The Cambridge History of Iran
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The Cambridge history of Iran is a multi-volume survey of Iranian history published by Cambridge University Press
(CUP). The seven volumes cover "the history and historical geography of the land which is present-day Iran, as well as other territories inhabited by peoples of Iranian descent, from prehistoric times up to the present"
The series consists of seven volumes. Volume 3 was published in two parts.
The title, editors and the publication date of the series are
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(CUP). The seven volumes cover "the history and historical geography of the land which is present-day Iran, as well as other territories inhabited by peoples of Iranian descent, from prehistoric times up to the present"
History
The publication started in 1968 and in 1989 the last volume was published. The idea of publishing such a survey of Iranian history and culture was conceived in 1959 by Arthur J. Arberry. According to the scholar Darke Hubert "The series was planned to be not simply a political history of Iran but to survey the culture which has flourished in the Iranian region and this culture’s contribution to the civilization of the world. All aspects of the religious, philosophical, economic, scientific, and artistic elements in Iranian civilization have been studied, but with some emphasis on the geographical and ecological factors that have contributed to its special character."The series consists of seven volumes. Volume 3 was published in two parts.
The title, editors and the publication date of the series are
- Vol. 1. The Land of Iran, edited by William B. Fisher (1968)
- Vol. 2. The Median and Achaemenian Periods, edited by Ilya GershevitchIlya GershevitchIlya Gershevitch was a noted Iranologist.Gershevitch was born to Russian parents fleeing from Germany to Switzerland at the outbreak of World War I....
(1985) - Vol. 3. The Seleucid, Parthian and Sasanian Periods, edited by Ehsan YarshaterEhsan YarshaterEhsan Yarshater is the founder and director of The Center for Iranian Studies, and Hagop Kevorkian Professor Emeritus of Iranian Studies at Columbia University. He was the first full-time professor of Persian at a U.S. university since World War II....
(1983) - Vol. 4. From the Arab invasion to the Saljuqs, edited by Richard Nelson FryeRichard Nelson FryeRichard Nelson Frye is an American scholar of Iranic and Central Asian Studies, and Aga Khan Professor Emeritus of Iranian Studies at Harvard University...
(1975) - Vol. 5. The Saljuq and Mongol Periods, edited by John Andrew Boyle (1968)
- Vol. 6. The Timurid and Safavid Periods, edited by Laurence Lockhart and Peter JacksonPeter JacksonSir Peter Robert Jackson, KNZM is a New Zealand film director, producer, actor, and screenwriter, known for his The Lord of the Rings film trilogy , adapted from the novel by J. R. R...
(1986) - Vol. 7. From Nadir Shah to the Islamic Republic, edited by Peter AveryPeter AveryPeter Avery OBE was an eminent British scholar of Persian and a Fellow of King's College, Cambridge.He contributed to English language work on Persian history and literature, such as The Age of Expansion and Medieval Persia and published Modern Iran...
, Gavin R. G. Hambly, and Charles Peter Melville (1990)
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