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The Book of Radiance, Partaw-Nāma, Sohravardi, edited and translated by Hossein Ziai, Costa Mesa, CA: Mazda Publishers, 1998, Bibliotheca Iranica, Intellectual Traditions 1, ISBN 1–56859–080–6 (cloth), 1–56859–081–4 (paper), xx + 104 pp. + 85 pp. (Persian text), bilingual glossary of technical terms, index. - The Philosophical Allegories and Mystical Treatises, Shihabuddin Yahya Suhrawardi, edited and translated by Wheeler M. ThackstonJr., Costa Mesa, CA: Mazda Publishers, 1999, Bibliotheca Iranica, Intellectual Traditions 2, ISBN 1–56859–091–1 (paper), xxxiii + 131 pp. + 122 pp. (Persian and Arabic text), glossary of persons, bibliography.
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Al-Hallaj, Herbert W. Mason, Richmond: Curzon Press, 1995, Curzon Sufi Series, xv + 107 pp. - The Concept of Sainthood in Early Islamic Mysticism: Two works by Al-Hakīm Al-Tirmidhī, An annotated translation with introduction by Bernd Radtke and John O'Kane, Richmond: Curzon Press, 1996, Curzon Sufi Series, xi + 282 pp.
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- 01 January 2022, pp. 201-203
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Ibn Sīnā and Mysticism: Remarks and Admonitions, Shams C. Inati, London and New York: Kegan Paul International, 1996, viii + 114 pp.
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- 01 January 2022, pp. 203-205
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An Anthology of Philosophy in Persia, Volume I: Early Persian and Islamic Philosophy, Volume II: Ismaᶜili and Hermetico-Pythagorean Philosophy, Seyyed Hossein Nasr with Mehdi Aminrazavi, eds., New York: Oxford University Press, 1999, 2001, ISBN: 0–19–512699–8 (cloth), 0–19–512700–5 (cloth), xxx, 434 pp., indices, ix, 400 pp., indices, each volume $75.
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- 01 January 2022, pp. 423-427
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Sufis and Anti-Sufis: The Defence, Rethinking and Rejection of Sufism in the Modern World, Elizabeth Sirriyeh, London: Curzon Press 1999, ISBN: 0–7007–10582 (cloth) 0–700710604 (paper) viii + 188 pp.
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- 01 January 2022, pp. 427-434
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Contemplation and Action: The Spiritual Autobiography of a Muslim Scholar, A new edition and English translation of Nasir al-Din Tusi's Sayr wa Suluk by S. J. Badakhchani, London: I. B. Tauris in association with The Institute of Ismaili Studies, 1998, xiii + 86 + 22 pp. (includes text in Persian).
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- 01 January 2022, pp. 206-207
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Freethinkers of Medieval Islam: Ibn al-Rāwandī, Abū Bakr al-Rāzī, and Their Impact on Islamic Thought, Sarah Stroumsa, Leiden: Brill, 1999, Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science: Texts and Studies, vol. 35. xi + 261 pp. Nlg. 135 (US$ 79.50).
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- 01 January 2022, pp. 208-209
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Feminism and Islamic Fundamentalism: The Limits of Postmodern Analysis, Haideh Moghissi, London: Zed Books, 1999, 166 pp.
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- 01 January 2022, pp. 434-437
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Frontier Nomads of Iran: A Political and Social History of the Shahsevan, Richard Tapper, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997, Cambridge Middle East Studies 7, ISBN 0 521 58336 5, xvii + 429 pp., illus., figs., maps, index.
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- 01 January 2022, pp. 209-211
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Īrāniyān va andīsheh-i tajaddud, Jamshid Behnam, Tehran: Nashr-e Farzan, 1375/1996, 183 pp., notes, and bibliography, 5000 rials.
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- 01 January 2022, pp. 437-443
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Correspondance Corbin-Ivanow: Lettres échangées entre Henry Corbin et Vladimir Ivanow de 1947 à 1966, publiées par Sabine Schmidtke, préface de Christian Jambet, Paris: Diffusion Peeters et Institut d'études iraniennes, 1999, ISBN: 90–429–0739–8 (Peeters Leuven). ISBN: 2–87723–432–0 (Peeters France), pp. iv + 235, (no price given).
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- 01 January 2022, pp. 444-445
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Children of Deh Koh: Young Life in an Iranian Village, Erika Friedl, Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1997, ISBN 0–8156–2756–4 (hardback), ISBN 0–8156–2757–2 (paperback), 306 pp., appendix, glossary.
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- 01 January 2022, pp. 212-214
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In the Dragon's Claws: The Story of Rostam and Esfandiyar from the Persian Book of Kings, translation and introduction by Jerome W. Clinton, Washington, D.C.: Mage Publishers, 1999, ISBN: 0–934211–56–6, paper, 114 pp., $17.95.
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- 01 January 2022, pp. 445-449
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Avoir 20 ans à Téhéran, Isabelle Eshragi (photographs), Azadeh Kian-Thiébaut, and Seyyed Ebrahim Nabavi (text), Paris: Editions Alternatives, 1999, ISBN 2862271942, 95 pp., illustrations.
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- 01 January 2022, pp. 215-217
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The Epic of the Kings: Shâh-Nâma by Ferdowsi. An abridged translation by Reuben Levy, with a foreword by Ehsan Yarshater, a preface by Amin Banani, and a new introduction by Dick Davis. Costa Mesa, CA: Mazda Publishers, 1996, Persian Heritage Series number 2, second edition, xlvi+423 pp. - The Lion and the Throne: Stories from the Shahnameh of Ferdowsi. Volume I, prose rendition by Ehsan Yarshater, translated from the Persian by Dick Davis, including a chapter “Illustrating a Shahnameh” by Stuart Cary Welch, Washington, DC: Mage Publishers, 1998, xi + 271 pp.
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- 01 January 2022, pp. 217-220
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Persian Historiography: To the End of the Twelfth Century, Julie Scott Meisami, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1999. xii, 302 pp., appendix, bibliography and index to p. 319. No price indicated.
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- 01 January 2022, pp. 449-452
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Die “Persophonie”: Regionalität, Identität und Sprachkontakt in der Geschichte Asiens. Bert G. Fragner, Berlin: Das Arabische Buch, 1999, Series ANOR No. 5, ISBN 3–86093–229–2, paper, 116 pp., DM 19.80.
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- 01 January 2022, pp. 452-455
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Iran and Iranian Studies: Essays in Honor of Iraj Afshar, edited by Kambiz Eslami, Princeton, NJ: Zagros Press, 1998, ISBN 0–966–34420, 357 pp.
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- 01 January 2022, pp. 220-222
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One Thousand & One Persian-English Proverbs: Learning Language and Culture Through Commonly Used Sayings, Simin K. Habibian, 2nd Edition, Bethesda, MD: Ibex Publishers, Inc. 1999, ISBN 0–936347–92–9, 246 pp. $16.00.
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- 01 January 2022, pp. 455-458
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Women without Men: A Novella, Shahrnush Parsipur, trans. Kamran Talattof and Jocelyn Sharlet, Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1998, 131 pp.
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- 01 January 2022, pp. 222-224
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