Studies on Persianate Societies is an interdisciplinary publication that offers original research on the culture and civilisation of the geographical area where Persian has historically been the dominant language or a major cultural force, encompassing Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan, as well as the Caucasus, Central Asia, the Indian Subcontinent, and parts of the former Ottoman Empire. It also offers regular surveys of relevant books published in Iran, India and Pakistan, Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States.
This publication is the predecessor of the Journal of Persianate Studies.
Christians in Safavid Iran: Hospitality and Harassment
âRudi Matthee The Rise of Shah EsmÄÊ¿il as a Mahdist Revolution
âSaïd Amir Arjomand Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Shah Mohammad KhodÄbanda and the Safavid DÄr al-enshÄ
âColin P. Mitchell Kurdish Autobiography, Memoir and Novel: Ê¿Ereb Â¥emo and His Successors
âChristine Allison Civil Society Within the State? The Production of Knowledge and the State Under the Islamic Republic of Iran
âKian Tajbakhsh
Research and Critical Notes
Sasanian Textile Art: An Iconographic Approach
âMatteo Compareti The Peacock in Nahj al-BalÄgha and Near Eastern Religious Traditions
âMushegh Asatryan The Oldest Known Prose Text in Modem Tabari: A Translation from TufÄn al-BokÄʾ
âHabib Borjian The Presence of Perso-Islamic Mysticism in Malay-Indonesian Literature
âAhmad Kazemi Moussavi Sultan Ezid in the Yazidi Religion: Genesis of the Character
âVictoria Arakelova Familiar Strangers: Armenians in Modem Persian Literature
âAnna Krasnowolska Urban Experience in Iranian Narrative Fiction
âJavad FaÊ¿al Alavi
Book Surveys
Survey of Russian Publications on Iranian and Persianate Studies (2001-2005)
âFiruza Abdullayeva and Leila Dodykhudoeva Survey of Publications in South Asia on Persianate Studies
âIshtiyaq Ahmad Zilli