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Author : John G. Wishard
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Twenty Years in Persia written by John G. Wishard and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John G. Wishard
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 349 pages
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Download or read book Twenty Years in Persia written by John G. Wishard and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John G. Wishard
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book Twenty Years in Persia written by John G. Wishard and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John G. Wishard
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330818558
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (185 download)
Download or read book Twenty Years in Persia: A Narrative of Life Under, the Last Three Shahs (Classic Reprint) written by John G. Wishard and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-06 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Twenty Years in Persia: A Narrative of Life Under, the Last Three Shahs His Imperial Majesty, Mohammed Ali Mirza, Shah Of Persia; A Natural Phenomenon, Often Seen In Mesopotamia; A Kurdish Woman; A Kurdish Wedding Dance; A Persian Grocer; American Presbyterian Hospital, Teheran; Royal Gardens, Teheran; Bagh-E-Shah; A Typical Persian Town Of The Highlands; A Persian Train; Ruins Of The Blue Mosque At Tabriz; The Inscriptions In Persian, Median, and Babylonian At The Ganj-Nomeh, Near Hamadan; Tomb Of The Poet Omar Khayyam; A Persian Theatre; Indoor Costume Of Persian Women; Street Costume Of Persian Women; A Persian Hakim's (Doctor's) Establishment; Tea Time In A Mission Hospital; The Pavilion For Women; The American Presbyterian Hospital, Teheran. Physician's Residence; First Modern Surgery In Teheran; Saturday Morning Clinic About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : John G. Wishard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (93 download)
Download or read book Twenty Years in Persia written by John G. Wishard and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ulrich Marzolph
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004445528
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)
Download or read book Narrative Illustration in Persian Lithographed Books written by Ulrich Marzolph and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-10-12 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study surveys a distinctive type of the “Islamic” book which has been largely neglected in previous scholarship: the genre of illustrated lithographed books produced in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Iran. In addition to introducing the history of printing in Iran and surveying the investigated sources, the study supplies basic data on genres of illustrated books, artists active in lithographic illustration, and aspects germane to this particular field of art. The documentation includes bibliographical references for 116 illustrated books in a total of 351 particular editions and 150 plates with several hundred single illustrations. Lithographic illustration in Iran constitutes the legitimate successor to manuscript illustration, both in content and style. Contrasting with the latter’s refinement, lithographed illustrations were produced in large numbers and served as a powerful medium of popular iconography.
Author : Thomas Sidney Powell
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Personal Narrative of a Journey Through Part of Persia, in 1833-34 written by Thomas Sidney Powell and published by . This book was released on 1835 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Dina Nayeri
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 110160199X
Total Pages : 429 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)
Download or read book A Teaspoon of Earth and Sea written by Dina Nayeri and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-01-31 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of Refuge, a magical novel about a young Iranian woman lifted from grief by her powerful imagination and love of Western culture. Growing up in a small rice-farming village in 1980s Iran, eleven-year-old Saba Hafezi and her twin sister, Mahtab, are captivated by America. They keep lists of English words and collect illegal Life magazines, television shows, and rock music. So when her mother and sister disappear, leaving Saba and her father alone in Iran, Saba is certain that they have moved to America without her. But her parents have taught her that “all fate is written in the blood,” and that twins will live the same life, even if separated by land and sea. As she grows up in the warmth and community of her local village, falls in and out of love, and struggles with the limited possibilities in post-revolutionary Iran, Saba envisions that there is another way for her story to unfold. Somewhere, it must be that her sister is living the Western version of this life. And where Saba’s world has all the grit and brutality of real life under the new Islamic regime, her sister’s experience gives her a freedom and control that Saba can only dream of. Filled with a colorful cast of characters and presented in a bewitching voice that mingles the rhythms of Eastern storytelling with modern Western prose, A Teaspoon of Earth and Sea is a tale about memory and the importance of controlling one’s own fate.
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Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231552815
Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)
Download or read book Samak the Ayyar written by and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2021-08-03 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The adventures of Samak, a trickster-warrior hero of Persia’s thousand-year-old oral storytelling tradition, are beloved in Iran. Samak is an ayyar, a warrior who comes from the common people and embodies the ideals of loyalty, selflessness, and honor—a figure that recalls samurai, ronin, and knights yet is distinctive to Persian legend. His exploits—set against an epic background of palace intrigue, battlefield heroics, and star-crossed romance between a noble prince and princess—are as deeply rooted in Persian culture as are the stories of Robin Hood and King Arthur in the West. However, this majestic tale has remained little known outside Iran. Translated from the original Persian by Freydoon Rassouli and adapted by Prince of Persia creator Jordan Mechner, this timeless masterwork can now be enjoyed by English-speaking readers. A thrilling and suspenseful saga, Samak the Ayyar also offers a vivid portrait of Persia a thousand years ago. Within an epic quest narrative teeming with action and supernatural forces, it sheds light on the lives of ordinary people and their social worlds. This is the first complete English-language version of a treasure of world culture. The translation is grounded in the twelfth-century Persian text while paying homage to the dynamic culture of storytelling from which it arose.
Author : William Morgan Shuster
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Strangling of Persia written by William Morgan Shuster and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Morgan Shuster (1877-1960) was an American lawyer and financial expert who served as treasurer general to the government of the Persian Empire in 1911. In 1910, the Persian government asked U.S. president William Howard Taft for technical assistance in reorganizing its financial system. Taft chose Shuster to head a mission of American experts to Tehran. The Strangling of Persia is Shuster's account of his experiences, published soon after his return to the United States. In the Anglo-Russian convention of August 31, 1907, Britain and Russia had divided Persia (present-day Iran) into a Russian sphere of influence in the north of the empire and a British sphere in the south (with additional arrangements for Afghanistan and Tibet). Each power was to have exclusive commercial rights in its sphere. Under this agreement and other arrangements, Persian customs revenues were collected to guarantee the payment of interest and principal on foreign loans. Seeking to defend the interests of the Persians, Shuster clashed repeatedly with Russian and British officials, until his mission was forced to withdraw in early 1912. The book provides a detailed account of the background to the mission, of political and financial conditions in Persia in the early 20th century, and of the rivalry among Russia, Britain, and eventually Germany for influence in the country. The narrative covers the Russian military intervention of 1911, the atrocities committed by Russian troops, and the coup and dissolution of the Majlis (parliament) carried out under Russian pressure in December 1911. The book includes numerous photographs and a map, an index, and an appendix with copies of key documents and correspondence
Author : William Brittlebank
Publisher : London : B.M. Pickering
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book Persia During the Famine written by William Brittlebank and published by London : B.M. Pickering. This book was released on 1873 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Matt Waters
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107652723
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (76 download)
Download or read book Ancient Persia written by Matt Waters and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-01-20 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Achaemenid Persian Empire, at its greatest territorial extent under Darius I (r.522–486 BCE), held sway over territory stretching from the Indus River Valley to southeastern Europe and from the western Himalayas to northeast Africa. In this book, Matt Waters gives a detailed historical overview of the Achaemenid period while considering the manifold interpretive problems historians face in constructing and understanding its history. This book offers a Persian perspective even when relying on Greek textual sources and archaeological evidence. Waters situates the story of the Achaemenid Persians in the context of their predecessors in the mid-first millennium BCE and through their successors after the Macedonian conquest, constructing a compelling narrative of how the empire retained its vitality for more than two hundred years (c.550–330 BCE) and left a massive imprint on Middle Eastern as well as Greek and European history.
Author : Abolqasem Ferdowsi
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101993235
Total Pages : 1041 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (19 download)
Download or read book Shahnameh written by Abolqasem Ferdowsi and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-03-08 with total page 1041 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive translation by Dick Davis of the great national epic of Iran—now newly revised and expanded to be the most complete English-language edition A Penguin Classic Dick Davis—“our pre-eminent translator from the Persian” (The Washington Post)—has revised and expanded his acclaimed translation of Ferdowsi’s masterpiece, adding more than 100 pages of newly translated text. Davis’s elegant combination of prose and verse allows the poetry of the Shahnameh to sing its own tales directly, interspersed sparingly with clearly marked explanations to ease along modern readers. Originally composed for the Samanid princes of Khorasan in the tenth century, the Shahnameh is among the greatest works of world literature. This prodigious narrative tells the story of pre-Islamic Persia, from the mythical creation of the world and the dawn of Persian civilization through the seventh-century Arab conquest. The stories of the Shahnameh are deeply embedded in Persian culture and beyond, as attested by their appearance in such works as The Kite Runner and the love poems of Rumi and Hafez. For more than sixty-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,500 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Author : David Almond
Publisher : Candlewick Press
ISBN 13 : 1536226947
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (362 download)
Download or read book Brand New Boy written by David Almond and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2022-05-03 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An inventive tale by a beloved Hans Christian Andersen Award winner celebrates our differences—and the joys of inclusion—through the lens of artificial intelligence. From the boundless imagination of David Almond comes a thought-provoking question, packaged in a lively illustrated chapter book: what if a robot went to school? When a new boy joins their class, everyone thinks he’s . . . odd. George doesn’t behave like other kids. He doesn’t think like other kids. But he’s great at football and snacking, and that’s what matters to Dan and Maxie and friends, who resolve to make George feel welcome. Over time, they learn that he’s just like them, in most ways, except one: George is a robot, part of an ambitious new experiment, with sinister people bent on destroying him. When his lab pulls him out of school, can George’s new friends recover him—and set him free? Told in David Almond’s signature rollicking narrative style, this poignant tale about what it means to be human, paired with warm and funny black-and-white illustrations, will inspire children to think and giggle in equal measure.
Author : A. T. Olmstead
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226826333
Total Pages : 671 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (268 download)
Download or read book History of the Persian Empire written by A. T. Olmstead and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2022-08-29 with total page 671 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Out of a lifetime of study of the ancient Near East, Professor Olmstead has gathered previously unknown material into the story of the life, times, and thought of the Persians, told for the first time from the Persian rather than the traditional Greek point of view. "The fullest and most reliable presentation of the history of the Persian Empire in existence."—M. Rostovtzeff
Author : Abbas Amanat
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780300112542
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (125 download)
Download or read book Iran written by Abbas Amanat and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A masterfully researched and compelling history of Iran from the sixteenth century to the twenty-first
Author : S G W (Samuel Greene Whe Benjamin
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781020946233
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (462 download)
Download or read book The Story Of Persia written by S G W (Samuel Greene Whe Benjamin and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the earliest days of the Persian Empire to its decline in the 19th century, this gripping narrative chronicles the tumultuous history of Iran. Benjamin's engaging prose and sharp insights provide a nuanced portrait of a complex and vibrant culture, full of intrigue, conflict, and beauty. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
