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Book Review of “Persian Fire and Steel: Historical Firearms of Iran” By Dr. Manouchehr M. Khorasani
The Persian Heritage journal has published the following Book Review by Kaveh Farrokh: Farrokh, K. (2019). Book review of "Persian
Remnants of a Centuries-old structure Discovered in Northwest Iran
The news report "Remnants of centuries-old structure found in northwest Iran" was originally posted in the Tehran Times on October
Journal Article: A Unique Parthian Sword
The HISTORIA I ŚWIAT academic journal has published the following article by Gholamreza Karamian (ORCID iD 0000-0003-4200-2592) and Kaveh Farrokh
Which Gulf Do They Mean?
The article "Which Gulf do they mean?" by Kourosh Ziaberi originally appeared in the LobeLog on August 7, 2019. Kindly
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Article on Shapur II 359 CE Campaign published in Spanish Military Journal
The prestigious Spanish military journal “Historia de la Guerra” has published an article on Shapur II's 359 CE campaign against Rome by Javier Sánchez-Gracia
The Zur-Khaneh (House of Strength)
The article below by Houchang E. Chehabi on the Zoor-Khaneh, Zur-khaneh or Zur-Kāna (House of Strength) was originally published in the Encyclopedia Iranica on August
Organization of the Iranian Army in 1921-1941
When Reza Shah engaged in his Tehran coup in early 1921, there was no unitary Iranian army. Instead, there are a number of independent “official”
Arab-Iranian Rivalry in the Persian Gulf: Territorial Disputes and the Balance of Power in the Middle East
I.B. Tauris published the following book by Dr. Farzad Cyrus Sharifi-Yazdi in 2014: Arab-Iranian Rivalry in the Persian Gulf: Territorial Disputes and the Balance of
Darius I Stele Discovered in Southern Russia
The report below (originally released by Russia's TASS News agency) was provided by the Russia beyond the Headlines (RBTH) news outlet on August 5, 2016
Clothing Styles of Women in Ancient Iran
Below are creations of the dresses of the ancient women of Iran from the Median, Achaemenid, Parthian and Sassanian eras. The four reconstructions depicted here
Klaus Schippmann: The Arsacid Dynasty
The article below on the Arsacid Dynasty of the Parthians is authored by Klaus Schippmann and was originally posted in the Encyclopedia Iranica. Kindly note that the
