A GLIMPSE AT IRANIAN HISTORY includes fourty-nine articles by Badri Atabai. The articles cover general Iranian history and biography. The chapters are as follows:
TABLE OF CONTENTS IN ENGLISH
Preface
Introduction
The Aryan and Iranian Tribes
The Persian Achaemenids
Alexander the Macedonian and his Successors
The Parthians
The Sassanids
A Review of Aspects of Iranian History after the Advent of Islam
The Taherids
The Saffarids
The Samanids
The ‘Alids of Tabarestan
The Ziyarids of Daylam
The Buyids of Daylam
The Ghaznavids
The Seljuqs
The Atabegs
The Khwarazm-Shahs
The Mongol Sedition
The Mongol Il-Khanids
The Timurids of Gorgan
Qara Qoyunlu and Aq Qoyunlu Turkmens
The Safavids
Shah Tahmasp I
Shah Isma’il II
Shah ‘Abbas the Great
Civil Activities During the Safavid Period
Court Pastimes of the Safavid Period
Nader Shah Afshar
The Zand Dynasty
The Qajar Dynasty
Fath-Ali Shah Qajar
Abbas Mirza, Crown Prince
Mohammad Shah Qajar
Nassereddin Shah Qajar
Mirza Taghi Khan Amir Kabir
Mozzafareddin Shah Qajar
The Constitutional Movement
The Compiling of the Constitution
The Convening of the Temporary Parliament
Mohammad-Ali Shah Qajar
The Movement of the Iranian People
Ahmad Shah Qajar
The Fall of the Qajar Government
Events Worthy of Attention of the Qajar Period
Art Works of the Qajar Period
Transformation of Persian Prose in the Constitutional Movement
The Writings of Mirza Abol Qassem Qa’em Maqam
The Role of Iranian Women in the Constitutional Revolution
The National Historical Unity of Iran
Appendix: A Review of the Course of Creation and Change of the Art of Miniature Painting
AUTHOR
The author of over sixteen books BADRI ATABAI was the head of the Imperial Library in Iran until the 1979 Revolution. She also taught Persian, Iranian history and library science at various universities in Egypt. She presently lives in the Washington DC area.
EDITOR
MAHMUD GUDARZI is a writer and journalist living in the Washington DC area.
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