Persian Studies Series

Publications: Persian Studies Series

The Persian Heritage Foundation has been the principal sponsor of monographs published as part of the Persian Studies Series organized or produced under the general editorship of Ehsan Yarshater at the Columbia Center for Iranian Studies.  To date, 22 numbered volumes have been published in this series.

Persian Studies Series:

  • Levy, Reuben. An Introduction to Persian Literature, New York: Columbia University Press, 1969.
  • Dashti, Ali. In Search of Omar Khayyam, tr. L. P. Elwell-Sutton, Persian Studies Series 1, London: George Allen and Unwin, 1971.
  • Pearson, James. A Bibliography of Pre-Islamic Persia, Persian Studies Series 2, London: Mansell Information and Publishing, 1975.
  • Brunner, Christopher J. A Syntax of Western Middle Iranian, Persian Studies Series 3, Delmar, NY: Caravan Books, 1977.
  • Yohannan, John D. Persian Poetry in England and America, Persian Studies Series 4, Delmar, NY: Caravan Books, 1977.
  • Bürgel, J. Ch. Drei Hafis-Studien, Persian Studies 5,  Bern: Herbert Lang Verlag, 1975.
  • Tabataba’i, M. H. Shi’ite Islam, tr. by S. H. Nasr, Persian Studies Series 6, Albany: State University of New York Press, 1975.
  • Bosworth, C. E. The Later Ghaznavids: Splendour and Decay, Persian Studies Series 7, New York and Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press and Columbia University Press, 1977.
  • Schimmel, Annemarie. The Triumphal Sun: A Study of the Works of Jalaladdin Rumi, Persian Studies Series 8, London: Fine Books, 1978; reprint, SUNY Press, 1993.
  • McDermott, M. J. The Theology of al-Shaikh al-Mufid, Persian Studies Series 9, Beirut: Dar el-Machreq, 1978.
  • Rosenthal, F., et al. Biruni: A Symposium, Yarshater, E. and D. Bishop, eds., Persian Studies Series 10, New York: Center for Iranian Studies, Columbia University, 1976.
  • Yohannan, John. The Poet Sa’di: A Persian Humanist, Persian Studies Series 11, Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America and Bibliotheca Persica, 1987.
  • Perry, John R. Form and Meaning in Persian Vocabulary. The Arabic Feminine Ending, Persian Studies Series 12, Costa Mesa and New York: Mazda Publishers and Bibliotheca Persica, 1991.
  • Mills, Margaret A. Rhetorics and Politics in Traditional Afghan Storytelling, Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1991.
  • Bournoutian, George A. The Khanate of Erevan under Qajar Rule, 1795-1828, Persian Studies Series 13, Costa Mesa and New York: Mazda Publishers and Bibliotheca Persica, 1992.
  • Lazard, Gilbert. A Grammar of Contemporary Persian, Persian Studies Series 14, tr. Sh. A. Lyon, Costa Mesa and New York: Mazda Publishers and Bibliotheca Persica, 1992.
  • Birashk, Ahmad. A Comparative Calendar of the Iranian, Muslim Lunar, and Christian Eras for Three Thousand Years (1260 B.H. – 2000 A.H./639 B.C. – 2621 A.D), Persian Studies Series 15, Costa Mesa and New York: Mazda Publishers and Bibliotheca Persica, 1993.
  • Knörzer, Jutta. E. Ali Dashti’s Prison Days: Life Under Reza Shah, Persian Studies Series 16, Costa Mesa and New York: Mazda Publishers and Bibliotheca Persica, 1994.
  • Floor, Willem. A Fiscal History of Iran in the Safavid and Qajar Periods 1500-1925, Persian Studies Series 17, New York: Bibliotheca Persica Press, 1998.
  • Ebady, Shirin. History and Documentation of Human Rights in Iran, Persian Studies Series 18, tr. N. Fathi, New York: Bibliotheca Persica Press, 2000.
  • Mahdjoub, M. J. (Ed.) Ayin Javanmardi or Fotowwat, Persian Studies Series 19, New York: Bibliotheca Persica Press, 2000.
  • Schmitt, Rüdiger. Selected Onomastic Writings, W. Briedbach and Ph. Huyse, Eds., Persian Studies Series 20, New York: Bibliotheca Persica Press, 2000.
  • Rose, Jenny. The Image of Zoroaster, Persian Studies Series 21, New York: Bibliotheca Persica Press, 2000.
  • Aigle, Denise. Iran under the Mongols: Ilkhanid Administrators and Persian Notables in Fars, Persian Studies Series 22, London: I.B. Tauris, 2024.

 

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