Key Texts
- Edward G. Browne, A Year Amongst the Persians (Adam and Charles Black, 1893)
- Roy P. Mottahedeh, The Mantle of the Prophet: Religion and Politics in Iran, Second edition (Oneworld, 2000)
- Iraj Pezeshkzad, My Uncle Napoleon: A Novel, trans. Dick Davis (Mage Publishers, 1996)
General
- R. Yann, Shi’ite Islam: polity, ideology and creed (Oxford, 1995)
- S. Farman-Farmaian, Daughter of Persia: A Woman's Journey from Her Father's Harem Through the Islamic Revolution (1993)
- A. Ansari, Modern Iran Since 1921 (Harlow, 2003)
- The Ruba’iyat of Omar Khayyam, translated by P. Avery and J. Heath-Stubbs, Penguin Classics (London, 1979)
- Rumi, Spiritual Verses, translated by A. Williams, Penguin Classics (London, 2006)
Language
You are expected to learn the Persian script before you start your course. We recommend that you use:
- N. Farzad, Teach Yourself Modern Persian (London, 2004)
- S. Abrahams, Modern Persian, A Course Book (Abingdon, 2005)
You will need a copy of the course book which is:
- W.M. Thackston, An Introduction to Persian (repr. 1993)
History
- A. Bausani, The Persians from the Earliest Days to the Twentieth Century (London, 1971)
- E. G. Browne, A Year among the Persians (Cambridge, 1927)
- R. Mottahedeh, The Mantle of the Prophet (London, 1987)
- N. Keddie, Roots of Revolution (New Haven, Conn, 1981)
Literature
- A. J. Arberry, Classical Persian Literature (London, 1958)
- Farid ud-Din Attar, The Conference of the Birds, translated by D. Davis Penguin Classics, (London, 1984)
- Firdowsi, The Legend of Syavush, translated by D. Davis Penguin classics, (London, 1992)
- H. Kamshad, Modern Persian Prose (Cambridge, 1966)
- S. Daneshvar, A Persian Requiem, translated by R. Zand (London, 1991)