Iraj Bashiri

Iraj Bashiri ( born July 31, 1940 in Behbahan, Khuzestan, Iran) is a professor of history at the University of Minnesota, USA and one of the leading scientist in the field of Central Asian Studies and Iranian Studies. Fluent in English, Persian, Persian - Tajik and several Turkic languages ​​, Bashiri has been able to read and translate works that would remain the most Russian-speaking scientific community of the Central Asian studies otherwise inaccessible. Bashiris career initially focused on the ancient Persia and then shifted to the Tajik identity and the relations between Tajiks and Uzbeks the Turkic Central Asia.

Publications (selection)

  • Persian for beginners 1972, 1975, 1981, 1991.
  • Persidskij yazyk dla nachinaushchikh Osnovnoj rate (Persian for beginners of Bazukin V. ), 2000.
  • 'To be' The verb as the origin of syntax (Persian ), 1973.
  • Sadeq Hedayat fiction, 1984.
  • The Black Tulip ( novella in English and Persian), 1984.
  • The Pearl Cannon (ed. ), 1986.
  • Ferdowsi's Shahnameh: 1000 years later, in 1994.
  • From the hymns of Zarathustra to the songs of Borbad, 2003.
  • Iran and Islam ( 1400 ), 1997
  • Kamal Khujandi: An era and its significance for the history of Central Asian civilization, 1996.
  • The story of a national catastrophe, Rahim Masov (transverse ), 1996.
  • The renaissance of the Samanids and the development of Tajik identity, 1998.
  • Tajikistan in the 20th century, (ed). RFE / RL, 1999-2002.
  • From the beginning to the year 2000 AD. A comprehensive chronology of the history of Central Asia, Afghanistan and Iran, 2001 ( PDF file, 2.89 MB )
  • Personalities in Tajikistan of the 20th century, 2003 ( PDF; 858 kB).
  • The Nowruz Scrolls, published in 4 languages ​​( novella in German, English, Persian, Tajiki, Russian ), 2004.
  • The Impact of Egypt on Ancient Iran (PDF, 1.7 MB) 2007.
  • Ancient Iran: Cosmology, Mythology, History by Iraj Bashiri, Cognella Publishers, 2012.
  • Audible Audio Edition: Ancient Iran: Cosmology, Mythology, History by Iraj Bashiri, Cognella Publishers, 2013.
  • The Blind Owl, (PDF, 2.1 MB), 3rd. revised translation, 2013.

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  • Iraj Bashiri Biography
  • Bashiris publications in the areas of " Central Asia " and " Iran "
  • Who's Who in the World
  • Outstanding People of the 20th Century
  • International Dictionary of Biography
  • Personalities in Tajikistan of the 20th century
  • Iranist
  • Historian
  • University teachers ( University of Minnesota)
  • Iranian
  • Born in 1940
  • Man
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