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BIBLIOTHECA PERSICA
Ehsan Yarshater, General Editor
Persian Heritage Series.
Consisting
of the translations of Persian classics in major Western languages and
Japanese, most of these volumes are among the UNESCO Collection of
Representative Works. The series was
originally supported by UNESCO and the Royal Institute for Translation and
Publication of Persia. Now it is
supported by private funds. So far, 40
volumes have been published in this series under the general editorship of
Ehsan Yarshater.
Persian Studies Series.
This series is a vehicle for the publication of scholarly monographs in
Iranian studies. 21 volumes have been
published in this series.
Modern Persian Literature Series.
This series consists of translations of contemporary (20th Century) Persian writing. So far, nine volumes have been published in this series.
Columbia Lectures in Iranian Studies.
This lecture series was founded in 1980. The mostly annual lectures consist of three to five lectures given by an established scholar in the field of Iranian studies, later elaborated and published in book form. So far, eleven lecture series have been given and nine volumes have been published.
Persian Art Series.
This series consists of studies on Persian art and architecture. Two volumes have been published so far.
Persian Text Series.
Earlier, 48 volumes of critical texts were published under the general editorship of Ehsan Yarshater in a series by this name. A new series was started by him under this title several years ago as a continuation of the work done earlier. The first work in this new series is the definitive edition of the Shahnameh, the 10th century Persian national epic by Ferdowsi, and edited by J. Khaleghi-Motlagh of the University of Hamburg.
Tabari Translation Project.
This concerns the translation and annotation of al-Tabari's 10th century universal History in 40 volumes. So far 39 volumes have been published and the remaining volume, a comprehensive index, is due for publication by the Spring of 2007.
For Purchase
information, including the volumes of the Encyclopaedia
Iranica, please check for availability with Eisenbrauns, Inc.or with the
listed publisher. Please note that some
titles may be out of print.
For purchasing books in the Tabari Translation
Project, please check with the publisher, State University of New York Press.
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Persian Heritage Series.(translations of
Persian classics)
Attar. Muslim Saints and Mystics (no. 1), tr.
A. J. Arberry, Chicago: University of
Chicago Press, 1966; reprint (paper) 1973, 1976, 1979, 1983; by the Penguin
Group, 1990
Nezami. Chosroès et Chirine
(no. 2), tr. Henri Massé, Paris: Maisonneuve et Larose, 1970
Rumi. Mystical Poems I (no. 3), tr. A. J.
Arberry, Chicago: University of Chicago
Press, 1968; reprint (paper) 1989
Varavini. The
Tales of Marzuban (no.4), tr. R.
Levy, Indiana University Press, 1959; reprint 1968
Tusi, Nasir al-Din. The Nasirean Ethics (no. 5),
tr. G. M. Wickens, London: George Allen & Unwin, 1964
Nezami. Le Sette Principesse (no. 6), tr. A.
Bausani, Rome: Leonardo da Vinci, 1967
Ferdowsi. The Epic of the Kings (no. 7),
abridged tr. by R. Levy, University of Chicago Press, 1967; reprint 1973, 1985
(paper); by the Penguin Group, 1990; by Mazda Publishers, Costa Mesa, CA, 1996
Aruzi. Les quatre discours (no. 8), tr. I. de
Gastines, Paris: Maisonneuve et Larose, 1968
Anon. The Letter of Tansar (no. 9), tr. by M.
Boyce, Rome: IsMEO, 1968
Rashid al-Din. The Successors of Genghis Khan
(no. 10), tr. J. A. Boyle, New York: Columbia University Press, 1971
Mohammad ibn Ibrahim. The Ship of Sulaiman (no. 11),
tr. J. O’Kane, New York: Columbia
University Press, 1972
Faramarz. Samak-e Ayyar (no. 12), tr. by
F. Razavi, Paris: Maisonneuve et Larose, 1972
Avicenna. Metaphysics (no. 13), tr. P.
Morewedge, New York: Columbia
University Press, 1973
Gurgani. Vis and Ramin (no. 14), tr. G. Morrison,
New York: Columbia University Press, 1972
Fasa÷i. History of Persia under Qajar Rule (no.
15), tr. H. Busse, New York: Columbia
University Press, 1972
Aturpat-e Emetan. D?nkart III (no. 16), tr. J.
de Menasce, Paris: Librairie Klincksieck, 1974
Sa’di. Bustan (no. 17), tr. G. M. Wickens,
Toronto: University of Toronto Press,
1974
Anon. Folk Tales of Ancient Persia (no. 18),
tr. F. Hekmat and Y. Lovelock, Delmar, NY: Caravan Books and Bibliotheca
Persica, 1974
Bighami. Love and War (no. 19), tr. W. Hanaway,
Jr., Delmar, NY: Scholars’ Facsimile and Reprints, 1974
Anon. The History of Sistan (no. 20), tr. M.
Gold, Rome: IsMEO, 1977
Khayyam. The Rub?÷^y?t (no. 21), tr. P. Kasra,
Delmar, NY: Scholars’ Facsimile & Reprints, 1977
Manichaen Literature. An Anthology (no. 22), tr. J.P. Asmussen, Delmar, NY:
Scholars’ Facsimile & Reprints, 1974
Rumi. Mystical Poems of Rumi, II (No. 23), tr.
A. J. Arberry, Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press and Bibliotheca Persica, 1979;
reprint (paper), University of Chicago Press, 1991
Rumi. Le livre du dedans (no. 25), tr. E. de
Vitray-Meyerovitch, Paris: Editions Sindbad, 1975
Rumi. Licht und Reigen (no. 26), tr. J. Ch.
Bürgel, Bern: Herbert Lang Verlag, 1974
Samarkandi. Le livre des sept vizirs (no. 27), tr. D.
Bogdanovic, Paris: Editions Sindbad, 1975
Eskandar Monshi. History of Shah ¿Abbas, in 3
vols (no. 28), tr. R. M. Savory, Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press and
Bibliotheca Persica, two volumes translation 1979 and, Vol.III, Index,
1986
Attar. Ilahiname (no. 29), tr. J. A. Boyle,
Manchester: Manchester University
Press, 1977
Hafez. Divan (Hafizu-Shishu -in Japanese) (No. 30), tr. T. Kuroyanagi, Tokyo:
Heibosha Ltd, 1977
Anon. Iskandarnamah (no. 31), tr. M.
Southgate, New York: Columbia
University Press, 1978
Nizam al-Mulk. The Book of Government (no.
32), revised tr. H. Darke, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1978
Nezami. Khosrau and Shirin (in Japanese) (no.
33), tr. E. Okada, Tokyo: Heibosha Ltd., 1977
Aturp?t-i Em?t?n. The Wisdom of Sasanian Sages
(D?nkard VI) (no. 34), tr. Sh. Shaked, Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press
and Bibliotheca Persica, 1979
Razi, Najm al-Din. The Path of God’s Bondsmen
(Mers≥?d al-¿eb?d) (no. 35), tr. H. Algar, Boulder, Colorado: Westview
Press and Bibliotheca Persica, 1980
N?ser-e Khosrow. Travelogue (Safarn?ma)(no. 36), tr. by W. Thackston, Albany,
NY: SUNY Press, 1985
Nizami. Chosrou und Schirin (no. 36), tr. by J.
Ch. Bürgel, Zurich: Manesse Verlag,
1980
Nizami. Das Alexanderbuch (no. 37), tr. by J.
Ch. Bürgel, Zurich: Manesse Verlag,
1991
Ebn-e Monavvar, M. The Secrets of God’s Mystical
Oneness or The Spiritual Stations of Shaikh Abu Sa¿id (Asr?r al-Towh≥id)
(no. 38), tr. J. O’Kane, Costa Mesa, CA: Mazda Publishers and Bibliotheca Persica, 1992
Perikhanian, Anahit. The Book of One Thousand
Judgments.A Sasanian Law Book (no.
39), Costa Mesa and New York: Mazda
Publishers and Bibliotheca Persica, 1997. (Also, no. 9, Columbia Lectures in
Iranian Studies)
Khayyam, Omar. Khayyam the Mathematician.
[no. 40], tr. with commentary and annotations by R. Rashed and B. Vahabzadeh,
Bibliotheca Persica Press: New York,
2000
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Persian Studies Series.(monographs on
Iranian studies)
Levy, Reuben. Introduction to Persian Literature
(unnumbered), New York: Columbia
University Press, 1969
Dashti, Ali. In Search of Omar Khayyam (no.
1), tr. L. P. Elwell-Sutton, London: George Allen and Unwin, 1971
Pearson, James. A Bibliography of Pre-Islamic
Persia (no. 2), London: Mansell Information and Publishing, 1975
Brunner, Christopher J. A Syntax of Western Middle Iranian
(no. 3), Delmar, NY: Caravan Books, 1977
Yohannan, John. Persian Poetry in England and
America (no. 4), Delmar, NY: Caravan Books, 1977
Bürgel, J. Ch. Drei Hafis Studien (no. 5),
Bern: Herbert Lang Verlag, 1975
Tabataba’i, M. H. Shi¿ite Islam, tr. by S. H.
Nasr (no. 6), Albany: State University of New York Press, 1975
Rosenthal, F., et al. Biruni: A Symposium (no. 7),
Yarshater, E. and D. Bishop, eds., New York: Center for Iranian Studies,
Columbia University, 1976
Bosworth, C. E. The Later Ghaznavids (no. 7),
New York and Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press and Columbia University
Press, 1977
Schimmel, Annemarie. The Triumphal Sun.A Study of the Works of Jalaladdin Rumi
(No. 8), London: Fine Books, 1978; reprint, SUNY Press, 1993
McDermott, M. J. The Theology of al-Shaikh al-Mufid
(no. 9), Beirut: Dar el-Machreq, 1978
Yohannan, John. The Poet Sa¿di (no. 11), Lanham,
Maryland: University Press of America
and Bibliotheca Persica, 1987
Perry, John R. Form and Meaning in Persian Vocabulary. The Arabic Feminine Ending (no. 12),
Costa Mesa and New York: Mazda
Publishers and Bibliotheca Persica, 1991
Mills, Margaret A. Rhetorics and Politics in
Traditional Afghan Storytelling (no. 12), Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1991.
Bournoutian, George A. The Khanate of Erevan under Qajar
Rule, 1795-1828 (no. 13), Costa Mesa and New York: Mazda Publishers and Bibliotheca Persica,
1992
Lazard, Gilbert. A Grammar of Contemporary Persian
(no. 14), tr. Sh.A. Lyon, Costa Mesa
and New York: Mazda Publishers and
Bibliotheca Persica, 1992
Birashk, Ahmad. A Comparative Calendar of the Iranian,
Muslim Lunar, and Christian Eras for Three Thousand Years (1260 B.H. - 2000
A.H./639 B.C. - 2621 A.D) (No. 15), Costa Mesa and New York: Mazda Publishers and Bibliotheca Persica,
1993.
Knörzer, Jutta. E. Ali Dashti’s Prison Days (No.
16), Costa Mesa and New York: Mazda
Publishers and Bibliotheca Persica, 1994
Floor, Willem. A Fiscal History of Iran in the
Safavid and Qajar Periods 1500-1925 (No. 17), New York: Bibliotheca Persica
Press, 1998
Ebady, Shirin. History and Documentation of Human Rights
in Iran[No. 18], New York: Bibliotheca Persica Press, 2000
Mahdjoub, M. J. (Ed.) Ayin Javanmardi or
Fotowwat, [No. 19], New York: Bibliotheca Persica Press, 2000
Schmitt, Rüdiger. Selected
Onomastic Writings [No. 20], Briedbach, W. & Huyse, Philip, Eds.,
Bibliotheca Persica Press, New York: Bibliotheca Persica Press, 2000
Rose, Jennifer. The
Image of Zoroaster [No. 21], Bibliotheca Persica Press, New York: Bibliotheca Persica Press, 2000
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Modern Persian Literature Series.
(translations of
contemporary Persian writings)
An Anthology of Modern Persian Poetry (no. 1), tr. A. Karimi-Hakkak, Delmar,
NY: Caravan Press and Bibliotheca Persica, 1978
Hedayat, Sadeq.
Sadeq Hedayat: An Anthology (no.
2), tr. B. Spooner, H. Darke, G. Kapucinsky et al., Delmar, NY: Caravan Press
and Bibliotheca Persica, 1979
Ale-Ahmad, Jalal. Plagued
by the West (no. 4), tr. P. Sprachman, Delmar, NY: Caravan Press and
Bibliotheca Persica, 1981
Farrokhzad, Forough.
Bride of Acacias (no. 5), tr.
J. Kessler and A. Banani, Delmar, NY: Caravan Press and Bibliotheca Persica,
1981
Jamalzadeh, Mohammad Ali.
Once Upon A Time (no. 6), tr.
H. Moayyad, and P. Sprachman, Delmar, NY:
Caravan Press and Bibliotheca Persica, 1985
Sholevar, Bahman. The Night’s Journey and The Coming of the Messiah (no. 7), tr.
by the author, Philadelphia: Concourse Press, 1984
Beyza’i, B., Sa’edi, Gh.
H., Na’albandian, A. Modern Persian Drama. An Anthology (no. 8), tr. by G.
Kapuscinsky, Lanham, Maryland:
University Press of America and Bibliotheca Persica, 1987
Alavi, Bozorg.
Her Eyes, (no. 9), tr. J.
O’Kane, Lanham, Maryland: University
Press of America and Bibliotheca Persica, 1989
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Columbia Lectures in Iranian Studies.
Bailey, Sir Harold.
The Culture of the Sakas in
Ancient Iranian Khotan (no. 1), Delmar, NY: Caravan Books and Biblotheca
Persica, 1982
Lambton, A.K.S. Continuity and Change in Medieval Persia
(no. 2), Albany: SUNY Press and
Bibliotheca Persica, 1986. British
edition, London: I. B. Tauris &
Co., 1988
Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.)
Persian Literature (no. 3)
Albany: SUNY Press and Bibliotheca Persica,
1987
Madelung, Wilferd.
Religious Trends in Early Islamic
Iran (no. 4), New York: Bibliotheca
Persica, 1988
Schimmel, Annemarie.
A Two-Colored Brocade. The Imagery of Persian Poetry (no. 5),
Chapel Hill and London, University of North Carolina Press, 1992
Dandamayev, Muhammd. A.
Iranians in Achaemenid Babylonia (no.
6), Costa Mesa and New York: Mazda
Publishers and Bibliotheca Persica, 1992
Boyce, Mary.
Zoroastrianism. Its Antiquity and Constant Vigour (no.
7), Costa Mesa and New York: Mazda Publishers
and Bibliotheca Persica, 1992
Bosworth, C. E. The History of the Saffarids of Sistan and
the Maliks of Nimruz (247/861 to 949/1542-3) (no. 8), Costa Mesa and New
York: Mazda Publishers and Bibliotheca
Persica, 1993
Perikhanian, Anahit.
The Book of One Thousand
Judgments. A Sasanian Law Book (no.
9), Costa Mesa and New York: Mazda
Publishers and Bibliotheca Persica, 1997
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Persian Art Series.
Highlights of Persian Art (no. 1), R. Ettinghausen, and E. Yarshater, eds., Delmar, NY:
Caravan Press and Bibliotheca Persica, 1979
Komaroff, Linda. The Golden Disk of Heaven. Metalwork of Timurid Iran (no. 2), Costa
Mesa and New York: Mazda Publishers and
Bibliotheca Persica, 1992
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Persian Text Series.
(critical
editions of Persian texts)
Ferdowsi. The
Shahnameh (New Series, no. 1), critical edition by Djalal Khaleghi-Motlagh,
Costa Mesa and New York: Mazda
Publishers and Bibliotheca Persica, 1990 –
Khaleghi-Motlagh, Djalal.
Notes to the Shahnameh, volume
1 (in two parts), New York, Bibliotheca
Persica, 2002
Zakani, Obayd. Collected
Works, (New Series, no. 2), critical edition by M. J. Mahdjoub, Bibliotheca
Persica, 1999.
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Tabari Translation Project.
Tabari. History
(Ta÷r^kh al-rusul wa’l-mul¨k),
translated and annotated by a number of scholars in 39 volumes. All volumes in this series have been
published by SUNY Press. Below is a
list of volumes, titles and translator-annotators:
Volume I, General
Introduction and From Creation to the
Flood, Franz Rosenthal
Volume II, Prophets
and Patriarchs, William M. Brinner
Volume III, The
Children of Israel, William M.
Brinner
Volume IV, The
Ancient Kingdoms, Moshe Perlmann
Volume V, The
Sasanians, C. E. Bosworth
Volume VI, Muhammad
at Mecca, W. Montgomery Watt and M. V. McDonald
Volume VII, Foundation
of the Community, W. Montgomery Watt and M. V. McDonald
Volume VIII, The
Victory of Islam, Michael Fishbein
Volume IX, The
Last Years of the Prophet, A.D. 630-632/A.H. 8-11, Ismail K. Poonawala
Volume X, The
Conquest of Arabia, A.D. 632-633/A.H. 11,
Fred M. Donner
Volume XI, The
Challenge to the Empires, Khalid Y. Blankinship
Volume XII, The
Battle of al-Q?disiyyah, Yohanan Friedmann
Volume XIII, The
Conquest of Iraq, Southwestern Persia and Egypt, Gautier H. A. Juynboll
Volume XIV, The
Conquest of Iran, A. D. 641-643/A.H. 21-23, G. Rex Smith
Volume XV, The
Crisis of the Early Caliphate, A.D. 644-656/A.H. 24-35, R. Stephen
Humphreys
Volume XVI, The
Community Divided: The Caliphate of
¿Al^ I, A.D. 656-657/A.H. 35-36, Adrian Brockett
Volume XVII, The
First Civil War: From the Battle of
S≥iff^n to the Death of ¿Al^, A.D. 656-661/A.H. 36-40, G. R. Hawting
Volume XVIII, Between
Civil Wars, Michael G. Morony
Volume XIX, The
Caliphate of Yaz^d b. Mu¿?wiyah, A.D. 680-683/A.H. 60-64, I.K.A. Howard
Volume XX, The
Collapse of Sufyanid Authority and the Coming of the Marwanids, G. R.
Hawting
Volumve XXI, The
Victory of the Marwanids, A.D. 685-693/A.H. 66-73, Michael Fishbein
Volume XXII, The
Marwanid Restoration: The Caliphate of
¿Abd al-Malik, Everett K. Rowson
Volume XXIII, The
Zenith of the Marwanid House: The Last
Years of ¿Abd al-Malik, Martin Hinds
Volume XXIV, The
Empire in Transition: The Caliphates of
Sulayman, ¿Umar, and Yazid, David S. Powers
Volume XXV, The
End of Expansion: The Caliphate of Hisham,
Khalid Y. Blankinship
Volume XXVI, The
Waning of the Umayyad Caliphate:
Prelude to Revolution, Carole Hillenbrand
Volume XXVII, The
¿Abbasid Revolution, A.D. 743-750/A.H. 126-132, John Alden Williams
Volume XXVIII, ¿Abbasid
Authority Affirmed: The Early Years of
al-Mans≥¨r, A.D. 753-763/A.H. 136-145, Jane Dammen McAuliffe
Volume XXIX, Al-Mans≥¨r
and al-Mahd^, A.D. 763-786/A.H. 146-169, Hugh Kennedy
Volume XXX, The
¿Abbasid Caliphate in Equilibrium, A.D. 785-809/A.H. 169-193, C. E.
Bosworth
Volume XXXI, The
War Between Brothers, A.D. 809-813/A.H. 193-198, Michael Fishbein
Volume XXXII, The
Reunification of the ¿Abbasid Caliphate,
C. E. Bosworth
Volume XXXIII, Storm
and Stress along the Northern Frontiers of the ¿Abbasid Caliphate, C. E.
Bosworth
Volume XXXIV, The
Roots of Decay, A.D. 841-863/A.H. 227-248, Joel L. Kraemer
Volume XXXV, The
Crisis of the ¿Abbasid Caliphate, George Saliba
Volume XXXVI, The
Revolt of the Zanj, David Waines
Volume XXXVII, The
¿Abbasid Recovery, Phillip Fields
Volume XXXVIII, The
Return of the Caliphate to Baghdad, A.D. 892-915/A.H. 279-302, Franz
Rosenthal
Volume XXXIX, Obituaries
and Genealogies, Ella Landau-Tasseron
Volume XL,
Index to Tabari Translation Series, forthcoming
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