Auch Gedanken fallen manchmal unreif vom Baum.
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Persian kingship and architecture
I haven’t seen the ToC of this book, but know that Matthew Canepa has a chapter here, entitled Dynastic sanctuaries and the transformation of Iranian kingship between Alexander and Islam, focusing on the ‘Middle Iranian’ period. It is an excellent article and will hopefully be available soon. Babaie, Sussan & Talinn Grigor (eds.). 2015. Persian
Map of the Zerafshan valley
Etienne de la Vaissière has kindly shared this map of the Zerafshan valley in the 7th century on academia.edu. He states: Map drawn for my Histoire des marchands sogdiens, Paris: Collège de France, 2002, map 5. Please feel free to modify and adapt it to your needs: the layers can be modified in Illustrator. Although I
Palmyra: Trade families, city and territory
Gregoratti, Leonardo. 2015. Palmyra: trade families, city and territory through the epigraphic sources. In Giorgio Affanni, Cristina Baccarin, Laura Cordera, Angelo Di Michele & Katia Gavagnin (eds.), Broadening Horizons 4, Conference of young researchers working in the Ancient Near East, Egypt and Central Asia, University of Torino, October 2011 (British Archaeological Reports International Series 2698),
Workshop: Iran and Islam
Iran and Islam: Early Encounters. Formation of Islam and Transformation of Iranian Religious Traditions 12 March 2015 09:00–13 March 2015 18:00, Workshop Room: FNO 02/ 40-46 Contact: Kianoosh Rezania For more information, see the workshop schedule
Sasanian royalist ideology
Sasanian royalist ideology and Zoroastrian millennialism Lecture by François de Blois, University College London, at the Ancient India and Iran Trust, Cambridge, Friday 06March, 5.30pm.
Persian in Yuan China
Haw, Stephen. 2014. The Persian language in Yuan-Dynasty China: A reappraisal. East Asian History 39. 5–32. It has often been claimed that Persian was an important lingua franca in the Yuan empire. A recent article by Professor David Morgan has discussed this premise at some length, setting out what seems to be impressive evidence in