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Fol.5r Initiation dance, from a book of poems by Hafiz Shirazi (c.1325-c.1388) (gouache on paper) by Persian School - Mug - Standard Size $14.50 This mug is created using the finest dye sublimation techniques and creates a stunning dishwasher safe finish. Great as a gift, or for promotional items. Each of our mugs come individually boxed for protection in transit....

Fol.65r The Royal Hunt, from a book of poems by Hafiz Shirazi (c.1325-c.1388) (gouache on paper) by Persian School - Mug - Standard Size $14.50 This mug is created using the finest dye sublimation techniques and creates a stunning dishwasher safe finish. Great as a gift, or for promotional items. Each of our mugs come individually boxed for protection in transit....

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Gabbeh $14.98 "Dazzling! The bold, almost psychedelically vivid images are woven together with a dreamlike density as pure as that of The Blood of a Poet or Natural Born Killers." —Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly One of the most critically acclaimed films of the year, Gabbeh is an epic tale of the forbidden passion that shapes the legend of a magical carpet. A folkloric carpet (Gabbeh), picturing a ...

The Last Living Slut: Born in Iran, Bred Backstage $7.74 The outrageous, yet surprisingly moving, memoir of a girl who fled the Iranian Revolution—and found her salvation in the deliriously sexy life of a rock-'n'-roll groupie. Honest, provocative, and vividly written, The Last Living Slut is the memoir of Roxana Shirazi, who was raised traditionally in Tehran. After her family spirits her to the West in flight from the Irani...

Shiraz in the Age of Hafez: The Glory of a Medieval Persian City (Publications on the Near East) $17.51 In the fourteenth-century Persian city of Shiraz, poets composed, scholars studied, mystics sought hidden truths, ascetics prayed and fasted, drunkards brawled, and princes and their courtiers played deadly games of power. This was the world of Shams al-Din Mohammad Hafez Shirazi, a classical poet who remains broadly popular today in his native Shiraz and in modern Iran as a whole, and among all l...

Dawn-Breakers: Nabil's Narrative of the Early Days of the Baha'i Revelation $74.99 ...

Gulistan (The Rose Garden) / Translated [ By: Saadi ] $2.99 The Gulistan is among the most famous works of Persian literature by one of Persia's greatest poets, Muslih-uddin Sa'di Shirazi. Born in Shiraz sometime between 1184 and 1210 CE, Sa'di received his education in Baghdad and spent several decades in travel and pilgrimage. In 1256, Sa'di returned to Shiraz. He wrote the Gulistan in 1258, the same year that the Mongols sacked Baghdad.The Gulistan or Rose Garden of Sa'di, intended as a "mirror for princes," includes prose didactic tales interspersed with short verses. The book is divided into eight parts: The Manners of Kings, The Morals of Dervishes, The Excellence of Contentment, The Advantages of Silence, Love and Youth, Weakness and Old Age, The Effects of Education, and Rules for Conduct in Life.This classic translation by Edward Rehatsek has been edited and updated with a new introduction by David Rosenbaum.

Iranian Generals $14.14 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Ali-Reza Asgari, Surena, Fazlollah Zahedi, Hassan Pakravan, Teymur Bakhtiar, Mohammad Ali Jafari, Rostam Farrokhzad, Mohammad Boroujerdi, Hasan Arfa, Hossein Fardoust, Ali Sayad Shirazi, Ali Khan Vali, Ataollah Salehi, Hossein Kharrazi, Nader Jahanbani, Bahram Chobin, Allahverdi Khan, Yahya Rahim Safavi, Imam-Quli Khan, Mohammad-Hosein Airom, Sardar Homayoun, Daud Khan Undiladze, Nasser Moghadam, Amir Abdollah Tahmasebi, Ariobarzan, Kitabgi, Amanullah Jahanbani, Nematollah Nassiri, Sabaces, Ali Shahbazi, Mahmud Khan Puladeen, Mohammad Salimi, Karim Buzarjomehri, Ahmad Amir-Ahmadi, Javad Fakori, Bahram Aryana, Valiollah Fallahi, Seyed Hassan Firuzabadi, Abdolrahim Mousavi, Arsames, Mohammad Hejazi, Div Sultan Rumlu, Najm-I-Sani Dynasty, Tadfel Molouk Ayrumlu. Excerpt: Brigadier General Ali-Reza Asgari (Persian: ) is a retired Iranian general of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, former deputy defense minister, and former cabinet member of Iranian President Mohammad Khatami. Asgari had been "pushed aside" from his ministerial role after President Ahmadinejad, a former rival, came in to power in 2005. Asgari disappeared in Turkey in early 2007, and news reports indicate that he either defected or was kidnapped by Western intelligence agencies. His disappearance has also led to reports that Iran would retaliate by kidnapping American or Israeli officials in Europe. According to The Sunday Times, Asgari has been described as a "gold mine for western intelligence by an Israeli defence source who claimed that they had been following him since the 1980s. Ali Reza Asgari was born in Ardestan, a town in Esfahan province, Iran. His age has been variously cited as 46, 57, and 63. Asgari is married to Ziba Ahmadi and Zahra Abdollahpour and has five... More:

Iranian Journalists $19.99 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Jahangir-Khan Sur-E-Esrafil, Roxana Saberi, Akbar Ganji, Zahra Kazemi, Amir Taheri, Mohammad-Taqi Bahar, Ahmad Shamlou, Saeed Hajjarian, Saeed Kamali Dehghan, Massoud Behnoud, Mashallah Shamsolvaezin, Shadi Sadr, Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda, Maziar Bahari, Ahmad Zeidabadi, Emadeddin Baghi, Masoud Dehnamaki, Ata'ollah Mohajerani, Ebrahim Nabavi, Nikahang Kowsar, Farzad Bazoft, Pedram Moallemian, Mojtaba Saminejad, Parviz Ghelichkhani, Ahmad Bourghani, Arash Markazi, 1998 Iranian Diplomats Assassination in Afghanistan, Omid Memarian, Siamak Pourzand, Afshin Molavi, Ali Akbar Abdolrashidi, Camelia Entekhabifard, Noushin Ahmadi Khorasani, Faezeh Hashemi, Mohammad Atrianfar, Majid Sharif, Mehran Ghassemi, Farnaz Fassihi, Yussef Etessami, Parvin Ardalan, Roya Toloui, Shahla Sherkat, Ako Kurdnasab, Ahmad Ghazi, Sina Motalebi, Masih Alinejad, Hosain Sanapour, Omid Habibinia, Pirouz Davani, Borzou Daragahi, Mohammad Sadiq Kaboudvand, Roozbeh Mirebrahimi, Adnan Hassanpour, Ali Farahbakhsh, Mehdi Jami, Elham Afroutan, Nushiravan Keihanizadeh, Sayyid Jamal Al-Din Va'iz, Abbas Maroufi, Heshmat Tabarzadi, Manouchehr Atashi, Baqer Moin, Yusef Azizi Bani-Torof, Behrouz Afagh, Ali Ghanbari, Maryam Nemazee, Mirza Abbas Khan Sheida, Alireza Nourizadeh, Rashid Yasemi, Mohtaram Eskandari, Mohammad-Hossein Khoshvaght, Sadeq Saba, Zandokht Shirazi, Mahmoud Saremi, Moosa Jorjani, Mahla Zamani, Ramita Navai, Mohammad Ghouchani, Schahryar Fekri, Sediqeh Dowlatabadi, Haeri Safa, Saeed Taghipour, Alireza Rajaei, Jila Baniyaghoob, Alireza Alavitabar, Fereshteh Ghazi, Yadollah Eslami, Abolmohsen Salemi, Arash Majidi. Excerpt: Mirz Jahngir Khn (1870, or 1875, Shiraz June 4, 1908, Tehran) (Persian: ), mostly known as Mirz Jahngir Khn Shirzi ( ) and Jahngir-Khn-e Sr-e-Esrfil ( ), ... More:

Iranian Scholars $14.14 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Mohammad Khatami, Shaykh Tusi, Mohammad Mojtahed Shabestari, Mehdi Bazargan, Nayereh Tohidi, Ahmad Zeidabadi, Hajji Bektash Wali, Ahmad Fardid, Ebrahim Pourdavoud, Muslim Ibn Al-Hajjaj, Mohammad-Amin Riahi, Mehdi Mohaghegh, Ahmad Khansari, Musa Al-Musawi, Mehdi Forough, Ali Davani, Alireza Marandi, Mohammad-Taqi Ja'fari, Ahmad Mahdavi Damghani, Jafar Shahidi, Ahmad Ghabel, Mohammad Mokri, Assad Sheikholeslami Sanandaji, Jahangir Amuzegar, Mozaffar Partowmah, Louise Firouz, Mehdi Hamidi Shirazi, Lady Amin. Excerpt: Seyed Mohammad Khtam (Persian: , pronounced ; born October 14, 1943) is an Iranian scholar and politician. He served as the fifth President of Iran from August 2, 1997 to August 3, 2005. He also served as Iran's Minister of Culture in both the 1980s and 1990s. Khatami attracted global attention during his first election to the presidency when, as "a little known cleric, he captured almost 70% of the vote." Khatami had run on a platform of liberalization and reform. During his two terms as president, Khatami advocated freedom of expression, tolerance and civil society, constructive diplomatic relations with other states including those in the Asia and European Union, and an economic policy that supported a free market and foreign investment. Khatami is known for his proposal of Dialogue Among Civilizations. The United Nations proclaimed the year 2001 as the United Nations' Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations, on Khatami's suggestion. On February 8, 2009, Khatami announced that he would run in the 2009 presidential election. On March 16, he announced he was withdrawing from the race in favor of his long-time friend and adviser, former Prime Minister of Iran, Mir-Hossein Mousavi. On October 2009, Mohammad Khatami along with Dariush S... More:

Iranian Women Writers $14.14 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Rosie Malek-Yonan, Bibi Khanoom Astarabadi, Táhirih, Marjane Satrapi, Azar Nafisi, Mahnaz Afkhami, Farah Karimi, Marina Nemat, Parvin E'tesami, Simin Daneshvar, Sima Yari, Pegah Ahmadi, Simin Behbahani, Afsaneh Najmabadi, Niloofar Beyzaie, Mahsati, Fatemeh Keshavarz, Shahrnush Parsipur, Golbarg Bashi, Roya Hakakian, Zahra Rahnavard, Tahereh Saffarzadeh, Siba Shakib, Parvin Darabi, Mina Assadi, Mastoureh Ardalan, Sheema Kalbasi, Akram Pedramnia, Camelia Entekhabifard, Najmieh Batmanglij, Pooran Farrokhzad, Mehrangiz Kar, Firoozeh Dumas, Rabi'a Balkhi, Janet Afary, Shahla Sherkat, Mahasti Shahrokhi, Farzaneh Aghaeipour, Azadeh Moaveni, Banafsheh Zand-Bonazzi, Rosa Jamali, Elham Afroutan, Zoya Pirzad, Rabeah Ghaffari, Shahin Assayesh, Mahshid Amirshahi, Shahla Lahiji, Farzona, Mohtaram Eskandari, Zandokht Shirazi, Mary Apick, Noor-Ol-Hoda Mangeneh, Sediqeh Dowlatabadi, Roza Montazemi, Gulrukhsor Safieva, Zarah Ghahramani, Lady Amin, Ghazal Omid. Excerpt: Afs neh Najm b di (Persian : ) (born 1946) is an Iranian-American historian and gender theorist . She is professor of History and of Studies of Women , Gender , and Sexuality at Harvard University . At present she chairs the Committee on Degrees in Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality. She is further Associate Editor of Encyclopaedia of Women and Islamic Cultures , in six volumes. Afsaneh Najmabadi moved as student from University of Tehran to Radcliffe College in 1966. She obtained her BA in physics in 1968 from Radcliffe College, Harvard University, and her MA in physics in 1970 from Harvard University. Following this, she pursued social studies, combining academic interests with engagement in social activism, first in the United States of America and later in Iran . She obtained her PhD in sociology in 1984

Iraqi Ayatollahs $14.14 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Hussain Najafi, Mohammad Baqir Al-Sadr, Five Martyrs of Shia Islam, Abu Al-Qasim Al-Khoei, Mohammed Baqir Al-Hakim, Muhsin Al-Hakim, Mohammad Mohammad Sadeq Al-Sadr, Ayatollah Mohammad Hussein Al-Ansari, Sadiq Hussaini Shirazi, Aqa Bozorg Tehrani, Muhaqqiq Al-Hilli, Haydar Al-Sadr, Mohammad Bahr Al-Ulloum, Kazem Al-Haeri, Sadr Al-Din Al-Sadr, Morteza Hosseini Shirazi, Mohammad Taqi Al-Modarresi, Mohammad Shahroudi, Mohammad Yaqubi, Mohammad Saeed Al-Hakim, Ahmad Husseini Al Baghdadi. Excerpt: Grand Ayatollah Allama Shaikh Muhammad Hussain Najafi (Arabic/Persian/Urdu: ) (born April 1932) was the first Twelver Shi'a alim from Pakistan to be elevated to the status of marjiyyat, and the next in the line of Marjas of South Asia after Seyyed Ali Naqi Naqvi of Lucknow, India. At present, there are two Marjas of Pakistani descent, the other one Grand Ayatollah Hafiz Bashir Najafi. As Ayatollah Hafiz Bashir Najafi has chosen to reside in Najaf, Iraq, Muhammad Hussain Najafi is the only Marja on Pakistani soil running his Hawza in Sargodha. Muhammad Hussain was born in Jahanian Shah in district Sargodha (Punjab, Pakistan), in April 1932. He belongs to the Dhakku branch of Jat people. He had two paternal uncles, both of whom were Shia ulema: Maulana Imam Bakhsh was a religious teacher in Jahanian Shah, while Maulana Sohrab Ali Khan was a reputed alim of Uch Sharif. His father Rana Tajuddin was not an alim, but he had the wish of making his son a great alim. However, he died in 1944 when Muhammad Hussain was 12 years old, after which the family members persuaded the widow that Muhammad Hussain should look after the family lands, but she kept up the wish of her dead husband. After secondary school education, he got admission in Madrasah Muhammadia in

Tales From The Gulistan $16.99 The truly renowned and highly esteemed Persian poet Sa'di produced in A.D. 1258 a work that he called The Gulistan; or, Rose-Garden, whose leaves, as he says, "cannot be touched by the tyranny of autumnal blasts, and the delights of whose spring the vicissitudes of time will be unable to change into the inconstancy of autumn..." And so it has proved to be. It is read with admiration and rapture both in Asia and Africa, while in Europe it has been translated into Latin, English, French, German, and Dutch. In Persian and other Eastern countries where Persian is spoken and understood, quotations from Sa'di are constantly used in society, and are also current amont the people. Sheikh Muslih-uddin Sa'di Shirazi was born at Shiraz about A.D. 1193, and after his education at the college of Baghdad, became a Dervish and a great traveler. European scholars have long since appreciated and admired his style, his language, and his witty and telling similitudes.

The Elixir of the Gnostics: A Parallel English-Arabic Text $34.95 Sadr al-Din Muhammad Shirazi (1572-1640), more commonly called Mulla Sadra, was one of the grand scholars of later-period Islamic philosophy and has grown to become one of the best-known Muslim philosophers. Iksir al-'arifin, or Elixir of the Gnostics, is unique among Sadra's writings in that it reworks and amplifies an earlier Persian work, the Jawidan-nama (Book of the Everlasting) by Afdal al-Din Kashani, or Baba Afdal.The underlying theme of Sadra's amplification is emblematic of Muslim philosophy: the importance of self-knowledge in an individual's journey of "Origin and Return," the soul's origins with God and its eventual return to Him. Everything, Sadra says, is on such a path, gradually disengaging from the material world and returning to a transcendent essence—all leading to a final fruition in which everything in the universe returns to God and finds permanent happiness. Philosophy, Sadra argues, is the most direct means to self-knowledge—and thus the best tool for navigating this journey.

The History Of India, As Told By Its Own Historians $29.96 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:53 TA'RfKHU-S SUBUKTIGfN ABI/-L FAZL AL BAIHAKf. [the author1 himself gives his name at full length as Khwaja Abu-1 Fazl bin al Hasan al Baihaki. According to his own account he was sixteen years of age in 402 Hijra (1011 A.D.) and he writes of a period as late as 451 H. (a.d. 1059), being then as he says an old man, or, as would appear, approaching 70 years of age. Khaki Shirazi states that he died in 470 (1077 A.D.) The title of the work is sometimes read " Tdrikh-i Al-i Subuktigin,"3 and it is also known as the " Tdrikh-i Saihaki.n Its voluminous extent has also obtained for it the name of the " Mujalladdt-i Baihaki; Volumes of Baihaki." The work would also seem to have been known under the name of the " Tdrikh-i Ndsiri," for a passage in the Tdrikh-i Wassdf attributes a history of this name to Abu-1 Fazl Baihaki. It therefore seems to be a title of this work, or at least of some of its earlier volumes devoted to the history of Nasiru-d din Subuktigin, in the same way as the later volumes containing the reign of Mas'ud are entitled Tdrikh-i Mas'udi? The portion relating to Mah- mud's historj' was called Tdjii-l Futiih as is evident from Unsurfs Kasaid. Haji Khalfa, in his Lexicon, describes this work as a comprehensive history of the Ghaznivides in several volumes. Mirkhond quotes it among Persian histories, and in his preface to the Rauzatu-s sofa, he says that it consists of thirty volumes.Firishta evidently refers to this author, when he speaks of the Mujalladat of Abu-1 Fazl, at the beginning of Mahmud's reign, but it may be doubted if he ever saw the work. He does not notice it in his list of works, and he certainly did not nse it for Mas'iid's reign, as he omits many important events recorded-in it. The Mujalladat are also referred to for the same reign by ...

The Veil Unveiled $24.95 Illustrated with photographs, drawings, and cartoons gathered from popular culture, this provocative book demonstrates that the veil, the garment known in Islamic cultures as the hijab, holds within its folds a semantic versatility that goes far beyond current cliches and homogenous representations. Whether seen as erotic or romantic, a symbol of oppression or a sign of piety, modesty, or purity, the veil carries thousands of years of religious, sexual, social, and political significance. Using examples from both the East and West--including Persian poetry, American erotica, Iranian and Indian films, and government-sanctioned posters--Faegheh Shirazi shows that the veil has become a ubiquitous symbol, utilized as a profitable marketing tool for diverse enterprises, from Penthouse magazine to Saudi advertising companies. She argues that perceptions of the veil change with the cultural context of its use as well as over time: in a Hindi movie the veil draws in the male gaze, in an Iranian movie it denies it; photographs of veiled women in Playboy aim to titillate a mainly male audience, while cartoons of veiled women in the same magazine mock and ridicule Muslim society. Shirazi concludes that the practice of veiling, encompassing an amazingly rich array of meanings, has often become a screen upon which different people in different cultures project their dreams and nightmares.