Inspired by their powerful ancestors, the Sassanian dynasty restored Persia to imperial glory, ruling lands that stretched from Turkey to Pakistan. The fifth-century Sassanian ruler Bahram V hunts ...
Introduction to the second edition -- The land and peoples of Persia -- Persia in the early Islamic centuries -- Turkish rule in Persia: the great Saljiiq Sultanate at its height (431-485/1040-1092) - ...
These illustrations come from a miniature book of classical Persian poetry. Library of Congress, African and Middle East Division, Near East Section Persian Manuscript Collection A sumptuously ...
A nameless traveler climbs the palace walls of Persia merely to glimpse the Sultan's daughter, more beautiful than the new moon. A jealous Vizier imprisons them both, one in the highest tower, the ...
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