Ferdowsi's Shahnameh

Iranian studies (Persian: ايران‌شناسی‎ - Īrānšenāsī), is an interdisciplinary field dealing with the study of history, literature, art and culture of the Iranian people. It is a part of the wider field of Oriental studies.

Iranian studies is broader than and distinct from Persian studies, which is the study of the modern Persian language (known as "Farsi" or "Parsi" to the natives) and literature specifically. The discipline of Iranian Studies focuses on broad trends in culture, history, language and other aspects of only Persians, but not a variety of other contemporary and historical Iranic peoples, such as Baluchis, Kurds, Pashtuns, Ossetians, Scythians, Parthians, Sogdians, Bactrians, etc.

Iranian Studies in pre-modern Iran[link]

Ferdowsi, a Persian poet and thinker, is known as the founder of Iranian Studies^{[citation needed]}. In his masterpiece Shahnameh, he tried extensively to address Persian culture, literature, art, history and anthropology^{[citation needed]}.

In the ninth century, the Persian historian Jarir e Tabari made a distinct contribution to Iranian Studies^{[citation needed]} with his book entitled History of the Prophets and Kings, which covers historical events till 915 AD. Tarikh-e Mas'oudi, by the Persian historian and author Abolfazl Beyhaghi (995-1077), is one of the most creditable sources about the Ghaznavid Empire, and his fluent prose style has made the book considerable in Persian literature, too.

The Persian historian Ata Malek Joveyni was the first of several brilliant representatives of Persian historiography who flourished during the period of Mongol domination in Iran (1220–1336). Joveyni's magnum opus, the Tarikh-i jehan-gusha, is one of the most important works of Persian historiography.[1]

Sharaf ad-Din Ali Yazdi was one of the greatest historians of 15th-century Persia. The work for which he is best known is the Zafernameh (The Book of Victory). It is a history of the Mongolian conqueror Timur (Tamerlane; 1370–1405) and was probably based on the history of the same name by Nizam ad-Din Shami, a work written at Timur's request.[2]

Iranian Studies in modern Iran[link]

Tehran University established several Iranian studies^{[citation needed]} chairs, as ancient Iranian linguistics and culture, Persian literature, history and archeology. Many prominent figures held these chairs during last century such as Badiozzaman Forouzanfar, Abdolhossein Zarrinkoub, Zabihollah Safa, Mojtaba Minovi and Ahmad Tafazzoli. Shiraz University also has chairs in Iranian studies and many notable figures have been conducting world class research on Iranology there (e.g. Alireza Shapour Shahbazi, the world class Achaemenid archaeologist). Once Shiraz University hosted the Asia institute directed by Arthur pope and hold many conferences and published books and articles on Iranian art and archeology.

Early in 20th century a huge project was started by Persian linguist and historian Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda. His encyclopedic collection is the largest comprehensive Persian dictionary ever published, in 15 volumes (26000 pages).

Iranian Studies in Europe[link]

University of Goettingen is the pioneer of Iranian studies in the West. In 2003 the hundredth anniversary of Iranian studies Department was held at Göttingen University. Among European countries, Germany contributed most to Iranian studies and Persian studies.[3] and [4]

European Iranologist Society has many international meetings in its periodical conferences in different universities and scientific centers all over the world.

• Centre for Iranian Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
• Institute for Iranian Studies at the University of St Andrews
• Iranian Studies at the Center for Near and Middle Eastern Studies in Marburg, Germany
• The Centre for Iranian Studies at the University of Durham
• Oxford, UK
• British Institute for Persian Studies
• Institut Für Iranistik, Freier Universität Berlin
• Zakład Iranistyki (Department of Iranian Studies), Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland
• Zakład Iranistyki UW (Department of Iranian Studies) Warsaw University, Warsaw, Poland

Iranian Studies in North America[link]

Academic studies and instruction of Persian language were launched in the United States in 1958. Since then, Iranology departments have been founded in numerous American universities such as UCLA and Columbia University. Columbia University's Encyclopædia Iranica for example, which is the most reputable source of Iranian culture, involves prominent Iranists like Richard Nelson Frye and Ehsan Yarshater. The encyclopedia remains the only precise and reliable large scale reference work on the lands, life, culture and history of all Iranian peoples and their interaction with other societies.

Other academic centers such as UT Austin operate Archnet, which is a database archiving documents pertaining to Iranian and Islamic architecture, in addition to offering PhD degrees in Persian language and culture.

• Persian and Iranian Studies at the University of Arizona
• The American Institute of Iranian Studies (AIIrS)
• The Centre for Arab and Iranian Studies
• Stanford University
• Archives of the Freer Gallery of Art
• University of Maryland
• Harvard University
• University of Texas at Austin
• Ohio State University
• ISG : Iranian Studies Group at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• CIRA:Center for Iranian Research and Analysis at Quinnipiac University
• UCLA Iranian Studies
• UC Irvine, Center for Persian Studies and Culture (ISIS)
• University of Chicago, Iranian Pre-Historic Project
• University of Virginia
• University of Washington
• Columbia University, Center for Iranian Studies
• Centre for Iranian Studies, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada

Journals[link]

• Abstracta Iranica
• Acta Iranica
• Archäologische Mitteilungen aus Iran und Turan
• Ars Orientalis
• Farhang-i Kerman
• Critique: Critical Middle Eastern Studies
• Indo-Iranica
• Indo-Iranian Journal (Previous publisher page, current publisher)
• Iran: Journal of the British Institute of Persian Studies
• Iran Analysis Quarterly (ISG Journal)
• Iranica Antiqua edited by Department of Near Eastern Studies of Gent University
• Iran & the Caucasus
• Iranian Studies
• Iran-nameh: Armenian Journal of Oriental Studies
• Iranshinakht
• Iran Shenasi
• Persian (Iranian) Studies Journal
• Iranica Antiqua
• Iranistische Mitteilungen
• Majallah-yi Zabanshinasi
• Manuscripta Orientalia (indludes articles on Persian manuscripts etc.)
• Namah-i Farhangistan
• Persica. Jaarboek van het Genootschap Nederland-Iran
• Rahavard
• Studia Iranica
• Zabanshinasi

Yarshater lectureship[link]

The Yarshater lectureship is today the most prestigious honor in the field.

See also[link]

• Assyriology
• Egyptology
• Academy of Persian Language and Literature
• Chicago's Persian heritage crisis
• International rankings of Iran

References[link]

• Pashto and Pashtuns in the light of Arianian Iranian Philology (by : Dr. M.A Zyar
• Encyclopædia Iranica, Columbia University.
• A step toward developing Iranology researches, Khosrow Naghed.[5]
• Chelle i.e. Bokhara, Mehdi Jami (2005)[6]

List of Iranologists[link]

1748 French Map by Le Rouge titled "L'Empire De Perse".

(Note some of these authors have also written articles for the Encyclopædia Iranica)

• Iraj Afshar
• Jaleh Amouzgar
• Azartash Azarnoush
• Mehrdad Bahar
• Harold Walter Bailey
• Warwick Ball
• Pierre Briant
• Edward Granville Browne
• Mary Boyce
• Richard Bulliet
• Johnny Cheung
• William Chittick
• Aleksander Chodźko
• Jerry Clinton
• Henry Corbin
• Elton L. Daniel
• Touraj Daryaee
• Dick Davis
• Ali Akbar Dehkhoda
• Kaveh Farrokh
• Richard Foltz
• Bert Fragner
• Richard Nelson Frye
• Roman Ghirshman
• Gherardo Gnoli
• Monika Gronke
• Ralph Groves
• Ernst Herzfeld
• Nasser Takmil Homayoun
• Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak
• August Kościesza-Żaba
• David Neil MacKenzie
• Christoph Marcinkowski
• Jalal Matini
• Shahrokh Meskoob
• Vladimir Fedorovich Minorsky
• Mehdi Mohaghegh
• Bahar Mokhtarian
• Khosrow Naghed
• Bagher Najafi
• Afsaneh Najmabadi
• Reynold A. Nicholson
• Angelo Michele Piemontese
• Ebrahim Poordavood
• Sir Henry Rawlinson
• Mohammad-Amin Riahi
• Zabihollah Safa
• Alireza Shapour Shahbazi
• Dariush Shayegan
• Meysam Shokripour
• Nicholas Sims-Williams
• Fazlollah Pakzad Soraki
• David Stronach
• Ahmad Tafazzoli
• Sayyed Hassan Taqizadeh
• Parviz Varjavand
• Josef Wiesehöfer
• Ehsan Yarshater
• Abdolhossein Zarrinkoob
• Abbas Zaryab Khoi

External links[link]

• Iranistics.com Records of Iranian Studies
• Iranology Foundation
• Societas Iranologica Europea
• Scandinavian Society for Iranian Studies
• Sasanika
• Fravardyn
• Videvdad
• Foundation for Iranian Studies
• The American Institute of Iranian Studies
• Iranology in Canada
• International Society for Iranian Studies
• Bonyad e farhang e Iran
• Interview with Khosrow Naghed (in Persian/pdf)
• Iran and Persian language in the western world (in Persian)
• From Sa'di to Simin: Iranology in the lands of germanic people (BBC Persian)
• 70-year-old problem of understanding Persian culture in the west (in Persian)
• Persian Studies پژوهش‌های ایرانی (in Persian & English)
• American Councils of International Studies:Tajikistan-Dushanbe
• [7]
• [8]
• Iranian and Persian Study at Harvard University

Alireza Shahbazi, well known Achaemenid archeologist

Alireza Shapour Shahbazi (1942 Shiraz - 16 June 2006) (Persian: علیرضا شاپور شهبازی‎) was a prominent Persian archeologist, Iranologist and a world expert on Achaemenid archeology. Alireza Shahbazi got a BA degree in and an MA degree in East Asian archeology from SOAS. Shahbazi had a doctorate degree in Achaemenid archeology from University of London. Alireza Shapour Shahbazi was a lecturer in Achaemenid archeology and Iranology at Harvard University. He was also a full professor of Archeology at Shiraz University and founded Achaemenid research Foundation in 1973. After the Islamic revolution, he moved to the USA and became a Full Professor of history in Eastern Oregon University.

Shahbazi wrote numerous classic books and articles on archeology (Achaemenid, Sassanid and Islamic) in Persian, English, German and French. He died on 16 June 2006 after a long battle with cancer. He was transferred to Shiraz and buried next to Hafez.

Academic career[link]

• 1968-71 Instructor in Near Eastern History, Shiraz University (Also classes held for EXPERIENCE: American guest students from Pennsylvania and Kent State Universities)
• 1973-74 Curator, Archaeological Museum, Tehran; Lecturer in History and Near Eastern Civilization, University of Tehran
• 1974-79 Founding Director of the Archaeological Institute at Persepolis; Lecturer in Near Eastern History, Asia Institute, Shiraz
• 1979-80 Visiting Scholar, Columbia University
• 1980-83 Post-doctoral research in Historiography, Göttingen University, Germany
• 1983-84 Lecturer in Iranian Civilization, University Extension, Harvard University; Associate of the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University
• 1984-85 Lecturer in Persian, Colum\bia University; Assistant Editor Encyclopædia Iranica
• 1985- Associate Professor (Professor since 1990) of History, Eastern Oregon University
• 1990 - Professor of History, Eastern Oregon University
• 1996- Consulting Editor, The University Press of Iran
• 1998 Consulting Editor, Journal of Archaeology and History
• 2002-2003 Associate Editor Encyclopædia Iranica
• 2002- Consulting editor, The International Journal of Ancient Iranian Studies

Awards[link]

• 1970 Book of the Year Prize (see Bibliography, #1)
• INCLUDE 1980-83 Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship, West Germany
• 1995 Outstanding Faculty Advisor, Phi Alpha Theta History Honour Society
• 2005 Distinguished Faculty, Eastern Oregon University
• 2005 Distinguished Career Achievement, the Middle East Study Association.

Works[link]

Books[link]

I. PUBLICATIONS: A. Book (see also D. Translation)

1. Cyrus the Great: Founder of the Persian Empire (Shiraz University Publication, No. 19, Shiraz 1970; awarded Book of the Year Prize, 1970).
2. Darius the Great (Shiraz University Publication, No. 26, Shiraz 1971), second revised version is in preparation.
3. A Persian Prince: Cyrus the Younger (Shiraz University Publication, No. 29, Shiraz 1971).
4. Illustrated Description of Naqš-i Rustam, (Tehran, 1978). Second revised edition in the press.
5. The Irano-Lycian Monuments: The Antiquities of Xanthos and Its Region as Evidence for the Iranian Aspects of the Achaemenid Lycia (Institute of Achaemenid Research Publication, No. II, Tehran 1975) [1973 Doctoral Thesis for London University].
6. Persepolis Illustrated (Institute of Achaemenid Research Publication, No. IV, Tehran 1976), second edition, Tehran (1997); third revised edition due out in April 2003.
7. Sharh-e Mosawwar-e Takht-e Jamshid (Institute of Achaemenid Research Publication, No. VI), Tehran 1966; third revised edition in the press.
8. Persepolis Illustre (French tr. by A. Surrat, Institute of Achaemenid Research Publication, No. III, Tehran 1977).
9. Illustrierte Beschreibung von Persepolis (German tr. by E. Niewoehner, Institute of Achaemenid Research Publication, No. V, Tehran 1977).
10. The Medes and The Persians, Tehran Open University text book, Tehran (1977).
11. A History of Iranian Historiography to A.D. 1000, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation sponsored study [publication ready].
12. Old Persian Inscriptions of Persepolis, I: Texts from the Platform Monuments [Corpus inscriptionum iranicarum I, 1. Portf. 1.], London (1985).
13. Persepolis IV: A comprehensive analysis of Persepolitan inscriptions and monument studied since E. F. Schmidt (in preparation).
14. Ferdows: A Critical Biography, Centre for Near Eastern Studies, Harvard University, (1991). Revised Persian version in preparation.
15. Passargadae. A Comprehensive and Illustrated Guide, Tehran 2000.
16. A Political History of the Sasanian Period, Persian Heritage Series, New York (forthcoming).
17. A Commentary on Tabari’s History of the Sasanian Kings, The University Press of Iran, Tehran (due June 2003).
18. The Authoritative Guide to Persepolis, SAFIR Publication, Tehran, 2004
19. Rahnamaye Mostanade Takhte-Jamshid, Parsa-Pasargadae Research Foundation Publication, No. 1, Tehran, 2005.

Collabrations[link]

20. Annotated ed. of P. J. Junge, Darieos I. König der Perser [Leipzig 1944], Institute of Achaemenid Research Publications, No. VIII. Shiraz (1978).
21. [Assistant Editor], Encyclopædia Iranica, Vol. II, London 1987.
22. [With O. P. Skaervø], Festschrift for Professor Richard Nelson Frye = Bulletin of the Asia Institute 4, 1990).
23. [Collaborator with Dina Amin and M. Kasheff], Acta Iranica 30. Papers in Honor of Professor Ehsan Yarshater Leiden (1990).
24. The Splendour of Iran, Vol. I: Ancient Times, Booth-Clibborn Editions of London and The University Press of Iran, London 2001.
25. [Associate Editor], Encyclopædia Iranica, vols. X-XI, New York, 2002–2003

Articles[link]

26. “Cyrus the Great and Croesus”, Khirad va Kushish 2 (1969), 157-74.
27. “The Expedition of Cyrus the Younger”, Khirad va Kushish, 3 (1970), 332-50.
28. “An Achaemenid Tomb: The Gur-i Dukhtar at Buzpar”, Bastanshinasi va hunare Iran, IV (1971), 54-6, 92-99.
29. “The ‘One Year' of Darius Re-examined”, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies [University of London] 30 (1972) 609-614.
30. “An Achaemenid Symbol. I: A Farewell to ‘Fravahr' and ‘Ahuramazda'”, Archäologische Mitteilungen ans Iran NF. [Berlin] 7 (1974), 135-44.
31. “Some remarks on the Sh_hn_meh of Firdausi”, Hunar va Mardum, Nos. 153-45 (1975), 118-120.
32. “The Persepolis ‘Treasury Reliefs' once more”, Archäologische Mitteilungen aus Iran NF. 9 (1976), 152-56.
33. ‘The ‘Traditional date of Zoroaster' explained”, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies [University of London] 34 (1977), 25-35.
34. “From Parsa to Takht-i Jamshed”, Archäologische Mitteilungen ans Iran 10 (1977), 197-207.
35. “New aspects of Persepolitan studies”, Gymnasium 85 (1978), 478-500.
36. “Archaeological, historical and onomastical notes” on the Persian tr. of Herodotus' Historiae by Gh. Vahid Mazandarani, Tehran (1979, pp. 522–74).
37. “An Achaemenid Symbol II. Farnah ‘(God given) Fortune' symbolised”, Archäologische Mitteilungen ans Iran 13 (1980), 119-47.
38. “Firdaus's Date of Birth,” Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft 134 (1984), 98-105.
39. “The Sixth International Congress of Iranian Arts and Archaeology”, Rahnamaye Ketab, 15 (1351/1972), 692-702.
40. “Darius in Scythia and Scythians in Persepolis,” Archäologische Mitteilungen ans Iran 15 (1982), 189-236.
41. “Studies in Sasanian Iconography I. Narse's Investiture at Naqš-i Rustam”, Archäologische Mitteilungen ans Iran 16 (1983), 255-68.
42. “Vareγna, the royal falcon,” Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft 134 (1984), 314-17.
44. “Studies in S_s_nian Prosopography II. The relief of Ardašir II at Taq-i Bustan”, Archäologische Mitteilungen ans Iran 18 (1985), 181-85.
45. “Darius' Haft-Kišvar”, Archäologische Mitteilungen ans Iran. Erg_nzungsband 10 [Kunst, Kultur und Geschichte der Achämenidenzeit und ihr Nachleben, eds. H. M. Koch-D. N. Makenzie], Berlin (1983), 239-46.
46. “Iranian Notes 1-6”, Acta Iranica 25 [=Papers in Honour of Professor Mary Boyce], Leiden (1985), 497-510.
47. “Iranian Notes 7-13”, Archäologische Mitteilungen ans Iran 19 (1986), 163-170.
48. “Zadroz-e Firdausi” Ayanda: A Journal of Iranian Studies, 12 (1365/1986), 42-7.
49. “Babr-e Bayan”, Ayanda 13 (1367/1988) 54-8.
50. “Guzidaha-ye Iranšinenasi”, Ayanda 13 (1367/1988), 354-61.
51. “The Three Faces of Tigranes”, American Journal of Ancient History Vol. 10, No. 2 (1985 [1993]), 124-36 (Harvard University).
52. “On the Xwaday-namag”, Acta Iranica 30 [=Papers in Honor of Professor Ehsan Yarshater], Leiden (1990) 208-29.
53-58. “Huns”; “Isfahan”; “Panjikant”; “Pasargadae”; “Persepolis”; “Xerxes” in R. C. Bulliet ed., Encyclopaedia of Asian Studies (Middle East), New York (1988).
59. “Amazons” in E. Yarshater ed. Encyclopædia Iranica, Vol. I (London 1985), 929.
60. “Amorges”, Encyclopædia Iranica, Vol. I, 986-87.
61. “Apama” Encyclopædia Iranica, Vol. II (London 1987), 150.
62. “Ardašir II”, Encyclopædia Iranica, Vol. II, 380-81.
63. “Ardašir III”, Encyclopædia Iranica, Vol. II, 381-82.
64. “Ardašir Sakanšah”, Encyclopædia Iranica, Vol. II, 383-84.
65. “Ariaeos”, Encyclopædia Iranica, Vol. II, 405-406.
66. “Ariaramaeia”, Encyclopædia Iranica, Vol. II, 407-408.
67. “Ariobarzanes #2”, Encyclopædia Iranica, Vol. II, 407-408.
68. “Ariyaramnes”,. Encyclopædia Iranica, Vol. II, 410-411.
69. “Army in Ancient Iran”, Encyclopædia Iranica, Vol. II, 489-99.
70. “Arnavaz”, Encyclopædia Iranica, Vol. II, 517.
71. “Arsacid Origins”, Encyclopædia Iranica, Vol. II, 525.
72. “Arsacid Era”, Encyclopædia Iranica, Vol. II, 451-52.
73. “Arsacid Chronology in Traditional History”, Encyclopædia Iranica, Vol. II, 542-43.
74.“Aršama”, Encyclopædia Iranica, Vol. II, 46.
75. “Arsites”, Encyclopædia Iranica, Vol. II, 548.
76. “Artachaias”, Encyclopædia Iranica, Vol. II, 651.
77. “Artyphios”, Encyclopædia Iranica, Vol. II, 655.
78. “Asb (Horse) in Ancient Iran”, Encyclopædia Iranica, Vol. II, 724-30.
79. “Aspacana”, Encyclopædia Iranica, Vol. II, 786-87.
80. “Aspastes”, Encyclopædia Iranica, Vol. II, 88.
81. “Astodan”, Encyclopædia Iranica, Vol. II, 851-53.
82. “Bab-e Homayon”, Encyclopædia Iranica, Vol. III (London 1989), 284-85.
83. “Bahram I”, Encyclopædia Iranica, Vol. III, 515-16.
84. “Bahram II”, Encyclopædia Iranica, Vol. III ibid., 516-17.
85. “Bahram-e Cobina”, Encyclopædia Iranica, Vol. III, 519-22.
86. “Bestam o Bendoy”, Encyclopædia Iranica, Vol. IV (London 1990), 180-82.
87. “Byzantine-Iranian Relations”, Encyclopædia Iranica, Vol. IV, 588-599.
88. “Capital Cities”, in E. Yarshater ed., Encyclopædia Iranica IV, 768-70.
89. “Cambadene”, Encyclopædia Iranica, Vol. III, 724.
90. “Carrhae, Battle of”, Encyclopædia Iranica, Vol. V (1991), 9-13.
91. “Characene in Rhagae”, Encyclopædia Iranica, Vol. V, 365-66.
92. “Clothes: Iranian Costumes in the Median and Achaemenid Periods”; Encyclopædia Iranica, Vol. V, 722-737.
93. “Coronation: in Pre-Islamic Iran”, Encyclopædia Iranica, Vol. V, 277-79.
94. “Croesus”, Encyclopædia Iranica, Vol. V, 401-2.
95. “Crowns: iv - of Persian rulers from the Islamic conquest to the Qajar period”, Encyclopædia Iranica, Vol. V, 421-25.
96. “Cunaxa:: battle of”, Encyclopædia Iranica, Vol. VI, (1993), 455-56.
97. “Cyrus I of Anshan”, Encyclopædia Iranica, Vol. VI, 516.
98. "Dance in Pre-Islamic Iran”, Encyclopædia Iranica, Vol. VI, 640-41.
99. “Darius the Great”, Encyclopædia Iranica, Vol.VII/1 (1994), 41-50.
100. “Dat-al-Salasel, Battle of”, Encyclopædia Iranica, Vol.VII, 98.
101 “Deportation in the Achaemenid Period”, Encyclopædia Iranica, Vol.VII, VII/3 (1994), 297.
102. “Derafš”, Encyclopædia Iranica, Vol. VII/3 (1994), 312-15.
103. “Ferdowsi’s hezara”, Encyclopædia Iranica Vol. IX/5, pp. 527–30.
104. “Ferdowsi’s Mausoleum”, Encyclopædia Iranica Vol. IX, pp. 524–27.
105. “Flags. i. of Persia”, Encyclopædia Iranica Vol. X, 12-27. 96.
106. “Godarzian,” ibid., Encyclopædia Iranica Vol. XI, 2001, pp. 36–38.
107. “Gondišapur. i. the city”, ibid., Encyclopædia Iranica Vol Xi, pp. 131–33.
108. “Kinship of Greek and Persian,” in A. Ashraf Sadeqi ed, Tafazzoli Memorial Volume, Tehran 2000, 229-31
109 “Early Persians' interest in History”, Bulletin of the Asia Institute, 4 (1990), 257-65.
110. “Napoleon and Iran”, in Donald Horward et al. eds., Proceedings of the Consortium on Revolutionary Europe: Bicentennial of the French Revolution, 1990, 847-52.
111 “The Parthian Origins of the House of Rustam”, Bulletin of the Asia Institute New Series, Vol. 7 (1993), 155-63.
112. “Persepolis and the Avesta”, Archäologische Mitteilungen aus Iran, 27 (1994), 85-90.
113. “Early Sasanian Ladies: An Archaeological Investigation”, in Sarkhosh-Curtis ed., Aspects of Parthian and Sasanian Iran, London, (1996) 136-42.
114 “The Eye of the King in Classical and Persian Literature” American Journal of Ancient History, (1988 [1997]), 170-89.
115 “Artiš dar Iran-e Bastan”, Persian Journal of Archaeology and History X/2 (1996), 23-36.
116. “Asp va savarakri dar Iran-e Bastan”, in ibid., XI (1997), 27-42.
117. “A specimen of marriage contract in Pahlavi and later Persian”, Namvvra-yi Mamud Afšar IX, Tehran 1996, 5565-576
118. “Migration of Persians into Fars”, Arjnama-ye Iraj, Tehran 1999, pp. 211–43.
119. “Oldest Description of Persepolis”, Iranian Journal of Archaeology and History Vol. 13, 1999, pp. 31–8.
120. “Iran’s Ancient History” in A. Sh. Shahbazi, ed., The Splendour of Iran, Vol. I, Ancient Times, London (2001), 46-53.
121. “Inscriptions”, The Splendour of Iran, Vol. I, Ancient Times, 150-53.
122. “Creating the Median state”, The Splendour of Iran, Vol. I, Ancient Times, 172-73.
123 “Achaemenid Art”, The Splendour of Iran, Vol. I, Ancient Times, 174-245.
124. “Painting in Ancient Iran”, The Splendour of Iran, Vol. I, Ancient Times., 342-47.
125. “Arms and Armor”, The Splendour of Iran, Vol. I, Ancient Times, 430-47.
126. “Scripts of Ancient Iran”, The Splendour of Iran, Vol. I, Ancient Times, 490-501.
127. “Courtly Past times”, The Splendour of Iran, Vol. I, Ancient Times, 502-511.
128. “Iranians and Alexander”, American Journal of Ancient History, New Seriess. 2 (2003), 5-38.
129. “Recent speculations on the ‘Traditional date of Zoroaster’”, Studia Iranica 31 (2002), 7-45.
130. “Early Sasanians’ Claim to Achaemenid Heritage”, Journal of Ancient Persian History I/1, Spring and Summer 2001, 61-73.
131. “Notes on the Shahnama, Vols I-V, of Khaleghi edition”, Iranshenas, 13/2. 2001, 317-24.
132. “Goštasp”,Encyclopædia Iranica, Vol. XI, pp. 171–76.:
133. “Harem”, Encyclopædia Iranica, Vol XI, pp. 671–72 and Vol. XII, pp. 1–3.
134. “Did Goštasp marry his sister?,” in T. Daryaee-M. Omidsala eds., The Spirit of Wisdom, Costa Mesa, Calif., 2004, pp. 232–37.
135 “Historiography in Pre-Islamic Iran”,Encyclopædia Iranica, Vol. XII, 2003, pp. 325–330.
136. “Harut and Marut”, Encyclopædia Iranica, Vol. XII, pp. 20–22.
137. “Hang-e Afrasiab,” Encyclopædia Iranica, Vol. XI, pp. 655–57..
138. “Haft Sin (Seven S) Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. XI, 511-15.
139. “Haft Kesvar”, Encyclopædia Iranica, Vol. XI, pp. 519–24.
140. “Haft sin”, Encyclopædia Iranica, Vol. XI. 524-26.
141. “Haftvad”, Encyclopædia Iranica, Vol. XI, pp. 535–37.
142. “Mazdaean echoes in Shi'ite Iran” in Pheroza J. Godreji and Firoza Punthakey Mistree eds., A Zoroastrian Tapestry: Art, Religion and Cultur, Bombay and Singapore, 2002, pp. 246–57.
143. “The myth of next-of-kin marriage in ancient Iran”, Iranian Journal of Archaeology and History 15/1-2, 2002, pp. 9–36.
144. “Hormozd II”, Encyclopædia Iranica, XI, pp. 660–62.
145. “Hormozd , Sasanian Prince –brother of Shapur II”, Encyclopædia Iranica, XI, pp. 662–63..
146 . “Hormozd ,III”, Encyclopædia Iranica, XI, pp. 663–64.
147. “Hormazd IV”, Encyclopædia Iranica, XI, pp. 665–66.
148. ”Hormazd, the prince”, Encyclopædia Iranica, XI, pp. 667–68
149. “Hormazd V”, Encyclopædia Iranica, XI pp. 669–70.
150. “Hormozd VI”, Encyclopædia Iranica, XI pp. 670–72
151. “(Battle of) Homozdagan”, Encyclopædia Iranica, XI pp. 672–74.
152. “Hormazd Kušanšah”, Encyclopædia Iranica, XI, pp. 674–75.
153. “Hormozan”, Encyclopædia Iranica, XI, pp. 675–76. 154-162. (On the website of the Encyclopædia Iranica,), “Nowruz”, “Zal”, “Iraj”, “Sasanian Dynasty”, “Shapur I”, “Yazdegerd I”, “Rudabeh”, “Hoshang”, “Persepolis”, “Shiraz”, 163. “Peter Julius Junge”. Encyclopædia Iranica, XII, forthcoming. .
164. “Peter Calmeyer”, Encyclopædia Iranica, XII, forthcoming.
165. “The History of the Idea of Iran”, in Vesta Curtis ed., Birth of the Persian Empire, London (2005) forthcoming. C. Book Reviews (Selected)
166. G. Azarpay, Urartian Art and Artifacts: A Chronological Study University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles 1968, in R_hnama-ye Kitab 12/1-2 (1348/1969), 62-65.
167. M. Boyce (tr.), The Letter of Tansar Rome, 1968, in ibid., 12/9-10 (1348/1969), 567-76.
168. A. D. H. Bivar, Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum: Stamp Seals, II - The Sassanian Dynasty, publ. by The Trustees of the British Museum, London 1969, in ibid., 13 (1349/1970), 465-68.
169. E. Yarshater ed., Encyclopædia Iranica II, London 1987, in The American Journal of Oriental Studies 110 (1990), 778-79.
170. Dj. Khaleghi-Motlagh ed., The Shahname of Abol Qasim Ferdowsi I, New York 1989, in ibidn., 111 (1991).
171. M. A. Dandamaev, A Political History of the Achaemenid Period, Eng. tr. W. J. Vogelsang, Leiden (1989), in Iranshenasi 3 (1991), 612-21.
172. J. Wiesehöfer, Die ‘Dunklen Jahrhunderte’ der Persis, Zetemata: Monographien zur Klassischen Altertumswissenschaft, no. 90. Munich: 1994, in Bulletin of the Asia Institute Vol. 9, 1995, pp. 270–73.
173. R. Schmitt’s The Bistun Inscription of Darius the Great: Old Persian Text, London 1991, in the German Journal Orientalische Literaturzeitung 92 (1997), 732-40.
174. Farraxvmart i Vahraman, The Book of A Thousand Judgments (A Sasanian Law Book), introduction, transcription, and translation of the Pahlavi text, notes, glossary and indexes by Anahit Perikhanian, translated from Russian by Nina Garsoian, Persian Heritage Series No. 39, Costa Mesa, California and New York (1997) in Iranian Studies 32/3 (1999), 418-21. 175. M. Brosius et al., Studies in Persian History: Essays in Memory of David M. Lewisi, Leiden, 1998, in Journal of Ancient Iranian Studies 1/2, 2003, pp. 47–9.
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Selected Papers[link]

Oxford Unviversity, September 1972: Some remarks on the D_r_bgird Triumph relief”, Sixth International Congress of Iranian Art and Archaeology
Munich University, September 1976:“Costume and Nationality”, Seventh International Congress of Iranian Art and Archaeology.
Harvard University, October 1983: “Prosopography of _Alexander Sarcophagus'”, Ancient History Seminar. Harvard University, November 1983: “Illustrations on Herodotus”, Ancient History Seminars.
University of California at Berkeley: “Graeco-Persian reliefs”, Near Eastern Department.
Harvard University: November 1988“Sources of Islamic Art”, Middle East Center.
Columbia University, November 1987: “Iranians on _Alexander Monuments'”.
American Academy of Religion, Boston, November 1988: “The Eagle: A Persian Symbol of Rulership and Sacred Fire”.
University of California, Los Angeles, February 1990: “On the birthrate of Ferdowsi.”
University of London, Britain, March 1992: “Early Sasanian Ladies”.
Harvard University, February 1993: “Observations on Greco-Persian Sculptures”
University of Sydney, Australia, October 1994: “The Political Identity of Persia”.
University of Washingtons, Seattle, May 1996: “Women of Ancient Iran”.
British Museum, London (Lukonin Lecture), July 2001: “From Scythia to Sardis: New Aspects of Persepolitan Art”.
Columbia University, May 2003: “The Iconography of Persepolis Seals”.
British Museum and London Middle Eastern Institute, June 2004: “On the History of the Idea of Iran, from the Avestan period to the present”.

Documentaries[link]

1976 “Crossroad of Civilization”,BBC With David Frost, Parts 2-4: Achaemenids and Parthians.
1999 “Heritage of Iran”, Seda va sima, Jam- e Jam (Persian and English).
2000 “Spartans at the Gate” Discovery Channel and BBC
2002 “Persepolis: A New Look”, Sunrise Production (Persian and English)
2003 “Perseplis Regained”, BBC. Radio, Channel 4.
2004 “ Pasargadae and Tang-e Bulaghi” Emami Production.

See also[link]

• Iranology
• Achaemenid Empire

Other notable Iranologists:

• Abdolhossein Zarrinkoub
• Richard Nelson Frye
• Ehsan Yarshater
• Ahmad Tafazzoli
• Mehrdad Bahar
• Parviz Varjavand

External links[link]

• (Persian) Prof Alireza Shahbazi died in 2006 and buried in Shiraz next to Hafez
• (Persian) Prof Alireza Shahbazi's research works offered a detailed picture of Ancient Persian heritage to the world archeologists
• (Persian) The father of Perspolis: in the memory of the most prominent Achaemenid archeologist
• The passing of A. Shapur Shahbazi at Encyclopædia Iranica, where many of his articles are available on-line.