Persian literature is the jewel in the crown of Persian culture. It has profoundly influenced the literatures of Ottoman Turkey, Muslim India and Turkic Central Asia. It has been a source of inspiration for Goethe, Emerson, Matthew Arnold and Jorge Luis Borges among others and praised by William Jones, Tagore, E. M. Forster and many more. Yet although in the past few years the poems of Rumi have attracted the kind of popular attention enjoyed by Omar Khayyam in the 19th century, Persian literature has never received the attention it truly deserves.
A History of Persian Literature answers this need and offers a new, comprehensive and detailed history of its subject. This 18-volume, authoritative survey reflects the stature and significance of Persian literature as the single most important accomplishment of the Iranian experience.Prominent scholars in the field bring a fresh critical approach to bear on this important topic and each volume includes representative samples of this literature.
In this volume, the Editors offer an indispensable overview of Persian literature’s long and rich historiography. Highlighting the central themes and ideas which inform historical writing, this book traces the development of writing about history as a literary form from its origins with the Ferdowsi Shahnameh and its evolution under the Safavids, through the twilight of the Court Chronicle Tradition and simultaneous emergence of a national historiography during the 18th century and up to the Pahlavi Era. This volume also offers a comprehensive and invaluable examination of the concurrent developments within historiography in Central Asia and Afghanistan, examining themes and subjects that are common to many fields of Persian literary study. Persian Historiography will be an indispensable source for the historiographical traditions of Iran and the essential guide to the subject.

本书稿是“十三五”国家和浙江省重点规划项目“外国小说发展史系列丛书”之一。本书描述了伊朗文学从公元前约11世纪雅利安民族的故事文学到21世纪的伊朗小说发展历程，尤其着重论述了20世纪伊朗小说发展的现代进程，将之与伊朗社会的现代进程相互观照。书稿还系统阐述了伊朗重点小说家的创作思想、对重点作品进行了具体分析，把伊朗小说发展过程中的重要人物与主题、艺术风格完整地呈现给读者。

伊朗像什麼？
她像女子謙誠罩衫下美好的底蘊，一如珍珠在貝殼裡。
伊朗是什麼？
是個被誤解的國度，卻是文明的源頭。
本書作者林婉美（知名資深旅遊部落客，筆名老夫子姊姊）到伊朗旅行，欣賞無數舉世聞名的宗教建築，尋找偉大波斯帝國留下的蛛絲馬跡，親身經歷中亞草原文明的發展史。
作者老夫子姊姊藉著走一趟伊朗行，如同一趟豐富的心靈充電與文化朝聖之旅，走遍伊朗全部15個世界文化遺產，帶領讀者深入這塊神秘土地所乘載的歷史與人文……正如伊朗的國花──玫瑰一般，伊朗是個雍容華麗、神祕而浪漫的國度，是旅人感性與知性皆可盡興之地，值得向每一位喜愛旅遊的人大力推薦！
伊朗—這個在一般人印象中總與戰亂相互連結的區域，其實是一個擁有古老文化、神秘而爛漫的國度。作者林婉美親自一步步走在這塊浪漫的國土上，用她獨到的眼光，將這片土地上的一景一物透過本書呈現給讀者。
從「喬高桑比爾神殿」所屬的古埃蘭王國起算，伊朗文明綿延近五千年，也是絲路文化的主要舞台，數千年來駱駝商隊絡繹於途，把不同的文明帶到遠方，造就了今天各大洲同中有異、異中有同的豐富文化面貌。
《走入大絲路波斯段：伊朗世界遺產紀行》透過拜訪世界文化遺產的鮮活體驗，從地理現場看到歷史，為喜愛古文明的旅者掀開伊斯蘭世界的神祕面紗。這本書不但為旅者帶路導覽，更期盼成為讀者了解伊朗的知識開端。
書中分區為讀者介紹伊朗各地的歷史遺跡與現今的人文風情與都市風貌，如伊朗的首都德黑蘭、伊朗國家博物館、伊朗西北部的最大城大布里士等。書中更附上許多精彩的攝影照片，讓您只要閱讀本書，就宛如進行了一趟伊朗文化之旅。

The Cambridge History of Iran is a multi-volume survey of Iranian history and culture, and its contribution to the civilization of the world. All aspects of the religious, philosophical, political, economic, scientific and artistic elements in Iranian civilization are studied, with some emphasis on the geographical and ecological factors that have contributed to that civilization's special character. The aim is to provide a collection of readable essays rather than a catalogue of information. The volumes offer scope for the publication of new ideas as well as providing summaries of established facts. It is hoped that the volumes will act as a stimulus to specialists, but they are primarily concerned with answering the sort of questions about the past and present of Iran that are asked by the non-specialist.

《玛斯纳维全集》共分6卷，约计25000联诗句，约70万字。这是一部讲述苏菲神秘主义玄理的叙事诗集，书中的故事或取材于历史典故，或引自《古兰经》和圣训，或来源于民间寓言故事。全书以苏菲主义的“爱”为核心，用“玛斯纳维”这种双行韵诗体，使用夹叙夹议的表现手法穿插了大量的传闻轶事，借寓言故事和哲理箴言阐述了人与宇宙、理性与信仰、灵魂与肉体等关系，描述了苏菲主义的内心精神修炼途径和灵性感受。苏菲教徒们视此书为“知识的海洋”，被誉为“波斯的《古兰经》”。

After the earthquake of Guilan, a film director and his son travel to the devastated area to search for the actors from the movie the director made there a few years previously. In their search, they see how people who have lost everything in the earthquake still have hope and try to live life to the fullest.

In this fully revised and expanded second edition, Dr. Milani offers new insights into the causes and profound consequences of Iran's Islamic Revolution. Drawing on dozens of personal interviews with the officials of the Islamic Republic and on recently released documents, he presents a provocative analysis of the dynamics and characteristics of factional politics in Islamic Iran. Among the new issues covered are the events leading up to the Teheran hostage crisis, Ayatollah Khomeini's life and writings, President Rafsanjani's activities against the Shah, Rafsanjani's recent reforms, Iran's involvement in the Kuwaiti crisis, and the domestic and foreign policy challenges facing Iran in the post-Cold War era.

關於伊朗(波斯)我們不僅知道的太少，而且大部份是誤解！
當人們提起「波斯」時，聯想的圖景是那個浪漫的國度：優雅花園中的玫瑰和夜鶯，矯健的駿馬，奇幻的故事，挑動情慾的美女，寒光四射的彎刀，像是嵌了寶石一樣發光的彩色地毯，詩歌和憂鬱的音樂 。然而在西方媒體營造出的「伊朗」則是另外的一番圖景：眉頭緊鎖的教長，黑色的石油，黑袍後面露出蒼白臉色的女子面無表情地凝視別處，兇殘的人群點燃旗幟，嘶嚎著「XX去死」的口號。這是同一國家與文明嗎？
伊朗充滿了各種悖論、矛盾和例外。大多數非伊朗人都覺得這是一個遍佈炎熱沙漠的國度，但伊朗是有高聳、寒冷的群山環繞的，它擁有富饒的農業省份，其它的地方則充滿了茂盛的亞熱帶森林，因為有各種氣候類型，這裡有多元又多彩的動植物分佈。伊朗位於伊拉克和阿富汗，俄羅斯和波斯灣之間，這裡的人在普遍說阿拉伯語的中東地區說著印歐語系的語言。伊朗一般被誤認為是一個具有強大民族文化的單一民族國家，但是例如亞塞拜然人、庫德人、吉拉克人、俾路支人、土庫曼人等等各種少數族裔人口構成了伊朗人口的一半。自1979年革命以來，伊朗的女性要遵守整個伊斯蘭世界中最為嚴格的著裝法規，然而這也在一定程度上促使了前所未有的大量伊朗家庭讓家裡的女孩外出讀書和工作，伊朗現有百分之六十的大學生是女性，很多女性（即便已婚）都擁有自己的工作。一個將神權與共和國結合的國家，一個高喊反美卻羨慕美式生活，1979年伊朗大學生攻佔美國大使館的同時，也沒關閉美國企業的可樂工廠。
波斯曾經打造過人類歷史上第一個包容多民族、尊重各民族傳統與信仰的大帝國。後來即使在阿拉伯人征服下，信了伊斯蘭，然而大部份時期是以什葉派為國教(其中有人為刻意的因素在裡頭)，這不僅獨樹旗幟，讓它不同於其他伊斯蘭政權，而且做為少數是註定無法爭奪伊斯蘭世界的共主地位。
本書有一獨到的見解：波斯—伊朗是中東世界的晴雨計、風向雞，觀諸歷史上伊朗的動向，因為其地緣與文化魅力，後來常常成為周邊國家發展方向的預告。伊朗究竟是一個好戰勢力還是一個受害者？伊朗在傳統上是一個擴張主義國家，還是一個傳統上被動又防禦性的國家？伊朗的什葉派究竟是一群靜默主義者，還是一群暴力、持有革命性和新紀元幻想主義的人？這些問題的答案，只有從歷史中才能得到一些啟發。

伊朗，一个遥远而神秘的国度。长期以来人们谈起她总是将之与原教旨主义、狂热主义和恐怖主义联系在一起。作者认为事实并非如此。作者出身豪门，以当年伊朗的“伊斯兰革命”为背景，用客观的眼光叙述了国王被推翻、两伊战争等事件。伊朗的政治、历史、文化也随这个女孩的成长经历以及那黑白分明、质朴有力的有版画感的图画，走近了读者，震撼人心。出版后，先后获得法国安古兰国际漫画节年度最佳漫画奖，德国法兰克福书展最佳漫画奖，拍成动画片后，入围美国奥斯卡金像奖最佳动画长片、第33届法国电影恺撒奖最佳影片、最佳改编剧本等六大奖项提名，并获第60届戛纳国际电影节评委奖。本次将原来的四册合为一本出版。

《列王纪研究》是2005—2008年国家社科研究基金项目。《列王纪》是伊朗（波斯文）史诗，是世界文学名著。

2007 film by Hana Makhmalbaf

Christian communities flourished during late antiquity in a Zoroastrian political system, known as the Iranian Empire, that integrated culturally and geographically disparate territories from Arabia to Afghanistan into its institutions and networks. Whereas previous studies have regarded Christians as marginal, insular, and often persecuted participants in this empire, Richard Payne demonstrates their integration into elite networks, adoption of Iranian political practices and imaginaries, and participation in imperial institutions.
The rise of Christianity in Iran depended on the Zoroastrian theory and practice of hierarchical, differentiated inclusion, according to which Christians, Jews, and others occupied legitimate places in Iranian political culture in positions subordinate to the imperial religion. Christians, for their part, positioned themselves in a political culture not of their own making, with recourse to their own ideological and institutional resources, ranging from the writing of saints’ lives to the judicial arbitration of bishops. In placing the social history of East Syrian Christians at the center of the Iranian imperial story, A State of Mixture helps explain the endurance of a culturally diverse empire across four centuries.

本书所讲座的伊朗琐罗亚斯德教，是世界最古老的一个宗教。有关该教的起源，是一个很复杂的问题，学界一直在深入探讨。
本书所调查的伊朗西南亚兹德和克尔曼两个飘荡的琐罗亚斯德教徒，就是这个古老宗教在当代伊朗的遗存。生存于伊朗本土的这批教徒，在博伊斯教授之前，并没有引起学者的多少关注。他们的宗教生活，学界并不了解。本书所展现的这两个村落的民俗和信仰，实际上是为我们提供了一个经历过伊斯兰教的强力压迫，在穆斯林的重重包围下，幸存下来的琐罗亚斯德教群体的现实面貌。这个群体与巴斯人不同，后者所过的是一种未受强力改造，但却是适应印度环境的传统宗教生活。这两个现代群体的信仰及其宗教生活，都源自萨珊帝国时期的琐罗亚斯德教。
本书讨论的是现代伊朗的琐罗亚斯德教，但对于国人认识古代祆教，不失为一面参照的镜子。
本书所采用的研究方法对我们的借鉴意义。就本书用历史人类学方法的运用，其权威性自然不容怀疑。因此，倘若我们要倡导历史人类学的话，本书似也可作为一本样板著作，供我们阅读效法。