Subjects of knowledge
Adopting the standard format for the description of notable individuals,Fursat reproduces a centuries-old model that structures the relationshipbetween knowledge and place as one of […]
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Founder Cyrus
A STYAGES now ruled Media in place of his father Cyaxares. His name in Iranian, Arshtivaiga, meant “lance-hurler,” but it was quite inappropriate for […]
Pictures from Bakhtiari Tribe Migration
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Pictures from Old Iran
History of Iranian origins
PREHISTORIC IRAN LONG before the great plateau was called Iran, it was well popuJ lated. Obsidian flakes have been found under the alluvial deposits […]
ANCIENT HISTORY : THE PERSIAN EMPIRE
When Cyrus entered Babylon in 539 B.C.} the world was old. More significant, the world knew its antiquity. Its scholars had compiled long dynastic […]
the second part of Âsâr-i ‘Ajam : Shiraz
the second part of Âsâr-i ‘Ajam Fursat devotes the second part of Âsâr-i ‘Ajam to the city of Shiraz, his hometown. He returns there […]
Âsâr-i ‘Ajam
Fursat’s observations of Âsâr-i ‘Ajam The narrative of Âsâr-i ‘Ajam proceeds by diversions and detours that correspond to Fursat’s travels. To expand and clarify […]
Narrating and picturing a territory of Fars
Short introduction by Fursat Fursat traces the territory of Âsâr-i ‘Ajam through a series of conceptual and geographical delimitations that identify the object of […]
Iran and Traces of the others
interest in the ancient In Iran, interest in the ancient past of the country grew during the nineteenth century. The Qajar monarchs appropriated Achaemenid […]