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Sufis
Idries Shah

$24.95 – Paperback book / Anchor

A unique and little-known religion, Sufism follows a mystical teaching and a way of life that has had an enormous though largely unrecognized impact on both the East and West for four thousand years. This authoritative b... Buy or find out more 


Conference Of The Birds
Peter Sis

$38.95 – Hardcover book / Penguin

Celebrated children's book author and illustrator Peter S's creates his first book for adults, a beautiful and uplifting adaptation of the classic twelfth-century Sufi epic poem, "The Conference of the Birds."

In "The Co... Buy or find out more 



Love And Devotion: From Persia And Beyond
Susan Scollay (ed)

$69.95 – Paperback book / Macmillan Art Publishers

Jointly published by Macmillan and the State Library of Victoria in association with the Bodleian Library, Oxford, this book accompanies an exhibition of original manuscripts relating to Persian poetry and its milieu to ... Buy or find out more 


 

The Arabian Nights: Tales Of 1001 Nights
Martin Lyons (translator)

$200.00$79.95 – Hardcover book / Penguin Group Uk

Every night for three years the vengeful King Shahriyar sleeps with a different virgin, executing her next morning. To end this brutal pattern and to save her own life, the vizier's daughter, Shahrazad, begins to tell th... Buy or find out more 



Essential Sufism
James Fadiman

$20.95 – Paperback book / Harper Collins

The first accessible and broad-ranging sourcebook of key Sufi writings, "Essential Sufism" draws together more than 300 stories, fables, aphorisms, short writings, and poems that reveal the heart of Islamic mysticism. 23... Buy or find out more 


Rostam No 1
Bruce Bahmani

$9.95 – Magazine / Hyperwerks

Book 1 – Rostam: tales of the Shahnameh chronicles the popular Rostam and Sohrab story as told in the epic poem The Shahnameh (Book of Kings) by the famed Persian poet Ferdowsi. 32 pages Buy or find out more 



Rostam: Return Of The King
Bruce Bahmani

$9.95 – Magazine / Hyperwerks

Book 2 – Rostam: Return of the King The comic book adaptation of the classic Persian tale. Story of Kai-Kavous and Soudabeh adapted from the original epic poem The Shahnameh, by Ferdowsi. Buy or find out more 


Rostam: Search For The King
Bruce Bahmani

$9.95 – Magazine / Hyperwerks

Beginning with an introduction to Saum, (Rostam's grandfather) followed by the tale of Zal, Simurgh, and Rostam's birth & early childhood. This prologue to all three books climaxes with Rostam and Zal's quest to help... Buy or find out more 



Rostam: Battle With The Deeves
Bruce Bhamani

$9.95 – Magazine / Hyperwerks

The comic book adaptation of the classic Persian tale. The Story of Rostam and his battle with demons (the deevs), both internal and external is adapted from the original epic poem The Shahnameh, by Ferdowsi. 36 pg Buy or find out more 


The Honey Thief
Najaf Mazari and Robert Hillman

$24.95 – Paperback book / Wild Dingo Press

'Moving effortlessly from the oral to the written, from folktale to modern-day fable, and from the earthly to the transcendent, this beautiful, life-affirming book probes the heart and soul of a remarkable culture, while... Buy or find out more 



A Picture Out Of Frame
Mammad Aidani

$21.95 – Paperback book / Black Pepper

In A Picture Out Of Frame our sympathy is wholly engaged. A boy grows up in poverty in Iran; he goes to the capital; he receives a letter from a friend; he is in exile. Nothing else happens. It will break your heart.

The... Buy or find out more 


The New Angel
Ali Alizadeh

$27.95 – Paperback book / Transit Lounge

The New Angel is the moving story of Bahram and Fereshteh (Persian for 'angel') growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution and the Iran- Iraq war. At its centre this is a love story between two adolescents at odds ... Buy or find out more 



Iran: My Grandfather
Ali Alizadeh

$29.95 – Paperback book / Transit Lounge

A vanished, tattered black and white photograph, taken in Tehran in 1946. The image of a sombre and inscrutable middle-aged man called Salman Fuladvand, a lieutenant and controversial police chief under Iran’s second las... Buy or find out more 


Ashes In The Air
Ali Alizadeh

$24.95 – Paperback book / Univ Queensland Pr

Alizadeh finds grace, wit and fire in this latest volume of poetry which explores themes such as fatherhood and migration. It ranges from the Tehran of Alizadeh’s childhood to the Australian coast of his teenage years. F... Buy or find out more 



Tales From One Thousand And One Nights
Lyons Malcolm Editor

$49.95 – Hardcover book / Penguin Group Uk

Every night for three years the vengeful King Shahriyar sleeps with a different virgin, executing her next morning. To end this brutal pattern and to save her own life, the vizier's daughter, Shahrazad, begins to tell th... Buy or find out more 


Sufism And The Way Of Blame
Yannis Tousullis

$26.95 – Paperback book / Quest Books

This is a definitive book on the Sufi "way of blame" that addresses the cultural life of Sufism in its entirety. Originating in ninth-century Persia, the "way of blame" (Arab. malamatiyya) is a little-known tradition wit... Buy or find out more 



Sufism: An Introduction To The Mystical Tradition Of Islam
Carl Ernst

$27.95 – Paperback book / Shambhala

The Sufis are as diverse as the countries in which they've flourished--from Morocco to India to China--and as varied as their distinctive forms of art, music, poetry, and dance. They are said to represent the mystical he... Buy or find out more 


Sufism: A Global History
Nile Green

$37.95 – Paperback book / Blackwell Scientific

Since their beginnings in the ninth century, the shrines, brotherhoods and doctrines of the Sufis held vast influence in almost every corner of the Muslim world. Offering the first truly global account of the history of ... Buy or find out more 



Sufi Doctrine Of Rumi
William C. Chittick Seyyed Ho

$26.95 – Paperback book / World Wisdom

There are almost no authoratative books readily available for the general reader that provide, in clear and accessible language, an introduction to the spiritual perspective illuminating Rumi's magical poetry. In this be... Buy or find out more 


Rumi: Voice Of Longing
Jalal Al Din Rumi

$41.95 – Compact disc / Sounds True

One of the most popular translators of the works of 13th-century Persian mystic Jelaluddin Rumi presents a collection of nearly 100 of Rumi's most memorable quatrains that reflect such universal themes as the search of t... Buy or find out more 



Rumi: The Fire Of Love
Nahal Tajadod

$23.95 – Paperback book / Overlook Press

This fictionalized biography of 13-century Turkish Sufi mystic Djalal al-din Mohammad Balkhi, known as Rumi, lingers over the creative relationships that gave rise to his mystical writings and leaves the mystery that sur... Buy or find out more 


Teachings Of Rumi
Harvey Andrew

$21.95 – Paperback book / Shambhala

Jelalludin Rumi (1207-1273) led the quiet life of an Islamic teacher in the central Anatolia (modern Turkey) until the age of thirty-seven, when he met a wandering dervish named Shams Tabriz--through whom he encountered ... Buy or find out more 



Rumi: Bridge To The Soul Journeys Into The Music And Silence Of The Heart
Rumi And Barks Coleman

$27.95 – Hardcover book / Harper Collins

At least half a dozen poets and scholars could claim partial responsibility for the remarkable renaissance in the study of Jalal ad-Din Rumi, Islamic poet/mystic and favored saint of Sufism. He has now surpassed Rainer M... Buy or find out more 


Soul Of Rumi
Coleman Barks

$27.95 – Paperback book / Harper Collins

The Soul of Rumi is renowned poet Coleman Barks' first major assemblage of newly translated Rumi poems since his bestselling <The Essential Rumi.

Coleman Barks presents entirely new translations of Rumi's poems, publi... Buy or find out more 



Rumi
Jalaal Al Dain Raumai

$31.95 – Hardcover book / Harper Collins

A definitive collection of Rumi s best poems of love and lovers. In Coleman Barks delightful and wise renderings, these poems will open your heart and soul to the lover inside and out.

Rumi is best known for his poems ex... Buy or find out more 


Rumi: In The Arms Of The Beloved
Jonathan Star

$14.95 – Paperback book / Penguin Group Usa

Landmark translations of the Sufi poet/mystic Rumi from the acclaimed interpreter of the Tao Te Ching



Jonathan Star has assembled selections of Rumi's verse in a treasury that spans the poet's life and includes his most ... Buy or find out more 



Rumi Collection
Jelaluddin Rumi Kabir Helmins

$27.95 – Hardcover book / Shambhala

Rumi's poems are beloved for their touching perceptions of humanity and the Divine. Here is a rich introduction to the work of the great mystical poet, featuring leading literary translations of his verse. Translators in... Buy or find out more 


Illuminated Rumi
Rumi trans Coleman Barks

$42.95 – Hardcover book / Broadway Books

Rise up nimbly and go on your strange journey to the ocean of meanings... In the mid-thirteenth century, in a dusty marketplace in Konya, Turkey, a city where Muslim, Christian, Hindu, and Buddhist travelers mingled, Jel... Buy or find out more 



Selected Poems Of Rumi
Jelaludin Rumi

$5.95 – Paperback book / Dover Publications

More than 100 stirring, unforgettable lyrics by the great 13th century Sufi teacher and mystical poet include "The Marriage of True Minds," "The Children of Light," "The Man Who Looked Back on His Way to Hell," "The Asce... Buy or find out more 


Forty Rules Of Love: A Novel of Rumi
Elif Shafak

$22.95 – Paperback book / Penguin

Celebrated Turkish novelist Shafak ("The Bastard of Istanbul") serves up a curious blend of mediocre hen lit and epic historical to underwhelming results. In present-day Boston, dull suburban mother and cheated-on wife E... Buy or find out more 



Hafiz Of Shiraz
Hafiz (Author), Heath-Stubbs, John (Translator), Avery, Peter (Translator), Heath-Stubbs, John (Introduction by), Avery, Peter (Introduction by)

$20.95 – Paperback book / Other Press Llc

"Hafiz--a quarry of imagery in which poets of all ages might mine." - Ralph Waldo Emerson Hafiz was born at Shiraz, in Persia, some time after 1320, and died there in 1389. He is, then, an almost exact contemporary of Ch... Buy or find out more 


Drunk On The Wine Of Beloved 10 Poems Of Hafiz
Hafiz

$26.95 – Paperback book / Shambhala

The Persian Sufi poet Hafiz (1326-1390) is a towering figure in Islamic literature--and in spiritual attainment as well. Known for his profound mystical wisdom combined with a sublime sensuousness, Hafiz was the supreme ... Buy or find out more 



Green Sea Of Heaven Fifty Ghazals From The Diwan Of Hafiz
Hafiz (Author), Shams Al-Din Muhammad Hafiz-I Shirazi (Author), Gray, Elizabeth T (Author), Shayegan, Daryush (Introduction by)

$21.95 – Paperback book / White Cloud Press

Hafiz is the preeminent poet of Persian Sufism and one of the great poets of world literature. "The Green Sea of Heaven" is regarded as the finest English translation of his poetry. Elizabeth Gray's translations are info... Buy or find out more 


Rumi The Big Red Book The Great Masterpiece Celebrating Mystical Love
Coleman Barks

$27.95 – Paperback book / Harper Collins

Considered one of the masterpieces of world literature, "The Big Red Book" is perhaps the greatest work of Rumi, the medieval Sufi mystic who also happens to be the bestselling poet in America.

Rumi was born in 1207 to a... Buy or find out more 



Arabian Nights Tales From A Thousand And One Nights
Richard Burton

$26.95 – Paperback book / Modern Library

Full of mischief, valor, ribaldry, and romance, The Arabian Nights has enthralled readers for centuries. These are the tales that saved the life of Shahrazad, whose husband, the king, executed each of his wives after a s... Buy or find out more 


Arabian Nights Volume One
Translated by Malcolm Lyons

$9.95 – Paperback book / Penguin Group Uk

Every night for three years the vengeful King Shahriyar sleeps with a different virgin, executing her the next morning. To end this brutal pattern and to save her own life, the vizier's daughter, Shahrazad, begins to tel... Buy or find out more 



Arabian Nights Volume Two
Translated by Malcolm Lyons

$9.95 – Paperback book / Penguin Group Uk

Every night for three years the vengeful King Shahriyar sleeps with a different virgin, executing her next morning. To end this brutal pattern and to save her own life, the vizier's daughter, Shahrazad, begins to tell th... Buy or find out more 


Arabian Nights Volume Three
Translated by Malcolm Lyons

$9.95 – Paperback book / Penguin Group Uk

Every night for three years the vengeful King Shahriyar sleeps with a different virgin, executing her next morning. To end this brutal pattern and to save her own life, the vizier's daughter, Shahrazad, begins to tell th... Buy or find out more 



Bustan Of Sa'di
Sheikh Sa'di

$19.95 – Paperback book / Dodo Publishing

Sheikh Sa'di (Muslih-ud-Din Mushrif ibn Abdullah) (1184-1291) is one of the major Persian poets of the medieval period. He is recognised not only for the quality of his writing, but also for the depth of his social thoug... Buy or find out more 


The Hand Of Poetry Five Mystic Poets Of Persia
Inayat Khan

$20.95 – Paperback book / Omega

Translations from the Poems of Sanai, Attar, Rumi, Saadi and Hafiz Buy or find out more 



Tales Of Arabian Nights
Richard Burton

$5.99 – Paperback book / Harper Collins

A collection of Persian, Arabian and Indian tales dating from the 9th century, Sir Richard Burton's most well-known translation of Arabian Nights brings together ancient folklore and stories passed down from generation t... Buy or find out more 


Your First 100 Words In Persian
Jane Wightwick

$20.95 – Paperback book / Mcgraw Hill

Takes the intimidation out of learning a new language

In the Your First 100 Words In series, readers are shown how to decipher and read a new script by learning 100 primary words in a new language.

Covering the languages... Buy or find out more 



Thousand Nights And One Night
Walser David And Pienkowski Jan

$35.00 – Hardcover book / Puffin

Enter an ancient world of enchantment and adventure where animals talk, genies grant wishes and sorcerers and sultans rub shoulders with men. Based on the original nineteenth century English translation by Sir Richard Bu... Buy or find out more 


The Story Of Layla And Majnun
Ganjavi Nizami

$23.95 – Paperback book /

The story of Layla and Majnun is one of the best-known legends of the Orient, both a touching love story and a profound spiritual allegory. The two lovers of this classic tale are remembered to this day in the poems and ... Buy or find out more 



The Golden Age Of Persian Art 1501-1722
Sheila R. Canby

$39.95 – Paperback book / British Museum Press

Follows the development of Persian art and architecture during the reigns of successive shahs, from the first emperor Ismail I (1501-24) through the rule of his successor, Shah Tahmasp, and into the glorious age for the ... Buy or find out more 


Shahnameh: The Persian Book Of Kings
Elizabeth Laird (Author), Shirin Adl (Illustrator)

$34.95 – Hardcover book / Walker Books

"The Shahnameh" is a fabulous collection of stories and myths from ancient Persia, written into an epic poem by the poet Firdousi in the 10th century. The Shahnameh's place in Persian literature is equivalent to the Arth... Buy or find out more 



Shahnama: The Persian Book Of Kings
Sheila R Canby

$250.00 – Hardcover book / Yale Univ Pr

One of the most voluminous epics of world literature, the "Shahnama" (or "Book of Kings") narrates the history of the ancient kings of Iran, from their mythical beginnings to the Arab conquest in 651 A.D. Although illust... Buy or find out more 


Shah Abbas And The Remaking Of Iran
Sheila Canby

$49.95 – Paperback book / Thames And Hudson

Shah 'Abbas I was one of Iran's most influential leaders. Combining his ruthless ambition with a desire for stability, he left a far-reaching mark on the society and artistic heritage of Iran, renovating the country's sp... Buy or find out more 



Saraban: A Chef's Journey Through Persia
Greg and Lucy Malouf

$79.95 – Hardcover book / Hardie Grant

Following on from the success of their award-winning books, Saha and Turquoise, Greg and Lucy Malouf now explore one of the world's earliest and greatest empires: Saraban is an unforgettable journey through the culinary ... Buy or find out more 


Gift Poems By The Great Sufi Master
Hafiz

$23.95 – Paperback book / Penguin Group Usa

More than any other Persian poet -- even Rumi -- Hafiz expanded the mystical, healing dimensions of poetry. Because his poems were often ecstatic love songs from God to his beloved world, many have called Hafiz the "Invi... Buy or find out more 



Persian Myths
Curtis Vesta Sarkhosh

$17.95 – Hardcover book / Thames And Hudson

This study draws upon the "Avesta", the words of the prophet Zoroaster, stories of Wise Lord Ahura Mazda, and pagan myths reappearing in the "Shahnameh" (Book of Kings). It explores for modern readers the legends of anci... Buy or find out more 


Persian Painting
Sheila Canby

$27.95 – Trade paperback / British Museum Press

Jewel-like colors, rich patterns. precise execution and virtuoso draftmanship characterize the best of Persian miniature painting the perfect realization of an ideal world. This fully illustrated book provides a concise ... Buy or find out more 



Rostam: Tales Of Love And War From Shahnameh
Abolqasem Ferdowsi

$9.95 – Paperback book / Penguin Books

The selected adventures of Persia?s Hercules, from Iran?s great national epic



No understanding of world mythology is complete without acquaintance with Rostam, Iran?s most celebrated mythological hero. According to the ...

Conference Of The Birds
Farid Ud-din Attar

$9.95 – Paperback book / Penguin

The paths of God are intricate and strange'

Composed in the twelfth century in north-eastern Iran, Attar's great mystical poem is among the most significant of all works of Persian literature. A marvellous, allegorical r... Buy or find out more 



Paintings From Mughal India
Andrew Topsfield Bodleian Lib

$90.00 – Hardcover book / Bodleian Library

One of the great kingdoms of human history, the Mughal empire is now lost to the relentless sweep of time. But the wealth of art treasures the Mughals left behind is nonetheless a lasting testament to the sumptuousness o... Buy or find out more 


Persepolis: Volumes One And Two
Marjane Satrapi

$21.95 – Paperback book / Vintage

Wise, often funny, sometimes heartbreaking, "Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood" tells the story of Marjane Satrapi's life in Tehran from the ages of six to fourteen, years that saw the overthrow of the Shah's regime, ... Buy or find out more 



The Subject Tonight Is Love
Hafiz

$19.95 – Paperback book / Penguin Group Usa

To Persians, the fourteenth-century poems of Hafiz are not classical literature from a remote past, but cherished love, wisdom, and humor from a dear and intimate friend. Perhaps, more than any other Persian poet, it is ... Buy or find out more 


Aladdin
Niroot Puttapipat

$29.95 – Hardcover book / Walker Books

When Aladdin rubbed the dirty old oil lamp, an awesome genie appeared. 'I am the Genie of the Lamp. I am here to serve you. What is your wish?'. This title retells the classic tale of this bright, spirited young man who ... Buy or find out more 



A Year With Hafiz Daily Contemplations
Hafiz

$27.95 – Paperback book / Penguin Books

A year's worth of ruminations from one of the world's most revered literary and spiritual teachers.

The poems of Hafiz are not literary remnants from a remote past but masterpieces filled with cherished and timeless wisd... Buy or find out more 


Forbidden Rumi
Rumi Ergin Nevit & Will Johnson (Trans)

$21.95 – Paperback book / Inner Traditions

"For the past fifty years Nevit Ergin has been working to bring into English the entirety of Rumi's vast Divan-i Kebir. This last volume is the most incendiary, and it clearly dissolves the boundaries of organized religi... Buy or find out more 



The Illustrated Rumi: A Treasury Of Wisdom From The Poet Of The Soul
Rumi

$29.99 – Paperback book / Harper Collins

Thirteenth-century Sufi mystic Jalalu'ddin Rumi has inspired and enlightened thousands with his playful, passionate work celebrating the sacred in everyday life. Now the spiritual wealth of Rumi's stories and poetry in t... Buy or find out more 


The Way Of The Sufi
Shah Idries

$24.95 – Paperback book / Arkana

"Dominion of the earth from end to end is worth less than a drip of blood upon the earth." Sufism is the mystical branch of Islam that teaches love, humility, poverty, pragmatism and wisdom. In his timeless introduction,... Buy or find out more 



Love Poems From God
Daniel Ladinsky

$26.95 – Paperback book / Penguin Group Usa

In both eastern and western spiritual traditions, it is believed that certain mystics and saints receive a gift from God that makes them poetic conduits of the divine, bearers of "love poems from God."

Twelve of these ti... Buy or find out more 


Rumi The Book Of Love Poems Of Ecstasy And Longing
Rumi Translated by Coleman Banks

$19.95 – Paperback book / Harper Collins

Now in paperback, this is the definitive collection of America's bestselling poet Rumi's finest poems of love and lovers. In Coleman Barks' delightful and wise renderings, these poems will open your heart and soul to the... Buy or find out more 



The World Turned Upside Down The Global Battle Over God Truth And Power
Melanie Phillips

$26.95 – Paperback book / Encounter

In what we tell ourselves is an age of reason, we are behaving increasingly irrationally. An astonishing number of people subscribe to celebrity endorsed cults, Mayan armageddon prophecies, scientism, and other varieties... Buy or find out more 


The Last Mughal
William Dalrymple

$24.99 – Paperback book / Bloomsbury

The first English account of the life of the last Emperor and the first narrative of the Mutiny to contain large quantities of material from the Indian perspective, The Last Mughal rapidly changes our understanding of a ... Buy or find out more 



Essential Rumi Translated by Coleman Barks
Rumi

$23.95 – Paperback book / Harper Collins

The best-selling Rumi book ever is now better than ever! This revised and expanded edition of the comprehensive one-volume edition includes a new introduction by Coleman Barks, and 57 new poems never published before.

Th... Buy or find out more 


Essential Rumi Selected Poems
Rumi Trans Coleman Barks

$9.95 – Paperback book / Arkana

Thirteenth-century Persian philosopher, mystic, scholar and founder of the order of the Whirling Dervishes, Rumi was also a poet of transcendental power. His inspirational verse speaks with the universal voice of the hum... Buy or find out more 



Shah Of Shahs
Rijzard Kapuscinski

$20.95 – Paperback book / Vintage

In Shah of Shahs Kapuscinski brings a mythographer's perspective and a novelist's virtuosity to bear on the overthrow of the last Shah of Iran, one of the most infamous of the United States' client-dictators, who resolve... Buy or find out more 


I Heard God Laughing Renderings Of Hafiz
Hafiz

$19.95 – Paperback book / Penguin

From the renowned translator of "The Gift," a rich collection that brings the great Sufi poet to Western readers To Persians, the poems of Hafiz are not aclassical literaturea from a remote past but cherished wisdom from... Buy or find out more 



The Enchantress Of Florence
Salman Rushdie

$19.95 – Paperback book / Vintage

The magnificent new novel by the winner of the 'Booker of Bookers'.

A tall, yellow-haired young European traveller calling himself 'Mogor dell’Amore', the Mughal of Love, arrives at the court of the real Grand Mughal, th... Buy or find out more 


Shahnameh: The Persian Book Of Kings
Abolqasem Ferdowsi

$29.95 – Paperback book / Penguin Books

Originally composed for the Samanid princes of Khorasan in the 10th century, Shahnameh is one of the most important pieces of Persian literature. This prodigious narrative tells the story of pre-Islamic Iran, beginning i... Buy or find out more 



Persepolis (Box Set)
Marjane Satrapi

$41.95 – Hardcover book / Pantheon

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood

Wise, funny, and heartbreaking, "Persepolis" is Marjane Satrapi’ s memoir of growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. In powerful black-and-white comic strip images, Satrapi ... Buy or find out more 


Rubaiyat Of Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam

$9.95 – Paperback book / Penguin

Philosopher, mathematician, poet and astronomer, Omar Khayyam is known and loved throughout the world for his celebrated Ruba'iyat. Writing in the 11th century, Khayyam was one of the most accomplished masters of the new... Buy or find out more 



The Angels Knocking On The Tavern Door
Hafez Robert Bly(Translator) Leonard Lewisohn (Translator)

$23.95 – Paperback book / Harper Collins

The great Persian poet Hafez is so beloved in Iran that almost every family there keeps his "Divan" close at hand. For some fifteen years, esteemed American poet and author Robert Bly has worked with the great Islamic sc... Buy or find out more 


Rumi Daybook
Rumi Selected and translated by Kabir & Camille Helminski

$26.95 – Paperback book / Shambhala

"My heart wandered through the world constantly seeking after my cure, but the sweet and delicious water of life had to break through the granite of my heart."

When the words of Rumi enter your heart, something softens, ... Buy or find out more 



Pocket Rumi
Rumi

$9.95 – Paperback book / Shambhala

Rumi has never been more popular among American readers. Here is a pocket-sized collection of his inspiring poetry, small enough to take anywhere. The Pocket Rumi contains selections from four previously published books,... Buy or find out more 


Farsi Phrasebook 2
Planet Lonely

$14.99 – Paperback book / Lonely Planet

Easy to use phonetic pronunciation for all phrases and dictionary. 4,400-word two-way dictionary and sentence builder. Includes phrases to ask for sustainable travel options. Buy or find out more 



Figurative Art In Medieval Islam And The Riddle Of Bihzad Ofherat 1465 1535
Barry Michael Stuart Cary Welch

$80.00 – Hardcover book / Thames And Hudson

This groundbreaking work elucidates the symbolism and an entire allegorical system in Islamic painting of the Golden Age between the fourteenth and seventeenth centuries. Barry, a leading expert on art of the Middle East... Buy or find out more 


Forgotten Empire: The World Of Ancient Persia
J E Curtis & N Tallis

$49.95 – Paperback book / Thames And Hudson

Provides an insight into the wealth and splendour of Persian society - its rich palaces, exquisite craftsmanship and sophisticated learning. Remains from the royal sites of Susa and Persepolis provide a major focus in th... Buy or find out more 



Gifts Of The Sultan: The Arts Of Giving At The Islamic Courts (Los Angeles Museum Of Contemporary Art)
Linda Komaroff

$85.00 – Hard back / Yale Univ Pr

The giving of gifts both delights the recipient and pleases the giver. Practiced in all societies, gift exchange has a history as long as humanity. This gloriously illustrated catalogue is the first investigation of gift... Buy or find out more 


Golden Domes And Silver Lanterns
Hena Khan

$22.95 – Hardcover book / Chronicle Books

Magnificently capturing the colorful world of Islam for the youngest readers, this breathtaking and informative picture book celebrates Islam s beauty and traditions. From a red prayer rug to a blue hijab, everyday color... Buy or find out more 



Iran The Art And Architecture Of Persia
Giovanni Curatola

$150.00 – Hardcover book / Abbeville

The history of the area now known as Iran, but often still referred to as Persia, spans millennia, boasting a rich and complex artistic and cultural legacy. Populated since prehistoric times--thus making it one of the mo... Buy or find out more 


Islamic Art
Barbara Brend

$33.95 – Hardcover book / Thames And Hudson

This illustrated history of Islamic art surveys the achievement of Muslim artists and craftsmen over 1200 years, from the 7th to the 19th centuries AD. The author examines the great diversity of styles, region by region.... Buy or find out more 



Masterpieces From The Department Of Islamic Art In The Metropolitan Museum Of Art
Maryam Ekhtiar

$79.95 – Hardcover book / Yale Univ Pr

This expansive book reveals the great diversity and range of art of the Arab lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and later South Asia. Published to coincide with the historic reopening of the galleries of the Metropolitan... Buy or find out more 


Colloquial Persian Third Edition
Abdi Rafiee

$49.95 – Paperback book / Routledge

Colloquial Persian is easy to use and completely up-to-date!

Specially written by an experienced teacher for self-study or class use, the course offers you a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Persian. No prior ... Buy or find out more 



Colloquial Persian Book And Cd Pack Third Edition
Abdi Rafiee

$85.00 – Pack / Routledge

Colloquial Persian is easy to use and completely up-to-date!

Specially written by an experienced teacher for self-study or class use, the course offers you a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Persian. No prior ... Buy or find out more 


Arts Of Islam Masterpieces From The Khalili Collection
J M Rogers

$64.00 – Hardcover book / Thames And Hudson

Presents nearly 500 masterpieces from the Khalili Collection, the largest and finest privately owned collection of Islamic art in the world. This book includes pictures of precious objects that were created for sultans, ... Buy or find out more 



Persian Love Poetry
Curtis Vesta Sarkhosh Canby Sheila

$25.95 – Paperback book / British Museum Press

A collection of beautiful Persian love poetry, freshly translated and richly illustrated with magnificent images from world famous collections. Love is a major theme is Persian poetry and can be interpreted in various wa... Buy or find out more 


Rumi
Rumi Selected and translated by Peter Washington

$19.95 – Hardcover book / Everymans Library

The poetry of the medieval Persian sage Rumi combines lyrical beauty with spiritual profundity, a sense of rapture, and acute awareness of human suffering in ways that speak directly to contemporary audiences. Trained in... Buy or find out more 



Spiritual Verses
Jelaluddin Rumi

$9.95 – Paperback book / Penguin Books

Begun in 1244 AD, Masnavi-ye Ma 'navi, or 'spiritual couplets', is thought to be the longest single- authored 'mystical' poem ever written. As the spiritual masterpiece of the Persian Sufi tradition, it teaches how to pr... Buy or find out more 


Persian Expedition
Xenophon

$9.95 – Paperback book / Penguin

In the midst of the Industrial Revolution, an extraordinary group of scientists struggled to make sense of a mysterious, prehistoric world-a world that they had to piece together from the fossilized, fragmentary remains ... Buy or find out more 



Music Of A Distant Drum Classical Arabic Persian Turkish And Hebrew Poems
Bernard Lewis

$25.95 – Paperback book / Princeton Univ Press

"Music of a Distant Drum" marks a literary milestone. It collects 129 poems from the four leading literary traditions of the Middle East, all masterfully translated into English by Bernard Lewis, many for the first time.... Buy or find out more 


Islamic Mystical Poetry Sufi Verse From The Early Mystics To Rumi
Mahmood Jamal Editor

$9.95 – Paperback book / Penguin Group Uk

'When the sun of your face shone, The atoms of the two worlds came to life'

Written from the ninth to the twentieth century, these poems represent the peak of Islamic Mystical writing, from Rabia Basri to Mian Mohammad B... Buy or find out more 



Murraqa Imperial Mughal Albums
Wright Elaine Baldwin Jessica

$155.00 – Hardcover book /

Throughout history, people have assembled albums that record their lives and the world around them. Among the most remarkable of all albums ever created are those made in the years 1600-1657 for the emperors Jahangir and... Buy or find out more 


Peerless Images
Eleanor Sims

$220.00 – Hardcover book / Yale Univ Pr

An ambitious endeavor for one publication, this book approaches the near boundless field of Persian painting from a thematic vantage point. A prefatory but comprehensive historical overview, including a discussion of pre... Buy or find out more 



My Name Is Red
Orhan Pamuk

$19.99 – Paperback book / Faber & Faber

In the late 1590s, the Sultan secretly commissions a great book: a celebration of his life and his empire, to be illuminated by the best artists of the day - in the European manner. At a time of violent fundamentalism, h... Buy or find out more 


Aladdin And The Enchanted Lamp
Philip Pullman

$24.99 – Hard back / Scholastic

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