Iran, China, India & Asia
The pre-Achaemenid, Achaemenid, Partho-Sassanian and post-Sassanian Legacy in China
- W. Perceval Yetts (1931). Chinese Contact with Luristan Bronzes. The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs, Vol. 59, No. 341 (Aug.), pp. 76-77+81. (pdf)
- Professor Edwin G. Pulleyblank: Chinese-Iranian Relations in Pre-Islamic Times
- Discovery of Chinese bones bearing inscriptions of Cyrus the Great’s Proclaimations
- Gustina Scaglia (1958). Central Asians on a Northern Ch’i Gate Shrine. Artibus Asiae, Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 9-28. (pdf)
- Shahrbaraz Blog: -حضور ایرانیان در چین-The presence of Iranians in China
- Influence of Parthian horse-archery on China
- The Wall Street Journal: A Mysterious Stranger in China (a possible post-Sassanian Zoroastrian connection in China)
- -جذابیت های چین در شعر پارسی تاریخ میانه ایران- عطا الله حسنی- Attaollah Hassani (2007). Chinese attractions in Persian poetry of Iran’s middle ages. Human Sciences, No. 54, pp.. 253-266. (pdf) (in Persian with English abstract)
- -تاثیر عناصر و نقشمایه های چینی در هنر ایران-Yaghoub Azhand (2000). The influence of Chinese motifs and designs on the arts of Perisa. Honarhaye Ziba [Beautiful Arts], No.9, pp.21-29. (pdf) (in Persian)
The Silk Route
- Khodadad Rezakhani (2010). The Silk Road that never was: The Silk Road and Trans-Eurasian Exchange. omparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East – Volume 30, Number 3, 2010, pp. 420-433 (pdf)
- Ahmad Haji Babaie (2001). The Parthians and the Silk Route Trade. Majaleye Daneshgahe Adabiyat va Oloom e Insaniye Daneshgahe Tehran [The Journal of Literature and Social Sciences of Tehran University], Summer-Fall issue, pp.245-261. (pdf) (in Persian)
Iran and India
- Louis H. Gray (1900). Indo-Iranian Studies. The American Journal of Philology, Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 1-22. (pdf)
- Mohsen Masoumi (2005). Iranian architectural influence on Bahmaniyan structures of southern India. Nashriye Honarhaye Ziba [Beautiful Arts Journal], Number 21, pp. 97-104. (pdf) (in Persian)
- Hessamoddin Shafeian: Pillars of Ashoka in India: a testimony to Achaemenid art’s worldwide popularity
- Dr. Muhammad Ziauddin: Historical Background of the Persian Impact on the Indian Sub-Continent: From Ancient Times to the Establishment of Mughal Empire in 1526 A.D. (pdf) – see Dr. Muhammad Ziauddin’s full thesis entitled: Role Of Persians At The Mughal Court: A Historical Study, During 1526 A.d. To 1707 A.D.
Iranian speakers of Asia
China
- Journal of Progress in Natural Science: Mitochondrial DNA analysis of ancient Sampula population in Xinjiang – Evidence of ancient iranic origins
- American Journal of Physical Anthropology: Prehistorical East-West admixture of maternal lineages in a 2,500-year-old population in Xinjiang
- The Tajiks of Northwest China
Central Asia
- BBC Persian: -در هوای بخارا و سمرقند؛ فارسی در ازبکستان-The air of Samarqand and Bokhara: Pwersian in Uzbekestan
Iranian Mhythology and Asia
Articles by the courtesy of Dr. Jamshid Jamshidi’s SHAMOGOLOPARVANEH website
- Dr. Masato Tojo: Zen Buddhism and Persian Culture: An investigation on the Simurgh (Persian Phoenix) culture and Zen Buddhism (pdf)
- Dr. Masato Tojo: An Introduction to the Simorgh Culture and Mithraism in East Asia (pdf)
- Dr. Masato Tojo: Manichaeism Esoteric Buddhism and Oriental Theosophy (pdf)
- Dr. Masato Tojo:: Ancient Persia: Influences on Ancient Chinese and Japanese Calendars
- Japan and Ancient iran (in Persian)-ژاپن و ايران باستان- (pdf)
- Kuwachi Honda (University of Tehran): Iranian religions of China as attested by Chinese Sources (pdf)
Persian Music from Central Asia
- Tajik song: Farzonai Khurshed Jurajon
- Yulduz Turdieva Ensemble of Uzbekistan
- Hessamoddin Shafeian: -شبنم ثریا خواننده تاجیک- Shabnam Soraya: A Tajik singer
