUREA History of Persian Literature, Vol. VI500 PAGES 225 X 145MM JUNE 20149781845119072 HARDBACK £59.50

PERSIAN POETRY, 1500-1900A History of Persian Literature, Vol. VII500 PAGES 225 X 145MM JUNE 20149781845119089 HARDBACK £59.50

PERSIAN POETRY FROM OUTSIDE IRAN A History of Persian Literature, Vol. VIII500 PAGES 225 X 145MM JUNE 20149781845119096 HARDBACK £59.50

PERSIAN PROSE FROM OUTSIDE IRANA History of Persian Literature, Vol. IX500 PAGES 225 X 145MM JUNE 20149781845119102 HARDBACK £59.50

PERSIAN HISTORIOGRAPHY AVAILABLE

A History of Persian Literature, Vol. X500 PAGES 225 X 145MM9781845119119 HARDBACK £59.50

LITERATURE OF THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURYA History of Persian Literature, Vol. XI500 PAGES 225 X 145MM JUNE 20149781845119126 HARDBACK £59.50

MODERN PERSIAN POETRY, 1940 TO THE PRESENTA History of Persian Literature, Vol. XII500 PAGES 225 X 145MM JUNE 20149781845119133 HARDBACK £59.50

MODERN FICTION AND DRAMAA History of Persian Literature, Vol. XIII500 PAGES 225 X 145MM JUNE 20149781845119140 HARDBACK £59.50

BIOGRAPHIES OF THE POETS AND WRITERS OF THE CLASSICAL PERIODA History of Persian Literature, Vol. XIV500 PAGES 225 X 145MM JUNE 20149781845119157 HARDBACK £59.50

BIOGRAPHIES OF THE POETS AND WRITERS OF THE MODERN PERIODA History of Persian Literature, Vol. XV500 PAGES 225 X 145MM JUNE 20149781845119164 HARDBACK £59.50

GENERAL INDEXA History of Persian Literature, Vol. XVI500 PAGES 225 X 145MM JUNE 20149781845119171 HARDBACK £59.50

LITERATURE OF PRE-ISLAMIC IRAN: COMPANION VOL I AVAILABLE

A History of Persian Literature, Vol. XVII552 PAGES 225 X 145MM 9781845118877 HARDBACK £68.50

ORAL LITERATURE OF IRANIAN LANGUAGES: COMPANION VOL II AVAILABLE

A History of Persian Literature, Vol. XVIII500 PAGES 225 X 145MM AVAILABLE9781845119188 HARDBACK £68.50

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PERSIAN PICTURES NEWFrom the Mountains to the SeaGertrude Bell

When Gertrude Bell’s uncle was appointed Minister in Tehran in 1891, she declared that the great ambition of her life was to visit Persia. Several months later, she did. And so began a lifetime of travel and a lifelong enchantment with what she saw as the romance of the East, which evolved into a deep understanding of its cultures and people. This vivid and impressionistic series of sketches, her first foray into writing, is an evocative meditation that moves between Persia’s heroic past and its long decline; the public face of Tehran and the otherworldly ‘secret, mysterious life of the East’, the lives of its women, its lush, enclosed gardens; from the bustling cities to the lonely wastelands of Khorasan.208 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 PersiaRobert Hillenbrand, Edinburgh University, A.C.S Peacock, British Institute, Ankara and Firuza Abdullaeva University of Cambridge (Eds)352 PAGES 246 X 189MM SEPTEMBER 20139781780760155 HARDBACK £65.00

HAFIZ AND THE RELIGION OF LOVE IN CLASSICAL PERSIAN POETRYLeonard Lewisohn (Ed.), Exeter University360 PAGES 234 X 156MM MAY 2010978184885 339 3 HARDBACK £45.00INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRANIAN STUDIESI.B.TAURIS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE IRAN HERITAGE FOUNDATION

HAFIZ, MASTER OF PERSIAN POETRYA Critical Bibliography in EnglishParvin Loloi400 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 86064 923 3 HARDBACK £65.00

EPIC OF THE PERSIAN KINGSThe Shahnameh of FerdowsiBarbara Brend and Charles Melville, University of Cambridge (Eds)256 PAGES 271 X 218MM NOVEMBER 20119781848856561 PAPERBACK £25.00145 COLOUR

PERSIAN STEELMasterpieces of Iranian ArtJames Allan, University of Oxford140 PAGES 296 X 210MM 978 1 85043 718 5 HARDBACK £42.00ILLUSTRATEDIN ASSOCIATION WITH THE IRAN HERITAGE FOUNDATION

THE ART OF OMAR KHAYYAMIllustrating Fitzgerald’s RubaiyatWilliam H. Martin & Sandra Mason192 AGES 240 X 280MM 978 1 84511 282 0 HARDBACK £52.50300 ILLUSTRATIONS

TWELVE PHOTOGRAPHIC JOURNEYSIran in the 21st Century Anahita Ghabaian & Minou Saberi128 PAGES 236 X 189MM 978 1 85043 719 2 PAPERBACK £18.99

MUHAMMAD JUKI’S SHAHNAMAH OF FIRDAUSIBarbara Brend and A.H. Morton, SOAS208 PAGES 335 X 225MM 2010978 0 85667 672 7 HARDBACK £39.5080 COLOUR ILLUSTRATIONSPHILIP WILSON PUBLISHERS

ATTAR AND THE PERSIAN SUFI TRADITIONThe Art of Spiritual FlightLeonard Lewisohn, University of Exeter, & Christopher Shackle, SOAS (Eds)384 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 84511 148 9 HARDBACK £35.00ILLUSTRATED I.B.TAURIS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE INSTITUTE OF ISMAILI STUDIES

MAKE A SHIELD FROM WISDOMSelected Verses from Nasir-i Khusraw’s DivanAnnemarie Schimmel112 PAGES 216 X 134MM978 1 86064 725 3 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 PhilosopherAlice C. Hunsberger, The Institute of Ismaili Studies324 PAGES 216 X 134MM978 1 85043 919 6 HARDBACK £25.00978 1 85043 926 4 PAPERBACK £14.99I.B.TAURIS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE INSTITUTE OF ISMAILI STUDIES

KNOWLEDGE AND LIBERATIONA Treatise on Philosophical Theologyby Nasir Khusraw, Faquir M. Hunzai (Ed. & Trans), The Institute of Ismaili Studies240 PAGES 216 X 134MM978 1 86064 471 9 PAPERBACK £14.99I.B.TAURIS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE INSTITUTE OF ISMAILI STUDIES

STRANGE TIMES IN PERSIAAn Anthology of Contemporary Iranian LiteratureNahid Mozaffari, New School, New York, & Ahmad Karimi Hakkak, University of Maryland (Eds)496 PAGES 234 X 156MM 2009978 1 84511 416 9 HARDBACK £35.00978 1 84511 417 6 PAPERBACK £12.99

FORUGH FARROKHZAD, POET OF MODERN IRANExploring her Life and WorksDominic Parviz Brookshaw, University of Manchester and Nasrin Rahimieh, University of California (Eds)296 PAGES 234 X 156MM 2010978184885 155 9 HARDBACK £54.50978184885 156 6 PAPERBACK £16.9916 INTEGRATED B&WI.B.TAURIS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE IRAN HERITAGE

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TWELVE DAYS IN PERSIAAcross the Mountains with the Bakhtiari TribeVita Sackville-West144 PAGES 198 X 126MM 978184511 933 1 PAPERBACK £9.9932PP B&W PLATESTAURIS PARKE PAPERBACKS

PASSENGER TO TEHERANVita Sackville-West160 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 84511 343 8 PAPERBACK £11.99TAURIS PARKE PAPERBACKSILLUSTRATED

SADEQ HEDAYATThe Life and Legend of an Iranian WriterHoma Katouzian, University of Oxford320 PAGES 216 X 134MM978 1 86064 413 9 PAPERBACK £14.99

THE BLINDFOLD HORSEMemories of a Persian ChildhoodShusha Guppy256 PAGES 198 X 126MM 978 1 85043 401 6 PAPERBACK £9.99TAURIS PARKE PAPERBACKS

A GIRL IN PARISA Persian Encounter with the WestShusha Guppy296 PAGES 198 X 126MM 978 1 84511 380 3 PAPERBACK £11.99

THE SECRET OF LAUGHTERMagical Tales from Classical PersiaShusha Guppy232 PAGES 234 X 156MM 978 1 84511 695 8 PAPERBACK £9.99TAURIS PARKE PAPERBACKS

FROM A PERSIAN TEA HOUSETravels in Old IranMichael Carroll224 PAGES 198 X 126MM 978 1 84511 500 5 PAPERBACK £9.99ILLUSTRATEDTAURIS PARKE PAPERBACKS

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THE COMPLETE FAUNA OF IRANEskandar Firouz, Former Director of the Department of the Environment in Iran336 PAGES 240 X 170MM 978 1 85043 946 2 HARDBACK £65.00ILLUSTRATED

NEW PERSIAN COOKINGA Fresh Approach to the Classic Cuisine of IranJila Dana-Haeri, Shahrzad Ghorashian, Jason Lowe224 PAGES 248 X 191MM 20119781848855861 HARDBACK £20.0035 COLOUR

FROM A PERSIAN KITCHEN NEWFresh Discoveries in Iranian CookingJila Dana-Haeri and Shahrzad Ghorashian

With an emphasis on the use of seasonal ingredients, fresh herbs and fragrant spices, Jila Dana-Haeri here presents a unique guide to quintessential Persian cooking. The varieties of beautiful jewelled rice dishes, hearty winter dishes and crisp summer salads, showcase the diversity of Iranian regional cooking, from the sweet and sour flavours of the Northern Caspian Coast to the spicy and aromatic tastes of the South and the Persian Gulf. The complimentary mix of flavours - the fresh tartness of pomegranate seeds and the subtle perfume of saffron, tarragon, dill and fenugreek - create an array of mouth-watering recipes that are now, thanks to Dana-Haeri’s contribution, accessible to cooks of all levels. This lavishly-illustrated cookbook offers an enticing selection of recipes for any occasion. It will be essential for all interested in expanding their cultural and culinary horizons.MARCH 2014 272 PAGES 248 X 191MM 9781780768014 HARDBACK £20.00100 COLOUR INTEGRATED

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