Full text Article By: Mehrazar Suren It is a well known fact that when the Soviet created (by the direct orders of Sovietg leadership) http://legacy.wilsoncenter.org/va2/index.cfm?topic_id=1409&fuseaction=home.browse&sort=Collection&item=1945-46 Iranian Crisis to separate Iranian Azerbaijan and Kurdistan provinces. When the Azerbaijan democratic party lead by Pishevari took over, they first ask Iranian troops to disarm (with Soviet forces), then they arrested […]

Greetings Professor Diker, It has been brought to my attention that you describe Parthian as a Turkish language in your website (or a related website): www.compmore.net/~tntr/crescent_starb.html This is linguistically incorrect. Parthian is not a Turkic language. It is an old western Iranian language that is also called “Parthian Pahlavi”. It is a very close relative […]

PDF Version Some remarks on Farabi’s background: INDO (Soghdian / պարսկական) կամ թյուրքական(Altaic)? Goshtasp Lohraspi This article discusses the background of Abu Nasr Farabi (872-950/951 A.D.), one of the most famous Muslim Polymaths who contributed to many fields including philosophy, music theory, logics, sociology and others. Farabi is one of the greatest figures of humanity and his […]

Full text Article PDF version Politicization of the background of Nizami Ganjavi: Attempted de-Iranization of a historical Iranian figure by the USSR By Dr. Ali Doostzadeh (In memory of Vladimir Minorsky and Nowruzali Mohammadzadeh) Նշում 1: The article believes that Nizami Ganjavi despite his Iranic background, culture and contribution to Iranian civilization, and being a […]

به نام خداوند جان و خرد کزین اندیشه برتر برنگذرد A Study about the Persian Cultural Legacy and Background of the Sufi Mystics Shams Tabrizi and Jalal al-Din Rumi By Rahgozari Minutalab October 2009, Open Source. The author is not association with any modification of the current article but any author is free to use […]