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Wirth: Die Orientalische Stadt im islamischen Vorderasien und Nordafrika. Gebunden 
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  •   Orientalische Stadt im islamischen Vorderasien und Nordafrika. Städtische Bausubstanz und räumliche Ordnung, Wirtschaftsleben und soziale Organisation, Gebunden, 2 Grossformat Bände, 22x30 cm
  • Eugen Wirth
  • Band I: xxiii, 584 Seiten, mit 248 Abbildungen und 8 Tabellen. Band II: 56 Schwarz-weiss Tafeln, 112 Farbtafeln, 3 Faltkarten und ein Heft mit Kartenlegenden. 3. Auflage 2002


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Curtis: Ancient Persia. Revised edition 
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  • Ancient Persia. Paperback. Revised edition. ca. 24x19cm
  • 96 pages, with 50 colour and 40 black-white illustrations
  • In this 2nd revised edition, the author traces the history, archaeology and art from the growth of settled communities around 6000 BC to the beginning of the Islamic period in the seventh century AD. This introduction to the subject is illustrated throughout with examples drawn from the British Museum's collection of Iranian antiquities


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Wiesehöfer: Das Antike Persien. Von 550 vor Christus bis 650 nach Christus. Neuauflage 1998. Kartoniert 
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  • Antike Persien. Von 550 vor Christus bis 650 nach Christus. 1998. Kartoniert
  • Josef Wiesehöfer
  • 426 Seiten, mit Abbildungen auf 32 Tafeln sowie 4 Karten
  • Der historisch und archäologisch interessierte Leser erhält hier einen Einblick in die Geschichte des antiken Persiens. Kultur, Herrschaftsformen und Wirtschaftsleben werden über einen Zeitraum von fast tausend Jahren hinweg anschaulich und kompetent dargestellt.


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Desai: Arabic, Persian, and Urdu Inscriptions of West India. A Topographical List. Cloth 
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  • Arabic, Persian, and Urdu Inscriptions of West India. A Topographical List. Cloth
  • Z.A. Desai
  • xxiv, 284 pages, indexes
  • ca. 22x29cm
  • 1999


0 Indian publication Desai
Potts: The Archaeology of Elam: Formation and Transformation of an Ancient Iranian State. Paperback 
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  • Archaeology of Elam: Formation and Transformation of an Ancient Iranian State. Paperback
  • by D.T. Potts
  • 490 pages, many illustrations, plates, tables. 1999. An up-to-date survey of the archaeology and history of Elam, in the ancient Near East.


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Stevenson: Celebration at Persepolis. Hardcover 
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  • Celebration at Persepolis. Hardcover
  • by Michael Stevenson
  • 2008


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Rafiee: Colloquial Persian: A Complete Language Course. 2 cd's 
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  • Colloquial Persian: A Complete Language Course. 2 cd's
  • Abdorreza  Rafiee
  • These two 60-minute CDs are available to accompany the Colloquial Persian book.
    This new edition of Colloquial Persian offers an up-to-date, step-by-step approach to the written and spoken language of Iran, also known as Farsi.


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Rafiee: Colloquial Persian: A Complete Language Course. Paperback 
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  • Colloquial Persian: A Complete Language Course. Paperback
  • by Abdi Rafiee
  • 304 pages, with a Persian-English and an English-Persian glossary. 2006. Written by an experienced teacher of the language, this new edition of Colloquial Persian offers an up-to-date, step-by-step approach to the written and spoken language of Iran, also known as Farsi.


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Rafiee: Colloquial Persian: A Complete Language Course. New Edition. Complete set: Book, CD 
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  • Colloquial Persian: The Complete Course for Beginners. New Edition. Book, CD
  • by Abdi Rafiee
  • 2007. This new edition of Colloquial Persian offers an up-to-date, step-by-step approach to the written and spoken language of Iran, also known as Farsi. Ideal for beginners, the course also highlights important cultural aspects of communicating in Persian. Learning to read and write Persian script is made as easy as possible. For those who wish to learn to speak Persian without studying the script, Romanization is included throughout.


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Steingass: Comprehensive Persian-English Dictionary including the Arabic Words and Phrases to be met with in Persian Literature. Cloth 
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  • Comprehensive Persian-English Dictionary including the Arabic Words and Phrases to be met with in Persian Literature. Being Johnson and Richardson's Persian, Arabic & English Dictionary. Revised, enlarged. Cloth. ca. 14x22cm.
  • by F. Steingass
  • viii, 1539 pages, all entries are also transliterated. Reprint, 2005


0 Indian publication Steingass
Palmer: Concise Dictionary English-Persian and Persian-English. Hardcover 
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  • Concise Dictionary English-Persian and Persian-English. Hardcover
  • E.H. Palmer
  • 722 columns. 1991 (Reprint)


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Palmer: A Concise Dictionary of the Persian Language 
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  • Concise Dictionary of the Persian Language. Hardcover
  • E.H. Palmer
  • 722 columns. 1991 (Reprint)


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Curtis: Forgotten Empire. The World of Ancient Persia. Paperback 
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  • Forgotten Empire. The World of Ancient Persia. Paperback
  • Author J.E. Curtis
  • 224 pages, with 300 illustrations, (250 in colour). 2005
  • Provides an insight into the wealth and splendour of Persian society - its rich palaces, exquisite craftsmanship and sophisticated learning. Remains from the royal sites of Susa and Persepolis provide a major focus in this illustrated catalogue. It includes sections on the expansion of the Persian Empire; arms and warfare; and trade and commerce


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Smith: Hard Times in the Lands of Plenty: Oil Politics in Iran and Indonesia. Paperback 
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  • Hard Times in the Lands of Plenty: Oil Politics in Iran and Indonesia. Paperback
    by Benjamin Smith
  • x, 243 pages


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Khan: Historical Heritage. A Bibliogaphical Survey of the Rare Manuscripts in the Arabic and Persian Research Institute Rajasthan, TONK. Hardback. i.p. 
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  • Historical Heritage. A Bibliogaphical Survey of the Rare Manuscripts in the Arabic and Persian Research Institute Rajasthan, TONK. Hardback. Even for an indian publication it looks very old
  • Edited by Shaukat Ali Khan
  • 123 pages, with index. 1980


0 Indian publication Khan
Abrahamian: A History of Modern Iran. Paperback 
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  • History of Modern Iran. Paperback
  • Ervand Abrahamian
  • 264 pages, 29 halftones 2 maps 13 tables. July 2008. In a reappraisal of Iran’s modern history, Ervand Abrahamian traces its traumatic journey across the twentieth century, through the discovery of oil, imperial interventions, the rule of the Pahlavis and, in 1979, revolution and the birth of the Islamic Republic.


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Adib-moghaddam: Iran in World Politics: The Question of the Islamic Republic. Hardcover 
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  • Iran in World Politics: The Question of the Islamic Republic. Hardcover
  • by Arshin Adib-moghaddam
  • xi, 272 pages. 2008


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Weiss: Iran. Gebunden (Reihe Orient Erlesen) 
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  • Iran. Gebunden (Reihe Orient Erlesen)
  • Herausgegeben von Walter M. Weiss, mit Texten von viele Autoren / Autorinnen
  • 262 Seiten. 2003


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Weiss: Iran: Land der Rosen und des Schleiers. Gebunden 
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  • Iran: Land der Rosen und des Schleiers. Gebunden. ca. 33 x 24 cm
  • Walter M. Weiss; Kurt-Michael Westermann
  • 207 Seiten, mit zahlreiche meist farbigen Fotos und 1 Übersichts-Karte. 200
  • Dieser Band stellt auf feinfühlige Weise ein Land vor, dessen Bild aus europäischer Sicht wie kaum ein zweites von Klischees geprägt ist. Eindrücklich wird vermittelt, auf welch traditions- und facettenreiches Erbe diese Kulturnation zurückblickt, welche grandiosen Landschaften der Iran zu bieten hat und wie warmherzig die Menschen dort Gäste zu empfangen pflegen


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Browne: Literary History of Persia. Hardcover. In 4 volumes. Cloth. i/p 
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  • Literary History of Persia. Hardcover. In 4 volumes. Cloth. indian publication
  • Volume 1: From the Earliest Times until Firdawsi. xiv, 521 pages
  • Volume 2: From Firdawsi to Sadí. xiv, 568 pages
  • Volume 3: The Tartar Dominion (1265 - 1502). xi, 586 pages
  • Volume 4: Modern Times (1500 - 1924). xvi, 530 pages
  • All volumes with an index and with some illustrations
  • Not so much a history of Persian Literature, as a history of the Persian people from a literary point of view


0 Indian publication Browne
West: Pahlavi Texts. Sacred Books of the East. Hardback. In 5 volumes: Sacred Books of the East volumes 5, 18, 24, 37 & 47 
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  • Pahlavi Texts. Sacred Books of the East. In 5 volumes: 5, 18, 24, 37 & 47. Hardback
  • Translated by E.W. West.
  • Volume 1: The Bundahis, Bahman Yast, and Shayast La-Shayast. 438 pages
    Volume 2: The Dadistan-i Dinik and the Epistles of ManoshIhar. 484 pages
    Volume 3: Dina-i-Mainog-i Khirad Sikand-Gumanik Vigar Sad Dar. 376 pages
    Volume 4: Contents of the Nasks. 504 pages
    Volume 5: Marvels of Zoroastrianism. 186 pages


Sacred Books of the East 05, 18, 24, 37 & 47
Boardman: Persia and the West. Cloth 
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  • Persia and the West. Cloth
  • John Boardman
  • 255 pages, with 295 illustrations and maps, notes, index. 2000. In the 6th century BC, the early kings of the Achaemenid Persian empire, Cyrus the Great and Darius, sought a new style of monumental architecture and sculpture with which to distinguish their capital cities.


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Piotrovsky, Veen, a.o.: Persia: Thirty Centuries of Art and Culture. Hardcover 
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  • Persia: Thirty Centuries of Art and Culture. Hardcover
  • by Mikhail Piotrovsky, Ernst W. Veen, Boele, a.o.
  • 127 pages. 2007


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Brosius: The Persians. Paperback 
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  • Persians. Paperback
  • Maria Brosius
  • 240 pages. 2006. The only book of its kind to cover both the Achaemenid period and the thousand years following Alexander's conquest, Persians explores the period from the seventh century BC, to the seventh century AD, and presents a comprehensive introduction to ancient Persia.


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Junker: Persisch - Deutsch Wörterbuch. 9., unveränderte Auflage. Gebunden 
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  • Persisch-Deutsch Wörterbuch. 9., unveränderte Auflage, 2002. Gebunden
  • Heinrich F.J. Junker, Bozorg Alavi
  • xii, 864 Seiten. Das Wörterbuch enthält etwa 50000 Einzelwörter, Ableitungen und Wendungen und ist vorwiegend für den praktischen Gebrauch bestimmt. Bei jedem Stichwort ist neben der persischen Schreibweise, die Aussprache in Umschrift angegeben, gefolgt von der entsprechenden deutschen Bedeutung


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Haar, ter: Een Perzische grammatica. Paperback 24,50 of 23,30 
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  • Perzische grammatica. Paperback. ca. 24x16 cm
  • door J.G.J. ter Haar
  • 144 pagina's, met appendices, register. 3e druk 2003, met errata


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Farrokh: Shadows in the Desert Ancient Persia at War. Hardback 
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  • Shadows in the Desert Ancient Persia at War
  • by Kaveh Farrokh, Richard Nelson Frye
  • 320 pages. 2007
  • The empires of ancient Persia remain as mysterious today as they were to contemporary Western scholars. Although Alexander the Great's conquest of Persia is legendary, the military successes of the Achaemenid, Parthian, and Sassanian empires, along with their revolutionary military technology, tactics, and culture have been almost forgotten in the sands of the East.


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Perdue: The Sword and the Stylus: An Introduction to Wisdom in the Age of Empires. Paperback 
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  • Sword and the Stylus: An Introduction to Wisdom in the Age of Empires. Paperback
  • by Leo G. Perdue
  • x, 502 pages. 2008. Leo Perdue here argues from a sociohistorical approach that the proper understanding of ancient wisdom literature requires one to move out of the realm of philosophical idealism into the flesh and blood of human history.


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Farzad: Teach Yourself Modern Persian Farsi. Paperback 
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  • Teach Yourself Modern Persian Farsi. Paperback
  • Narguess Farzad
  • 266 pages, with tables, 30 b&w line drawings. 2004
  • A course designed for the true beginner and self-access learner, starting from the basics of learning the Persian alphabet. By the end of the course the reader should be able to build complex sentences and communicate in a wide range of everyday situations.


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Alexander: Travels from India to England. Comprehending a visit to he Burman-Empire and a journey through Persia, Asia Minor, European Turkey, & in the years 1825-26. Cloth 
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  • Travels from India to England. Comprehending a visit to he Burman-Empire and a journey through Persia, Asia Minor, European Turkey in the years 1825-26. Cloth
  • James Edward Alexander
  • 300 pages, 21 plates, maps. 1827, this edition 2000


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