Article: The Ghaznavid and Seljuk Turks; poetry as a source for Iranian history.(Brief article)(Book review)

Article: The History of the Seljuk Turks from the Jami' ...
Medium Aevum;  September 22, 2001 ;     625 words ...The History of the Seljuk Turks from the Jami' al-Tawrikh: An Ilkhanid Adaptation of the ... sterling]. The Saljuq-nama is a history of the dynasty of Seljuk Turks. It was written in Persian c.1175 at the court of the last ...

Article: IRAN: Iranian History and Politics: The Dialectic ...
The Middle East Journal;  October 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...IRAN Iranian History and Politics: The Dialectic of ... another form of arbitrary rule. Iranian history is a closed circle. Katouzian ... specific historical periods in Iranian history. Perhaps the best work here is ...

Article: The Story of the Daughters of Quchan: Gender and National Memory ...
The Middle East Journal;  January 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... Quchan: Gender and National Memory in Iranian History, by Afsaneh Najmabadi. Syracuse ... historians wish to interpret and present Iranian history. In writing this highly readable ... 9). For persons interested in Iranian history, in the place of women and gender ...

Article: Iranian History and Politics: The dialectic of ...
The Middle East Journal;  October 1, 2003 ;     351 words ...IRAN Iranian History and Politics: The dialectic of state and society, by Homa Katouzian ... and its theoretical implications on the history and politics of Iranian history and politics. Katouzian also explores universal and general theories ...

Article: Iranian history professor faces death for insulting ...
Church & State;  June 1, 2004 ;     698 words ...A death sentence against an Iranian history professor for allegedly insulting Islam was reinstated in May. In November 2002, Hashem Aghajari, a history professor at Tehran ...

Article: Gender Equality in Iranian History: From ...
Reference & Research Book News;  August 1, 2006 ;     482 words ...0773458131 Gender equality in Iranian history; from pre-Islamic times to the present. Derayeh, Minoo. Edwin Mellen Pr. 2006 242 pages $109.95 Hardcover HQ1735 Derayeh ...

Article: 'Persepolis' a user-friendly tale of recent Iranian ...
Oakland Tribune;  January 11, 2008 ;     596 words ... ... rock band Abba and Che Guevara. For Westerners, there couldn't be a more user-friendly interpreter of 1970s and'80s Iranian history than Satrapi, who speaks a language of self we can easily relate to. At the beginning of the story, she's a spunky ...