Timur - http://www.bartleby.com/65/ti/Timur.html A profile of Timur Leng (Tamurlane), his campaigns, and legeacy. From Bartleby.com.
The Timurids 1387 - 1502 - http://www.artarena.force9.co.uk/timurid.htm An account of the impact of the Timurids on Iran, focussing on their cultural and artistic achievements.
Timurids - http://www.bartleby.com/65/ti/Timurids.html An encyclopedia article on the Timurid dynasty, from the time of Timur (Tamerlane) to Babur, founder of the Mugghal Empire. From Bartleby.com.
Central Asian Architecture - http://homepages.bw.edu/~wwwhis/misc.htm A collection of photographs and descriptions of examples of Timurid architecture, now in modern Afghanistan and Uzbekistan.
Archaeology of Afghanistan:
From Earliest Times to the Timurid Period
by F. R. Allchin (Editor), N. Hammond (Editor)
Timurid Art and Culture:
Iran and Central Asia in the 15th Century (Muqarnas Supplement)
by Lisa Golombek, Maria Subtelny (Editor) The Golden Disk of Heaven: Metalwork of Timurid Iran.
(book reviews) : An article from:
The Journal of the American Oriental Society [HTML]
by Marianna Shreve Simpson (Digital)
The Golden Disk of Heaven: Metalwork of Timurid Iran
(Persian Art Series, No 2) by Linda Komaroff
(Hardcover - August 1992)
The Timurid Architecture of Iran and Turan
(Princeton Monographs in Art and Archaeology)
by Lisa Golombek, Donald Wilber (Hardcover - June 1988)
A Century of Princes: Sources on Timurid History and Art
by W. M. Thackston (Editor)
The Timurid Shrine at Gazur Gah
(Royal Ontario Museum. Art and archaeology.
Occasional paper) by Lisa Golombek
The Maāthir-ul-umarā: Being biographies
of the Muhammādan and Hindu officers of the Timurid sovereigns
of India from 1500 to about 1780 A.D (Bibliotheca Indica)
by Shāhnavāz Khān Awrangābādī
Timurid carpets: II. Arabesque and flower carpets
by Amy Briggs
Ethics in Persian poetry: With special reference
to Timurid period by Ghulam Abbas Dalal
An "Uvaysī" Sufi in Timurid Mawarannahr:
Notes on hagiography and the taxonomy of sanctity
in the religious history of Central Asia (Papers on inner Asia)
by Devin A DeWeese
A catalogue of the toponyms and monuments
of Timurid Herat (Studies in Islamic architecture)
by Terry Allen
The Timurid dynasty (Central Asia)
by John E Woods
New Persian Language and Linguistics:
A Selected Bibliography up to 2001 :
An article from: Journal of the American Oriental Society
[HTML] by Alan S Kaye (Digital)
Timurid Herat (Beihefte zum Tübinger
Atlas des Vorderen Orients)
by Terry Allen
A catalogue of the toponyms and monuments
of Timurid Herat
(Studies in Islamic architecture)
by Terry Allen
Archaeology of Afghanistan:
From Earliest Times to the Timurid Period
by F. R. Allchin (Editor), N. Hammond (Editor)
Government structure of the Islamic Republic of Iran
a reference aid (SuDoc PREX 3.10/7:LDA 92-14664)
by U.S. Postal Service
Images of Afghanistan in 1976-78 - http://geoimages.berkeley.edu/GeoImages/Powell/powellafghan.html An extensive collection of commented photographs by Doug Powell.
Photo Exhibition: Afghanistan - http://www.lukepowell.com/ Luke Powell presents online photo galleries about Afghanistan, shot between 1974 and 2003.
Afghanistan 1969-1974 - http://www.thewalt.de/afghanistan/index_e.html A collection of photographs by Dr. Volker Thewalt of Kabul Museum exhibits, Bamiyan, and other important sites in Afghanistan.
Afghanistan - http://www.kiad.ac.uk/gallery/afghan-notes/htmlhome.html Chris Steele Perkins presents his pictures from Afganistan in the 1990s.
Herat and Mazar-i-Sharif - http://www.courtauld.ac.uk/sub_index/herat_mazar/herat.html Photographs taken in 1933/34 by Robert Byron, provided by the Courtauld Institute of Art.
Parthian Empire - The History of Ancient Parthia - http://www.parthia.com Non-commercial, educational web site dedicated to the history and coins of ancient Parthia with sections on geography and resources. Includes a bibliography that exceeds 1,100 items directly concerned with Parthia.
History of Iran - http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/section/iran_history.asp (Encyclopedia.com)
Iran Photo Album - http://oznet.net/iran/ Persian history, artifacts, and music. Numerous photos of objects and places dating from 5000 BC.
Middle East and West Asia Chronology - http://campus.northpark.edu/history/WebChron/MiddleEast/MiddleEast.html Includes an introduction to the Assyrian, Persian, Parthian, Sassanid and Islamic Empires.
Ancient Iranian Ceramics - http://mcclungmuseum.utk.edu/specex/witwine/witwine.htm Describes and illustrates the 5,000 year ceramic tradition that flourished in ancient Iran until 100 BCE, which establishes ancient Iranian pottery as one of the great ceramic traditions.
Persia or Iran, a Brief History - http://www.art-arena.com/history.html This section of Iransaga provides an insight into Persian history pre-twentieth century.
FlyingFish - Salman Rushdie, British Petroleum (BP) and Iran - http://www.flyingfish.org.uk/articles/rushdie/price.htm Britain's current foreign policy towards Iran and Salman Rushdie's situation, history of BP's origins as the Anglo-Persian Oil Company; the 1953 BP/MI6/CIA-orchestrated coup of Iran's president Mussadiq, who was intent on reclaiming Iran's resources from the grip of foreign powers.
History of Ancient Iran - http://iran-tarikh.tripod.com Original texts about Ancient Iran (Persian Empire)
Ancient Khuzistan - http://www.hp.uab.edu/image_archive/ug/ugf.html Archeological images.
Savage Shahs of Persia - http://www.xs4all.nl/~kvenjb/madmonarchs/nadir/nadir_bio.htm Short biography of Nadir Shah Afshar (1688-1747), who was a very harsh and suspicious ruler and who blinded his own son.
Payk - http://www.payk.net/ Repository of documents related to the 1953 coup d'etat in Iran.
World's Great Collections Oriental Ceramics
Iran Bastan Museum,Teheran by Firouz Bagherzadeh
(Hardcover - September 1981)
Irak-Iran, la pinza chiita:
la clave de la posguerra no es Sadam Husein, vivo o muerto,
sino la temible reaccion del frente chiita desde Teheran a Beirut,
... Oriente Medio) An article from: Epoca [HTML]
by Francisco De Caceres (Digital)
Así los recuerdo.
(viaje a Teherán, Iraq, Jordania, Siria,
Libano e Israel por funcionarios mexicanos)
(TT: I remember them this way)
(TA: trip to Tehran, ... officials)
An article from: Siempre! [HTML]
by Hugo Gutiérrez Vega (Digital)
Persian textiles: Fifty photographic prints,
illustrating thirty-eight original Persian
and Paisley shawls, tapestries and borders
by H. C Perleberg
Persepolis and Ancient Iran - http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/MUS/PA/IRAN/PAAI/PAAI.html A catalog of expedition photographs, containing 967 photographs. By the Oriental Institute, University of Chicago.
Sassanian Coinage - http://www.grifterrec.com/coins/sasania/sasanian.html Introduction to coins of the Sasanian Empire.
Articles on Ancient Persia - http://www.livius.org/persia.html Extensive collection of short articles on a wide range of topics.
Darius III Codomannus - http://www.gaugamela.com/ A tribute to the Persian king defeated by Alexander the Great at Gaugamela in 331 BC. Images, biographical and analytical articles, and links to ancient Persia available.
Contracts from Mesopotamia - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/mesopotamia-contracts.html Ancient legal notices and contracts covering areas such as rentals, labor contracts, business partnerships, divorce, loans, and inheritance.
Farvardyn - http://www.farvardyn.com/ An illustrated reference portal about the history and geography, civilizations, religions, and languages of ancient Persia.
Median and Achæmenid Empire of Iran - http://www.hp.uab.edu/image_archive/ugk/ Photos of architecture and archeological finds. [Images from World History]
Cyrus the Great - http://oznet.net/cyrus/ Historical account of Cyrus' life and achievements. Information about Cyrus's resting place in Pasargade, his Charter of the Rights of Nations and a replica bas-relief in Sydney, Australia.
Iran in the Bible - http://www.farsinet.com/iranbibl/links.html History of Persia and Persian Kings according to the Bible.
The Maāthir-ul-umarā: Being biographies of the Muhammādan and Hindu officers of the Timurid sovereigns of India from 1500 to about 1780 A.D (Bibliotheca Indica) by Shāhnavāz Khān Awrangābādī Timurid carpets: II. Arabesque and flower carpets by Amy Briggs Ethics in Persian poetry: With special reference to Timurid period by Ghulam Abbas Dalal An "Uvaysī" Sufi in Timurid Mawarannahr: Notes on hagiography and the taxonomy of sanctity in the religious history of Central Asia (Papers on inner Asia) by Devin A DeWeese A catalogue of the toponyms and monuments of Timurid Herat (Studies in Islamic architecture) by Terry Allen The Timurid dynasty (Central Asia) by John E Woods
