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For the first time, a text has been found in Old Persian language that shows the written language in use for practical recording and not only for royal display. The text is inscribed on a damaged clay ...

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EVERY man in Persia is a poet,” they say in Tabriz. Only they call it Iran today, a name which has in it none of the glint of turquoise and gold, of camels and riches, of mountains and salty inland ...

Naser al-Din, the longest reigning shah of the Qajar Dynasty, was known to be one of the great patrons of photography in Persia. After bringing one of the first cameras to Iran, he proceeded to ...