Abstract This is the most well-known work of one of the leading Iranologists of our time, Bert Fragner, — “Persophonie”, which gained wide recognition in the international academic community. This book was first published in 1999, and in the span of 15 years it has become one of the classical works on Iranology. The word “persophonie” is used to designate the area of prevalence of the Persian language, which was a lingua franca for the peoples who inhabited the lands extending from Iran to China and from the Caucasus to India. In the Middle Ages this region developed as a…

Abstract “The unity of beauty” series includes a number of works devoted to the beautiful in Islamic culture. This book, the first one in the series about the visual art, contains the articles of Iranian scholars, who explained the role of the visual art in Islam. Just as “The unity of beauty” series contains works on different fields of art (painting, music, theatre etc.,), this book contains different views on Islamic art and presents them to readers. Imprint The unity of beauty: collection of articles / compiled and edited by M.J. Nazarli– М.: ООО Sadra, 2019. – 272 + 32…

Abstract Islam in the Territories of the Former Russian Empire encyclopaedic lexicon was being published in the form of separate issues — in 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003 and 2012 — in the process of data accumulation. In 2006, the augmented and emended entries of the earliest three issues were published as the first synoptic volume. The present, second synoptic volume includes the materials of issues 4 and 5, which have been edited and augmented with new data, as well as the entries from the 6th issue that has been prepared earlier. The contributors of the entries are dozens of specialists…

Abstract The book represents the results of the authors’ academic research and years-long lecturing of the Persian literature course at the Institute of Asian and African studies of the Lomonosov Moscow State University. This work attempts at summarizing substantial materials collected over the past decades in the area of Iranian studies and other areas of Oriental literature studies. The books describes the history of establishment and development of the Iranian literature in 9th-18th centuries. The book is intended for university students, as well as a wide range of readers interested in classical Persian literature. Imprint M.L. Reisner, A.N.Ardashnikova. The Persian…

Abstract This monograph contains a number of significant yet underexamined incidents of the centuries-long history of the Arab East. Although the monograph presents a broad overview of the Arab history during the ancient times, Middle Ages and modern era, the author pays special attention to the issues of spaces in the Arab and Muslim history. Drawing on specific historical cases, the monograph author explains how ancient authors perceived Arabs and what we know about the structure, movements and achievements of pre-Islamic Arab tribes; how Arab writers described the lands beyond Dar al-Islam and what they thought of the foreigners who…

Abstract The book presents a concise review of the history of the ancient and contemporary Libya, its conquest by the Ottoman Empire and later by Italy. It covers different stages of the country’s existence as an independent state. The main focus is placed on the civil war, which broke out in 2011, and the role of the Western European countries in this perpetual conflict. The publication is meant for those engaged in political studies, as well as general readers interested in the events happening in the North Africa and Middle East. Imprint Vidyasova, M.F. Libya. Where is the country of…

Abstract The book of an Iranian author Seyed Aboutorab Siyahpush is dedicated to the history of the House of Wisdom in Baghdad (Bayt Al-Hikma) and a number of similar institutions existing in the Muslim East that could be considered as prototypes of contemporary academies. The research presents an analysis of the social and cultural context and historical conditions of this phenomenon incorporating academic traditions of the Ancient East and the ancient world. It also examines the «translation movement», which was closely connected with the House of Wisdom, and its main representatives. The author familiarizes the readers with the subject of…

Abstract The book explores the images of religious leaders (muftis, imams, sheikhs, mullas etc.) in the Tatar and Turkish literature at the turn of 19-20th century, which reflected the changes happening in the public conscience and artistic thinking of Turkic Muslims: the Tatar nation living in the Russian empire, and the Turkish nation inhabiting the Ottoman empire. The formation of a spiritual leader’s ideal in both literatures was accompanied by the criticism of ignorance and moral vices of certain religious figures, as well as the establishment of ethic and aesthetic ideals of a perfect human (al-insan al-kameel). The book is…