Language, Literature, Education, Music & the Arts
Pre-Islamic Iranian Languages & Pahlavi
- Article by Shahrbaraz: Is Middle Persian a dead Language? (in Persian) -آيا زبان پارسی ميانه (پهلوی) زبانی مرده است؟- (pdf)
- Article by Zartosht Azadi: The Development of the Persian Language from Antiquity(in Persian)
- Professor Gilbert lazard: Poetics of Middle Persian
Music
- Professor Bo Lawergren: History of Music in pre-Islamic Iran
- Professor Eckhard Neubauer: Music History of iran in 650 to 1370 AD
- Professor J. During: History of the Music of Azarbaijan
- Professor M. T. Massoudieh: History of Music in Baluchistan
- Tehran Times: Remakes of forgotten Iranian musical instruments donated to Tehran Museum (November 28, 2011)
- A. T. Sinclair (1908). Gypsy and Oriental Musical Instruments. The Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 21, No. 81 (Apr. – Sep.), pp. 205-221. (pdf)
Dance
- Nima Kiann (2002): Persian Dance and its Forgotten History (posted in Iran Chamber of Commerce website).
- -تاریخ رقص در ایران/ نگارش: یحیی ذکا- (pdf)
- -نگاهی به تاریخچه رقص در ایران/نگارش: جهانگیر نصر اشرفی- (pdf)
Literature
- Elizabeth A. Reed (1893). Persian Literature: Ancient and Modern. Chicago: S.C. Griggs & Compnay (pdf)
Jalal e Din Rumi & Shams e Tabrizi
- A Study about the Persian Cultural Legacy and Background of the Sufi Mystics Shams Tabrizi and Jalal e Din Rumi (pdf) by R. Minutalab
Hafez
- Professor Julie Scott Meisami: The Manuscripts of Hafez (originally from Encyclopedia Iranica)
- Professor D. Meneghini Correale: Lexical Structure of Hafez’s Ghazals (originally from Encyclopedia Iranica)
Rudaki
- سفری به آرامگاه رودکی-A Voayage to the Tomb of Rudaki - Report by the BBC
Contemporary Articles
Exhibitions
History of Education in Iran
Terminology & Vocabulary
- Regarding the Term “Persian“
- A compendium of non-Persian Words in Persian and their Persian vocabulary Equivalents-Compiled by the Iranian Community of Belgium (pdf)
The Arts
Iranian Carpets and Weaves
