Iran: History

History

Ancient Iran
Pre-History Iran - The History of Elam - The Elamite Empire - Aryans' Immigration

The Median Empire
The Empire of the Median (Mâdhâ) Dynasty; 728-550BCE - Median and Achæmenid Empire of Iran

The Achaemenid Empire
Achaemenid (Hakhâmaneshiyân) Dynasty (550-330BCE) - Map of Iran under Achaemenid Dynasty - Achaemenid Army - Achaemenid Royal Inscriptions - Achaemenid Royal Inscriptions: Plans and Photographs - Achaemenid Empire (Coins) - 550-323 BC: Persian Empire - Achaemenid period (553 bce - 330 bce) - New Trends in Achaemenid History - The Achamaenid - Achaemenians - The Art of Achaemenian Iran - Achemenet (French) - Histoire et civilisation de monde achéménide et de l'empire d'Alexandre (PDF) - L'histoire de l'empire achéménide aujourd'hui: nouvelles tendances, nouvelles perspectives (PDF) - Cyrus, Darius, And Glory - Cyrus The Great - Cyrus the Great and Rise of Persia - When Cyrus the Great was a Boy - Cyrus the Great's Cylinder - Cambyses II - The Sacred Disease of Cambyses II - Cambyses II, the Persian Ruler of Egypt And His Lost Army - Excerpts From The Fall of the Peacock Throne

The Persian Wars
The Persian Wars (by Livio C. Stecchini) - The Persian Wars (HWC) - The Persian Wars by Herodotus

Persepolis
Persepolis and ancient Iran: Thumbnail - Images of Persepolis - Persepolis, the Sacred City - Persepolis - Persepolis/Ancient Iran (The Detroit Institute of Arts) - Persepolis (ICIC) - 3dparse - Persepolis, a virtual reconstruction

The Seleucid Period
The Seleucid dynasty - Persia After the Death of Alexander and Its Resistance To Hellenistic World

The Parthian Empire
The Empire of the Parthian (Ashkâniân ) Dynasty; 248BCE-224CE - The Parthian Empire - The Parthian Army - 250 BC to AD 225: Parthian Empire - Parthia: The Forgotten Empire - General Surena and the Battle of Carrhae - Parthia (Images) -

The Sassanid Empire
Sassanid Persia 226-642 - Sasanian Empire - The Sassanids to 500 CE - The Sassanid Army - An Overview of the Sassanian Persian Military - A Review of Sasanian Images and Inscriptions - An Overview of the Sasanian Military - Sassanid Empire (Images) - The Art of Sassanian - Sassanian Iran (The Hermitage Museum) - The Sasanian Seal Collection - Sasanika

Persia: General
History of the Persian Empire - Ancient Iranian Army - Articles on Ancient Persia - Persia (Internet History Sourcebook) - Articles & Essays about Ancient Iran - Circle of Ancient Iranian Studies (University of London) - Herodotus: On The Customs of the Persians, c. 430 BCE - The Laws of the Ancient Persians - The Louvre Collection (Images) - Les collections du Proche-Orient et de l'Iran - The Splendor of Persia - Iranian Diaspora, Pre-Islamic Time, by Mary Boyce - The Persian Gulf Trade in Late Antiquity

Old Iranian Languages
Aryan Language (Old Persian) - Old-Persian Text with English Translation - Overview of the Avestan language - Avestan Dictionary - Avestan alphabet - Iranian Languages & Literature - Lexicon of Iranian Languages (LIL) - Middle Persian scripts - Old Persian Cuneiform - Online Pahlavi Dictionary - Parsik/Pahlavi

Ancient Iranian Religions
Anahita - Manichaeism - Manichaeism - Mazdakism - Mithraism - Zoroastrianism - Zurvanism

Ancient Iranian Religions-Zoroastrians
Avesta Org. - Azadan Journal - Faravahar Org - Farvardyn - Federation of Zoroastrian Associations of North America - Gatha (European Centre for Zoroastrian Studies) - Hamazor - Oshihan - Parsis - Persian DNA - Spenta University - Vohuman (A Zoroastrian Educational Institute) - Zoroastrians - Zoroastrian Community (Sweden) - Zoroastrian Society of Ontario - Zoroastrianism - Zarathushtra - The Zarathushtrian Assembly - World of Traditional Zoroastrianism - The World Zoroastrian Organization - The Zoroastrian Calendar - Zoroastrianism - About Zarathushtrian Religion - Zoroastrian Religion under the Achaemenids - Zoroastrian Science Fiction - Borrowed ideas; Persian roots of Christian traditions - Gathas; The Divine Songs of Zarathushtra - The Zoroastrian Houses of Yazd - Zurvanism - Zoroastrianism - Keepers of the Flame (NPR) - Keepers of the Flame (NPR Audio) - Zoroastrians (Washington Post) - Zoroastrians-Images (Washington Post)

Persian Mythology
Anahita - Faravahar - The Origins Of Mithraism - Mithraism - Mithraism (CAIS) - Mithra (CAIS) - Mithra Khšathrapati and His Brother Ahura - Mithraism - Mithraism - Mithraism Links - Mithraeum - Persian Mythology - Simorgh - Shâhnâmeh (The Epic of Kings)

Archaeology
Archaeology of Ancient Iran - Archaeological Excavation reports - Iranian Prehistoric Project - The Anahita Temple - The Deh Luran Archaeological Project - Detroit Institute of Arts: Permanent Collection: Persepolis - University of Chicago expedition to Iran in the 1930's - Persepolis and ancient Iran - Persepolis-Smithsonian - Tehran Branch of the Eurasia Section (Deutsches Archäologisches Institut) - The Arisman Excavations (Deutsches Archäologisches Institut) - Archaeological excavations at Tal-i Malyan - Bakhtiari Archaeological Finds - Archaeology and Arts in Iran During the First Millennium B.C. - Bitter Story of Plundering Cultural Heritage of Iran - World's Oldest Wine Jar - Neolithic Period “Chateau Hajji Firuz” - Prehistoric Village of Meymand (Photo Essay) - Publications on the Art & Archaeology of the Iranian World (CAIS) - Archaeology Books

Arab & Mongol Conquests (633 AD-1501 AD)
Arab Conquest - The Samanid Empire - Samanid Dynasty (AD 819-999) - Samanid Renaissance and Establishmentof Tajik Identity - Tajik Dynasty of Samanids - The Ghaznavids (962 - 1186) - The Seljuks - The Ghaznavids & Saljuks - Invasion of the Mongols and Tamerlane (Library of Congress) - The Mongol Invasions

Safavids (1501-1722)
The Safavi Dynasty - Reflections on Safavid History and Historiography - The Safavid Era - The Safavids (Library of Congress) - Iran, Islam and Decline under the Safavids - Shah Abbas I - The ghilzai Dynasty (1722-1729)

Afshar Dynasty (1729-1747)
Afshar (1729-1747) - Nader Shah - Biography of Nader Shah Afshar - Nader Shah Afshar 1729 - 1747 - Nader Shah - The Story of Kouh-e Noor and Daryay-e Noor Diamonds

Zand Dynasty (1750-1794)
The Zand Dynasty - Persia: The Zand Dynasty - Zand Dynasty (Almanach) - Zand Dynasty - The Rise of the Zands

Qajar Era (1795-1925)
The Qajar Dynasty - Kadjar/Qajar Dyansty (Almanach) - The Qajar Dynasty - The Qajar Dynasty - Qajar Flags - The Qajar Class Structure (The Iranian) - Abbas Mirza, Persian prince - Amir Kabir - Mirza Taqi-Khan - Amir Kabir - Amir Kabir commemorative postage stamp - Bagher Khan and Sattar Khan - Mirza Reza Kermani - Iranian Identity and Historiography - Qajar Art - Qajar Royal Persian Paintings (SOAS) - Qajar Royal Persian Paintings (Review & Gallery) - Eye on Qajar Art (Iranian) - Images of The Constitutionalist Revolution: 1906-1909 (IRVL) - The Anglo-Russian Entente - 1907 (Yale Avalon Project) - Napoleon and Persia: Franco-Persian Relations Under the First Empire - Persia 1800-1830 - Women's Role in the Constitutional Movement of Iran

Pahlavi Era (1925-1979)
The Pahlavi Era - The Pahlavi Dynasty - Pahlavi Dynasty (Almanach) - Pahlavi Era Flags - The Era of Reza Shah (1921-1941) - When Persia became Iran - Great Britain and Reza Shah - A Brief History of the Tudeh Party in Iran - Iran in World War II - The Persian corridor and aid to Russia - Near East Iran - truck convoy of US supplies for USSR (FDR Library) - Ghale-Morghi Airport 1944 - Persian Gulf Command: Lifeline to the Soviet Union - Persian Gulf Command (Gallery) - Bandar Shahpur - Persian Gulf Command - Sunrise at Abadan - World War II and the Azarbaijan Crisis (Library of Congress) - World War II -- 60 Years After: The Anglo-Soviet Invasion Of Iran And Washington-Tehran Relations - The Tehran Conference (Yale Avalon Project) - The Tehran Conference (Gallery) - Shah & De Gaulle (Gallery) - Mossadeq and Oil Nationalization (Library of Congress) - Dr. Mossadegh visiting the US (Gallery) - Eisenhower & Mossadegh messages on oil situation - 1951 Man of the Year: Mohammed Mossadegh (Time) - The Secret CIA History of the Iran Coup, 1953 (National Security Archives) - NY Times Special Report of CIA in Iran - Overthrowing the government of Iran (Lobster Journal) - Iran was our puppet state (The Guardian) - MI6: Fifty Years of Special Operations (The Guardian) - The Post-Mossadeq Era and the Shah's White Revolution (Library of Congress) - SAVAK [Ministry of Security] Iran Intelligence Agencies - Foreign Relations of the United States 1964-1968 - Foreign Relations of the United States 1969-1972, Iran - Avoiding the Burden the Carter Doctrine in perspective - The Algiers Accord, March 6, 1975 - Treaty concerning the Frontier and Neighbourly relations between Iran and Iraq - Agreements and Treaties - National Security Action Memorandum No. 67 Iran, 08/07/1961 (JFK Library) - National Security Action Memorandum No. 228 Review of Iranian Situation, 03/14/1963 (JFK Library) - Tehran, Iran Toasts of the President and the Shah at a State Dinner. - December 31st, 1977 - Shah of Iran & US Presidents (Gallery) - Presidential Visits Abroad: Iran - Secretaries Travel Abroad: Iran - 2,500-year celebrations revisited (The Iranian) - Coronation - 1967 (Video) - Regal Grace (The Iranian) - "Empress of the Arts" - Imperial Iran - Imperial Iranian Army (IIA) - Imperial Iranian Airforce (IIAF) - Imperial Iranian Navy (IIN) - Shiraz Air Force Base (August 1977) - Royal to-do over 'undignified festivities' (The Guardian) - Embittered Shah leaves for Egypt, and exile, today (The Guardian) - The Bakhtiar Government (Library of Congress)

1979 Revolution-Present
Iran and Its Revolution - The Story of the Revolution (BBC) - The Iranian revolution (Picture Gallery) - The Revolution (Library of Congress) - The Iranian Revolution (fsmitha) - Ayatullah Khomeini - Profile of Ayatullah Khomeini - The 1979 Revolution (Iranian) - Class Analysis of the Iranian Revolution of 1979 - Revolutionary Islam - The Iranian Revolution - The Iranian Revolution - Past, Present and Future - Iranian Revolution Bibliography (Middle East Institute) - Islamic Revolution Document Center (IRDC) - Iran's Post-1979 Conflicts (Middle East Institute) - Khomeini's Incorporation of the Iranian Military (PDF) - 20 Years after the Hostages: Declassified Documents on Iran and the United States (National Security Archives) - Iran: 1977-1980 - U.S. Hostages in Iran (Timeline of Events) - CIA Documents from Tehran Embassy - Excerpts from an Iran Hostage's Diary (Jimmy Carter Library and Museum) - The Hostage Crisis in Iran (Jimmy Carter Library and Museum) - Carter discusses failed hostage rescue attempt, 25 April 1980 (History Channel) - Operation Eagle Claw - The Iran Project and the Struggle for Iran radio documentary - The Algiers Accords (January 19, 1981) - Warren Christopher on Iran's Release of Hostages, 21 January 1981 - Iran-United States Claims Tribunal - US Department of State Info on Iran-US Claims Tribunal - The Iran Iraq War (FAS Org.) - The Iran Iraq War (Library of Congress) - The Onset of Iran-Iraq War (US Army) - The Air War in The Persian Gulf - Security Council resolution 598 - July 20, 1987 (courtesy U.N.) - UN Security Council Resolution 598 - July 20, 1987 | (PDF) - UN Security Council resolutions relating to Iran (1946-1991) - Iran-Iraq War - Outstanding Issues in Iran-Iraq Relations - Review of the U.S. Policy Vis-a-Vis the Iran-Iraq War - The United States and Iran-Iraq War - Sacred Defence (Image Gallery)
Iran-Iraq Border Problem - Iran-Iraq Boundary (Department of State) - Iran-Iraq War and Waterway Claims - Iran-Iraq War (Historical Atlas of the 20th Century) - Chemical Warfare in the Iraq-Iran War - The Iran-Iraq war: 25 years on - BBC - Images from the Iran-Iraq War - War Reconstructed Zones Office (Iran) - Iran Air Flight 655 - Navy Missile Downs Iranian Jetliner - The Iran-Contra Scandal: The Declassified History - The Iran-Contra Affair: The Making of a Scandal, 1983-1988 - Iran Contra Emails - Final Report of the Independent Counsel for Iran/Contra Matters - Iran After Khomeini: White House hopes for better times (The Guardian) - America and Iran: Road Maps and Realism - The Strait of Hormuz: Potential for Conflict - AbuMusa: Island Dispute Between Iran and the UAE - 'Memorandum of Understanding' between Iran and Sharjah (November 1971 ) - Emirates Island Org. - Persian Gulf and Iran's Sovereignty over the Tunbs and Abu Musa Islands in Historical Documents - Part I (Iran Daily) - Iran: Islands Dispute Unlikely To Disrupt Improving UAE Ties (RFE/RL) - Iran's love-hate relationship with the UK - Timeline: British-Iranian relations (The Guardian) - Timeline: UK-Iran relations (BBC) - FlyingFish - Salman Rushdie, British Petroleum (BP) and Iran - Shah Khamenei (NY Times) - The protests which shook Iran: Special Report - Iran the Struggle for Change (BBC) - Iran elections: Special report-2000-Collection of Articles (BBC) - Timeline: Iran-A chronology of key events (BBC) - President Khatami's speech at the UN General Assembly (September 21, 1998) - Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright Remarks on American-Iranian Relations (March 17, 2000) and In Persian - L'Iran d'hier et d'aujourd'hui - Commission Des Affairs Etrangeres (Avril 2000) - Political Paralysis: Iran's 2001 Election and the Future of Reform (Asia Society) - The End of Dual Containment: Iraq, Iran and Smart Sanctions (Stanley Foundation) - Iran: The Struggle for the Revolution´s Soul - ICG (August 5, 2002) - The Landscape of Factional Politics In Iran - The Middle East Institute (August 20, 2002) - 25th Anniversary Of Islamic Revolution Commemorated Amid Serious Political Crisis - RFE (Feb. 11, 2004) - The 25th Anniversary of Iran's Islamic Revolution: Looking Back and Ahead - Washington Institute (Feb. 27, 2004) - Iran and its Factions (September 19, 2006)

US-Iran Relations

Timeline
Timeline of Iranian History - Persian Empire Timeline - Timeline Iran - 8000-2000 B.C. (The Metropolitan Museum of Art) - Timeline Iran - 2000-1000 B.C. (MET) - Timeline Iran - 1000 B.C.-1 A.D. (MET) - Timeline Iran - 1-500 A.D. (MET) - Timeline Iran - 500-1000 A.D (MET) - Timeline Iran - 1000-1400 A.D. (MET) - Timeline Iran - 1400-1600 A.D. (MET) - Iran: Chronology (Worldstatesmen) - BBC Timeline: Iran

History-General
Persia: Brief History - Iran Histrory: From Pre-Achaemenid to World War I - History of Iran (Iranologie) - History of Iran (Library of Congress) - History Index: Iran (Virtual Library) - Image Search: Iran (British Museum) - Image Search: Persia - Media, Persia, Parthia, and Irân - Armed Conflict Events Data: Iran (Persia) 1800-1999 - Institute for Iranian Contemporary Historical Societies - Iran: History and Culture - Iran Saga - Iranica - Iranian Oral History Project - Iranian Left Oral History Project - Oral History Project Iran Interviews with Iranian left activists - AFDI - Archive of Research and Documentation Iran e.V. - Iranian World (Library of Congress) - Iran, History, Land and People - Tagvim Tarikh

Geography
Geography of Iran - Maps - Historical Maps

National Heritage Sites
Cultural Heritage Foundation - Cultural Heritage News - Cultural Research Bureau - Arg-e Bam - Bisotun - Carpet Museum - Chashmidigar - Glassware Museum - Golestan Palace - Iran Heritage Foundation - Iranian Cultural Heritage Organization - Iranian Museums - Imperial Jewels of Iran - Khorasan Heritage - National Musuem of Iran - Niavaran Palace - Persian Garden - Qazvin Heritage - Qom Cultural Heritage Organization - Persepolis - Research Center for Conservation of Relics - Reza Abbasi Museum - Saadabad Complex - Saadabad Gallery - Sultanieh - Tehran Heritage - Tehran Museums - Unesco World Heritage Sites - UNESCO: Persepolis (1979) - UNESCO: Meidan Emam, Esfahan (1979) - UNESCO: Tchogha Zanbil (1979) - UNESCO: Takht-e Soleyman (2003) - UNESCO: Pasargadae (2004) - UNESCO: The Bam Citadel (Arg-e Bam) and its Related Sites (2004) - Soltaniyeh - West Azarbaijan Heritage - Yad Iran: Association of the Friends of the Cultural Heritage

Lectures & Seminars
Achaemenid Seminar (CS Fullerton)
Babak and the End of Late Antiquity in Iran (UCLA)
Images and Lives in Ancient Persia Seminar (Bowers Musuem)
The presence of Iran in the ancietnt world (UCI)
The Talmud in Its Iranian Context (UCLA)

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