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Seb castle in Southeast Iran
The province of Sistan-Baluchestan Province (Sistan is the northern part with Baluchestan the southern portion) is one of Iran's driest
Book Review by Military History Journal of Kaveh Farrokh’s 2017 Textbook on Sassanian Army
The below 2017 book by Kaveh Farrokh has been reviewed by Richard A. Gabriel of the Military History journal on
Arctic Mummy from Civilization with Links to Persia
The article below by Richard Grey entitled "Riddle of the medieval 'mummy' discovered in Siberia: Child from unknown Arctic civilization
Iranian Elements in Kaśmīr and Tibet
The article below "Iranian Elements in Kaśmīr and Tibet: Sasanian and Sogdian Borrowings in Kashmiri and Tibetan Art" by Matteo
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Javier Sánchez Gracia: Roma y Persia Frente a Frente (Rome and Persia Face to Face)
Dr. Javier Sánchez Gracia has written the first ever book in Spanish on the conflicts between Rome and Persia: Imperios de las Arenas: Roma
New Course: The Silk Route-Origins and History GalleryNew Course: The Silk Route-Origins and History
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New Course: The Silk Route-Origins and History
A new course by Kaveh Farrokh entitled “The Silk Route-Origins and History” is being offered at the University of British Columbia (final lecture on December
Military History Monthly article on Sassanian Army (Spah)
The British Military History Monthly Journal has published an article by Kaveh Farrokh on the Sassanian army of ancient Iran (Spah): Farrokh, K. (2014). Soldiers
Professor Gerhard Doerfer: Chagatay Language-Literature and Iranian Linguistic Influences
The article below by Professor Gerhard Doerfer on the Chagatay Language and Literature was originally posted in the Encyclopedia Iranica on December 15, 1991 and last updated
2005 Farrokh Book translated by Amir Kabir Publishers into Persian
Kaveh Farrokh's first text, Elite Sassanian Cavalry (July 2005; 64 pages; ISBN: 9781841767130; Osprey Publishing) is the first to specifically discuss the Sassanian dynasty’s elite
Iranian Artillery Units: Early 1900s-1941
Early 1900s-1925 The battered Iranian military had yet to recover from its devastating defeats at Russian and British hands in the first five decades of
City named “Shahyar” in China
The article below has been forwarded to Kavehfarrokh.com by Sheda Vasseghi. Kindly note that a number of sentences and paragraphs have also been added/edited by
