This article introduces a miscellany notebook in Arabic and Persian, entitled Favāka al-basātin (... more This article introduces a miscellany notebook in Arabic and Persian, entitled Favāka al-basātin (Fruits of the Gardens), compiled around 1914 in Tehran by Hājj Mirzā Mohammad Tehrāni (d. 1914-21), a learned sugar merchant and bookseller. The notebook covers a broad range of topics on faith, philosophy, and ethics. It frequently draws on the Qurʾan and the Hadith, as well as Stoic proverbs, mostly from the Meditationes (Meditations) of Marcus Aurelius (r. 161-80), which was well received in nineteenth-century Persian advice literature. The text also includes passages from the Thousand and One Nights and sections on modern sciences, such as electricity, gas laws, and liquid dynamics, and a theory of colors explaining the rainbow. The article's introductory section provides brief biographical background of the compiler of this notebook, the second section presents an overview of its contents, and the final section explores the question of authorial subjectivity and the author-text relationship by putting in perspective the volume's gradual compilation, its eclectic range of topics, and its fluid structure. Through its diverse reading and writing strategies, this notebook represents an informative and heuristic venue that opens new analytical angles on Iran's cosmopolitan, multifaceted, and heterogenous intellectual milieu in the late Qajar period.
“Right to Remove Evil and Rise up to Injustice,” Bukhara 28 (N0. 158), Mehr-Aban 1402 (October - ... more “Right to Remove Evil and Rise up to Injustice,” Bukhara 28 (N0. 158), Mehr-Aban 1402 (October - November 2023), pp. 89-102. Complete text.
Ali Gheissari, Iranian Intellectuals in the Twentieth Century, Austin, TX: University of Texas Pr... more Ali Gheissari, Iranian Intellectuals in the Twentieth Century, Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1998. Persian translation by Mohammad Dehqani, Tehran: Hermes, 3rd edition, 1393 (2015).
Tabriz and Rasht in the Iranian Constitutional Revolution, 1906-1911, 2008
Ali Gheissari (ed.), Tabriz and Rasht in the Iranian Constitutional Revolution, 1906-1911: Memoir... more Ali Gheissari (ed.), Tabriz and Rasht in the Iranian Constitutional Revolution, 1906-1911: Memoirs of Hājj Mohammad-Taqi Jurābchi (Persian title: Harfi az Hezārān ke-andar ʿEbārat Āmad), complete text with additions, edited with an Introduction by Ali Gheissari, Tehran: Nashr-e Tārikh-e Iran, 1386 (2008), 363pp.
Constitutional Rights Reconsidered: Development of Civil Law and the Shaping of Iran’s Judiciary,... more Constitutional Rights Reconsidered: Development of Civil Law and the Shaping of Iran’s Judiciary, 1907-1941
Ann Lambton Memorial Lecture
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Durham University... more Ann Lambton Memorial Lecture
Institute for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies
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The U.S. Coup of 1953 in Iran, Sixty Years On. Persian translation
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Truth Method in Modern Iranian Historiography and Social Sciences Persian translation
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ترجمه کاوه بیات، نشریه گفتگو، شماره 13، 1374، صص 95-113
This article introduces a miscellany notebook in Arabic and Persian, entitled Favāka al-basātin (... more This article introduces a miscellany notebook in Arabic and Persian, entitled Favāka al-basātin (Fruits of the Gardens), compiled around 1914 in Tehran by Hājj Mirzā Mohammad Tehrāni (d. 1914-21), a learned sugar merchant and bookseller. The notebook covers a broad range of topics on faith, philosophy, and ethics. It frequently draws on the Qurʾan and the Hadith, as well as Stoic proverbs, mostly from the Meditationes (Meditations) of Marcus Aurelius (r. 161-80), which was well received in nineteenth-century Persian advice literature. The text also includes passages from the Thousand and One Nights and sections on modern sciences, such as electricity, gas laws, and liquid dynamics, and a theory of colors explaining the rainbow. The article's introductory section provides brief biographical background of the compiler of this notebook, the second section presents an overview of its contents, and the final section explores the question of authorial subjectivity and the author-text relationship by putting in perspective the volume's gradual compilation, its eclectic range of topics, and its fluid structure. Through its diverse reading and writing strategies, this notebook represents an informative and heuristic venue that opens new analytical angles on Iran's cosmopolitan, multifaceted, and heterogenous intellectual milieu in the late Qajar period.
“Right to Remove Evil and Rise up to Injustice,” Bukhara 28 (N0. 158), Mehr-Aban 1402 (October - ... more “Right to Remove Evil and Rise up to Injustice,” Bukhara 28 (N0. 158), Mehr-Aban 1402 (October - November 2023), pp. 89-102. Complete text.
Ali Gheissari, Iranian Intellectuals in the Twentieth Century, Austin, TX: University of Texas Pr... more Ali Gheissari, Iranian Intellectuals in the Twentieth Century, Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1998. Persian translation by Mohammad Dehqani, Tehran: Hermes, 3rd edition, 1393 (2015).
Tabriz and Rasht in the Iranian Constitutional Revolution, 1906-1911, 2008
Ali Gheissari (ed.), Tabriz and Rasht in the Iranian Constitutional Revolution, 1906-1911: Memoir... more Ali Gheissari (ed.), Tabriz and Rasht in the Iranian Constitutional Revolution, 1906-1911: Memoirs of Hājj Mohammad-Taqi Jurābchi (Persian title: Harfi az Hezārān ke-andar ʿEbārat Āmad), complete text with additions, edited with an Introduction by Ali Gheissari, Tehran: Nashr-e Tārikh-e Iran, 1386 (2008), 363pp.
Constitutional Rights Reconsidered: Development of Civil Law and the Shaping of Iran’s Judiciary,... more Constitutional Rights Reconsidered: Development of Civil Law and the Shaping of Iran’s Judiciary, 1907-1941
Ann Lambton Memorial Lecture
Institute for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies
Durham University... more Ann Lambton Memorial Lecture
Institute for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies
Durham University, 2023.
The U.S. Coup of 1953 in Iran, Sixty Years On. Persian translation
ترجمه سامان صفرزایی
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Truth Method in Modern Iranian Historiography and Social Sciences Persian translation
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ترجمه کاوه بیات، نشریه گفتگو، شماره 13، 1374، صص 95-113
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ترجمه کاوه بیات، نشریه گفتگو، شماره 13، 1374، صص 95-113
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Durham University, 2023.
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http://tarikhirani.ir/fa/news/4688
ترجمه کاوه بیات، نشریه گفتگو، شماره 13، 1374، صص 95-113