Persian Heritage Series

Publications: Persian Heritage Series

Thus far, 40 volumes have been published; most are among the UNESCO Collection of Representative Works   and consist of translations of Persian classics in major Western languages and Japanese.

Persian Heritage Series:

  • Attar, Farid al-Din. Muslim Saints and Mystics, tr. A. J. Arberry, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1966; reprint (paper) 1973, 1976, 1979, 1983; by the Penguin Group, 1990.
  • Nizâmi Ganjavi. Le Roman de Chosroès et Chirine, tr. Henri Massé, Paris: Maisonneuve and Larose, 1970.
  • Rumi, Jalal al-Din. Mystical Poems of Rumi, tr. A. J. Arberry, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1968; reprint (paper) 1989.
  • Varavini. The Tales of Marzuban, tr. R. Levy, Indiana University Press, 1959; reprint 1968.
  • Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn. The Nasirean Ethics, tr. G. M. Wickens, London: George Allen & Unwin, 1964.
  • Nezami. Le Sette Principesse, tr. A. Bausani, Rome: Leonardo da Vinci, 1967.
  • Ferdowsi. The Epic of the Kings, abridged tr. by R. Levy, Routledge and Kegan Paul, London,  University of Chicago Press, 1967; reprint 1973, 1985, 2011; by the Penguin Group, 1990; by Mazda Publishers, Costa Mesa, CA, 1996.
  • Aruzi, Nizami. Les quatre discours, tr. I. de Gastines, Paris: Maisonneuve et Larose, 1968.
 Anonymous.The Letter of Tansar, tr. by M. Boyce, Rome: IsMEO, 1968.
  • Rashid al-Din. The Successors of Genghis Khan, tr. J. A. Boyle, New York: Columbia University Press, 1971.
  • Mohammad Ibn Ibrahim. The Ship of Sulaiman, tr. J. O’Kane, New York: Columbia University Press, 1972.
  • Faramarz. Samak-e Ayyar, tr. by F. Razavi, Paris: G.-P. Maisonneuve et Larose, 1972.
  • Avicenna. The Metaphysica of Avicenna (Ibn Sina), tr. P. Morewedge, New York: Columbia University Press, 1973.
  • Fakhr ud-Dīn Gurgānī. Vis and Ramin, tr. G. Morrison, New York: Columbia University Press, 1972.
  • Fasa’i, H. History of Persia under Qajar Rule, tr. H. Busse, New York: Columbia University Press, 1972.
  • Aturpat-e Emetan. Denkart III, tr. J. de Menasce, Paris: Librairie C. Klincksieck, 1973.
  • Saʿdi. Bustan, tr. G. M. Wickens, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1974.
  • Hekmat, F. Folk Tales of Ancient Persia, retold by F. Hekmat with the collaboration of Y. Lovelock, Delmar, NY: Caravan Books and Bibliotheca Persica, 1974.
  • Bighami, M. Love and War: Advantures from the Firuz Shah Nama of Sheikh Bighami, tr. W. Hanaway, Jr., Delmar, NY: Scholars’ Facsimile and Reprints, 1974.
  • Anon. The History of Sistan, tr. M. Gold, Rome: IsMEO, 1977.
  • Khayyam. The Rubaiyat of Umar Khayyam, tr. P. Kasra, Delmar, NY: Scholars’ Facsimile & Reprints, 1977.
Manichaen Literature: Representative Texts Chiefly from Middle Persian and Parthian Writings, tr. J.P. Asmussen, Delmar, NY: Scholars’ Facsimile & Reprints, 1974.
  • Rumi. Mystical Poems of Rumi, II, tr. A. J. Arberry, Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press and Bibliotheca Persica, 1979; reprint (paper), University of Chicago Press, 1991.
  • Rumi. Le livre du dedans, tr. E. de Vitray-Meyerovitch, Paris: Editions Sindbad, 1975.
  • Rumi. Licht und Reigen, tr. J. Ch. Bürgel, Bern: Herbert Lang Verlag, 1974.
  • Samarkandi. Le livre des sept vizirs, tr. D. Bogdanovic, Paris: Editions Sindbad, 1976.
  • Eskandar Monshi. The History of Shah Abbas the Great, 3 vols., tr. R. M. Savory, Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press and Bibliotheca Persica, 1978-1986.
  • Attar. Ilahi-Nama, tr. J. A. Boyle, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1976.
  • Hafez. Divan (Hafizu-Shishu -in Japanese), tr. T. Kuroyanagi, Tokyo: Heibosha Ltd, 1977.
  • Anon. Iskandarnamah, tr. M. Southgate, New York: Columbia University Press, 1978.
  • Nizam al-Mulk. The Book of Government or Rules for Kings, revised tr. H. Darke, London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1978.
  • Nezami. Khosrau and Shirin (in Japanese), tr. E. Okada, Tokyo: Heibosha Ltd., 1977.
  • Aturpat-i Emetan. The Wisdom of the Sasanian Sages (Denkard VI), tr. Sh. Shaked, Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press and Bibliotheca Persica, 1979.
  • Razi, Najm al-Din. The Path of God’s Bondsmen: From Origin to Return (Mersad al-ebad), tr. H. Algar, Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press and Bibliotheca Persica, 1980.
  • Naser-e Khosrow. Travelogue (Safarnama), tr. by W. Thackston, Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 1985.
  • Nizami. Chosrou und Schirin, tr. by J. Ch. Bürgel, Zurich: Manesse Verlag, 1980.
  • Nizami. Das Alexanderbuch, tr. by J. Ch. Bürgel, Zurich: Manesse Verlag, 1991.
  • Ebn-e Monavvar, M. The Secrets of God’s Mystical Oneness or The Spiritual Stations of Shaikh Abu Sa’id (Asrar al-Towhid), tr. J. O’Kane, Costa Mesa, CA: Mazda Publishers and Bibliotheca Persica, 1992.
  • Perikhanian, Anahit. The Book of One Thousand Judgments.A Sasanian Law Book, Costa Mesa and New York: Mazda Publishers and Bibliotheca Persica, 1997.
  • Khayyam, Omar. Khayyam the Mathematician, tr. with commentary and annotations by R. Rashed and B. Vahabzadeh, Bibliotheca Persica Press: New York, 2000.
  • Bausani, Alessandro, Religion in Iran. From Zoroaster to Bah’ullah, tr. by J. M. Marchesi, New York, Bibliotheca Persica Press, 2000.

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