Iranian studies

Iranian studies (Persian: ايران‌شناسی Īrānšenāsī), also called to as Iranology and Iranistics, is the study of the civilization, history, literature, art and culture of Iranian peoples. It is a part of the Oriental studies.

In Iranology, there is also Persian studies. In Persian studies, one only studies the Persian language and literature.[1] Iranology also studies the history of individual types of Iranian peoples, such as Azeris, Kurds, Lurs, Gilakis, Talysh, Tajiks, Pashtuns, Ossetians, Baluchis, Scythians, Sarmatians, Alans, Parthians, Sogdians, Bactrians, Khwarazmians, and Mazandaranis.

Famous Iranologists

Book series

Journals and magazines

* Abstracta Iranica

Related pages

References

  1. Akbarzadeh, Pejman. معضلى هفتادساله براى شناخت فرهنگ ايران در غرب (in fa). Shargh Newspaper (December 10, 2005).
  2. Jami, Mehdi. چله بخارا (in fa). BBC Persian (March 22, 2005). Retrieved 2021-11-22.

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