The Persian king embodied the values of justice, military heroics, and honor, ideals valorized historically and transculturally, yet the influence of the pre-Islamic Persian past and Persian forms of ...

Princeton's Great Persian Book of Kings: The Peck Shahnama Marianna Shreve Simpson Princeton’s Great Persian Book of Kings presents the first comprehensive examination of a beautifully decorated yet ...

The Shahnama or Book of Kings is an epic poem written in 1010 and containing about 60,000 couplets ... Patterns on the architecture can be found in ceramic tiles and Persian rugs. We can observe ...

Princeton's Great Persian Book of Kings: The Peck Shahnama Marianna Shreve Simpson Princeton’s Great Persian Book of Kings presents the first comprehensive examination of a beautifully decorated yet ...

TEHRAN-The Persian translation of the book “The Shortest History of India” written by the Australian writer John Zubrzycki ...

A somber painting of Persian king Faridun holding the head of his murdered son Iraj in his lap has strong parallels in composition and mood to a depiction of Mary cradling Jesus’ body in a Book ...

She is the author of two books: Poet and Hero in the Persian Book of Kings (Cornell University Press: Ithaca, 1994; 2nd ed. Mazda Press: Los Angeles, CA, 2006) and Comparative Literature and ...

But no sooner had he completed the task than a Persian book dealer came all the way from Teheran to see him with a browned and ancient sheaf of papers. Arberry recognised that this Rubáiyát was ...

Charismatic 'prophets' have long compared Trump to Bible characters to justify their support for the former president. But ...

Is any version of Prince of Persia too beautiful to play? Watch the PS3 and 360 versions running side-by-side to see the most minute differences.

In September of the year 490, the Persian forces landed at the sandy harbour of Marathon with an invasion force of 600 ships, 20,000 or more foot soldiers, and 800 cavalry. Also with them was the ...

From terrifying paranormal tales to nail-biting thrillers and everything in between, these are the best Stephen King books in every genre that you'll devour Our editors and experts handpick every ...