num_pages: 224
description: The theme of this book is the wealth and diversity of Iranian culture. It traces the role in seventeen essays of the literature as a social force in Iran, and through this approach provides original insights into the political and social history of the region.The book examines a variety of topics from medieval to modern the rules of prosody in Persian poetry; Sadiq Chubak's short stories; the authorship of ""The History of Shah Isma'il""; available sources for the study of social history in late Qajar Iran; European secondary studies on the Safavid period; Shah Abbas's policy of deporting and resettling Armenians; the conversion of the Mongol rulers to Islam; the Barmakid system of administration; and Baihaqui's account of the Ghaznavid vazir, Hasanak.
language: English
title: History and Literature in Iran
titlecomplete: History and Literature in Iran (Pembroke Persian Papers)
publisher: I.B.Tauris