Russian Sugar Exports to Persia in 1900–1917

Gravity Model of Trade and Russian Exports

Politics, Kinship, and Ecology in Southeast Persia

The Iranian plateau is an ideal area for investigating the relationship be? tween ecological and sociological factors because of its stark aridity, on the one hand, and its historical role as a meeting place of ethnic and cultural movements on the other. The part of the plateau which forms the southeast corner of Persia is particularly interesting from this point of view. Over an area of some 2...

Medical Education in Ancient Persia

Introduction: Historically, education is the prominent part of medical systems of different cultures. It has been surveyed in some cultures. In this study, we tried to uncover educational practices applied and present a sketch of medical education in ancient Persia (from beginning to 637 AD) based on the available evidence. Methods: In this study, old Persian scripts and other written document...

On Cholera in Persia, 1866-68

have occasionally added information obtained from other authentic sources, so as to render the text clear and connected throughout. I believe the outbreak to have been a link of the widespread epidemic of 1865, which penetrated into that kingdom by way of Bagdad, on the return of the pilgrims from Mecca, as related in the report of the International Cholera Conference of 1866, which treats of t...

lord byron’s allusions to persia

this article examines lord byron’s allusions to persian literature, history, culture and its ancient religion. the influence of persia on byron is considerable. byron was greatly influenced by orientalists such as sir william jones and their translations of eastern literatures. after examining byron’s allusions to persia, one realizes that byron’s attitude with regard to persia appears to be am...