Journal Archive
Browse the archive of our journal, published annually from 2002 until 2019. All editions from 2005 onwards were published digitally and are available here.
N.B. The journal is available to members only.
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Browse the archive of our journal, published annually from 2002 until 2019. All editions from 2005 onwards were published digitally and are available here.
N.B. The journal is available to members only.
Articles by Anthony Fitzherbert, Dr Melanie Gibson and Lucy Deacon. Three book reviews: Voices from Zoroastrian Iran, Collecting the Arts of Iran in the 19th Century, and The Persian Carpet: The Forgotten Years, 1722-1872.
Overviews of three lectures, on: mountaineering in Iran; Iran and the USSR; and BP in Iran in the early 19th Century. Articles on Shahrud, Zoroastrians in Zanzibar and the shrine of Shah Ni’matullah Veli at Mahan. Book reviews: Iran: A Modern History and Russian in Iran: Diplomacy and Power in the Qajar Era and Beyond. Obituaries of Sir Clive Bossom, Lord Temple-Morris and Professor Ehsan Yarshater.
Lectures on Nazi subversion, Prince Arfa, cinema in the Iran-Iraq war, Iran and Georgia, and the mosque of Shaykh Lutfallah. Reports from travel scholars James Scanlon and Serena Watson-Follet. Book Reviews: Rise and Fall; In the Lion’s Shadow: the Iranian Schindler; The Bazaar of Isfahan; and Paradise Lost.
Overviews of two lectures, on Javanmardi in the Iranian Tradition and 17th Century Paintings from Safavid Isfahan. Report from travel scholar Marc Czarnuszewicz. Book Reviews: Sweet Boy Dear Wife: Jane Dieulafoy in Persia 1881-1886; Qajar Persia and Imperial Russia 1853-1902; Nazi Secret Warfare in Occupied Persia; Shiva Rahbaran – Writers Uncensored; The Love of Strangers.
Overviews of four lectures, on the British Army in the Caspian and the Battle for Baku, clerical authority and Religious Seminaries in Iran, the story of Heral, and Sir John Malcolm. Tom Lewis’ travel scholar report. Book Reviews: Tarikh-e 'Azodi: Life at the court of the early Qajars Persian kingship and architecture; Land of the turquoise mountains: Journeys across Iran; Iran: A very short introduction; Behind the 1953 coup in Iran; Persian Pearl: Classical Persian poems and recordings.
Overviews of three lectures, on Napoleon and Persia, the body and dress of the Achaemenid Monarch, and European physicians at the court of Nasir ud-Din Shah. Reports from travel scholars Nathanial Rees and Rob Bental. Book Reviews: The Palace of Darius at Susa; Perceptions of Iran; The Political Economy under the Qajars; Envoy - A Diplomatic Journey; Tales of Iran.
Lectures on Iranian influence in South Asia, the anti-tobacco fatwa of 1891, and Sultan Sulayman and Shah Tahmasb. Travel scholar reports on Soviet-Iranian relations, and architecture and manuscripts in the Deccan. Book reviews: Nuclear Iran: the Birth of an Atomic State; German Foreign Policy towards Iran; Khatami’s Iran; and Becoming Visible in Iran. One article: ‘A Carpet Thief’, by Antony Wynn.
Lectures on caucasian Christians and the construction of the Safavid Isfahan, ancient trade and modern dhows on the Persian Gulf, challenges and new waves in Iranian art, and Colonel Pasyan. Reports from travel scholars Fuchsia Hart and Zep Kalb. Book reviews: Persia in Crisis; Patriot of Persia; Days of God; and Faces of Love.
Lectures on Curzon, the Shahnameh, and the Azarbaijan Crisis of 1945-46. Articles honouring the centenary of the Persia Society, including on its history and Lord Curzon’s speech at the Society’s inaugural dinner. Reports from travel scholars Peter Cole and Steven Steyr. Book reviews: Soldiers, Shahs and Subalterns in Iran; Drinking Arak off an Ayatollah’s Beard; Zoroastrianism: an Introduction; and The Hymns of Zoroaster.
Lectures on the Zill Al-Sultan, the Persian press, and the Iranian gas trunkline. Articles: ‘From Islamic Small Town to Westernised Metropolis’; ‘The Shahnameh and British Propoganda in World War II’; and ‘From the Tehran Press’. Travel Scholar’s report on calligraphy in Iranian art. Book reviews: Reformers and Revolutionaries in Modern Iran; The Persians; and Among the Iranians.
Lectures on Iraj, Shah Abbas, and Zoroaster. Articles on Ziegler’s man in Persia, Farideh’s garden and carpet collecting in the 19th Century. Book reviews: Letters from Tabriz; Shah Abbas: the Ruthless King Who Became An Iranian Legend; Persia in Peckham: Recipes from Persepolis; Isfahan: Pearl of Persia; and Pea Boy and Other Stories from Iran.
Lectures to the Society on the art of Omar Khayyam and HIV in Iran. Travel Report on contemporary Iranian theatre. From the Archives: ‘Haji Sheikh Baqer of Hamadan’ and ‘Colonel C.E. Stewart’. Obituaries: Professor Ann Lambton O.B.E., Paul Gotch O.B.E., and Shusha Guppy. Book Reviews: Omar Khayyam: Poet, rebel, astronomer; Obeyd Zakani – Ethics of the aristocrats; Iran – The Bradt Travel Guide; Empire of the mind – History of Iran; Iran – A chronological history; In the rose garden of the martyrs; and Persia through writers’ eyes.
Articles: Between the Image and the Word, Denis Wright and the English in Persia, The Centenary of Iranian Oil, Exploring the Geometric Art of Iran, Nasir Al-Din Shah and his Fools, and British Consulates in Iran. Inaugural Lecture 1936. Book Review: The Beckoning East.
Articles: Ta’ziyeh in Iran, Alborz Retrospective, Architectural conservation in Iran, Sadeq Hedayat as a scholar, Pascal Coste and Eugene Flandin, and AbulGhassem Khan Gharagozlou, Nasser ul-Molk. Book reviews: Eagle’s Nest; Mirror of the unsees - Journeys in Iran; and General Maps of Persia 1477-1925.