The Cambridge History of Iran

History

The publication started in 1968 and in 1989 the last volume was published. The idea of publishing such a survey of Iranian history and culture was conceived in 1959 by Arthur J. Arberry. According to the scholar Hubert Darke, who served as editorial secretary to the project between 1970 and 1993, "The series was planned to be not simply a political history of Iran but to survey the culture which has flourished in the Iranian region and this culture's contribution to the civilization of the world. All aspects of the religious, philosophical, economic, scientific, and artistic elements in Iranian civilization have been studied, but with some emphasis on the geographical and ecological factors that have contributed to its special character."

The series consists of seven volumes. Volume 3 was published in two parts.

The title, editors and the publication date of the series are

• Vol. 1. The Land of Iran, edited by William B. Fisher (1968)
• Vol. 2. The Median and Achaemenian Periods, edited by Ilya Gershevitch (1985)
• Vol. 3. The Seleucid, Parthian and Sasanian Periods, edited by Ehsan Yarshater (1983)
• Vol. 4. From the Arab invasion to the Saljuqs, edited by Richard Nelson Frye (1975)
• Vol. 5. The Saljuq and Mongol Periods, edited by John Andrew Boyle (1968)
• Vol. 6. The Timurid and Safavid Periods, edited by Laurence Lockhart and Peter Jackson (1986)
• Vol. 7. From Nadir Shah to the Islamic Republic, edited by Peter Avery, Gavin R. G. Hambly, and Charles Peter Melville (1990)

Notes

References

• Fisher, William B., Ilya Gershevitch, Ehsan Yarshater, Richard Nelson Frye, John Andrew Boyle et al. (1968-1991). The Cambridge History of Iran. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press. OCLC 745412

References

1. Darke, Hubert S. G.. "CAMBRIDGE HISTORY OF IRAN".
2. Vol. 1. ''The Land of Iran,'' [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/457145647 OCLC 457145647 (e-book)]
3. Vol. 2. ''The Median and Achaemenian Periods,'' [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/440780344 OCLC 440780344 (e-book)]
4. Vol. 3. ''The Seleucid, Parthian and Sasanian Periods,'' Part 1 [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/457145655 OCLC 457145655 (e-book)], Part 2 [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/457145660 OCLC 457145660 (e-book)]
5. Vol. 4. ''From the Arab invasion to the Saljuqs,'' [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/457145665 OCLC 457145665 (e-book)]
6. Vol. 5. ''The Saljuq and Mongol Periods,'' [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/457145670 OCLC 457145670 (e-book)]
7. Vol. 6. ''The Timurid and Safavid Periods,'' [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/457145674 OCLC 457145674 (e-book)]
8. Vol. 7. ''From Nadir Shah to the Islamic Republic,'' [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/463547918 OCLC 463547918]