@ No usage of the name “Razmafzar” is allowed without Dr. Manouchehr Moshtagh Khorasani’s permission.Title of the book: Shadows in the Desert: Ancient Persia at WarPublisher: Osprey (2009)Number of pages: 304 pagesWinner of Persian Golden Lioness Award in 2008.Translated into Russian and Persian.BooksShadows in the Desert: Ancient Persia at War (available: OspreyPublishing or Amazon.com.) outlines Persia’s contributions to world civilization in areas such as mythology, technology, sciences, literature, militaria, the arts, music, architecture and garments. The main aim of this book is to promote the establishment of a permanent Iranian Studies department in Canadian and American universities.The book has been cited by the University of Leicester’s School of Archaeology & Ancient History, the University of Ottawa, University of Ediburgh, Stanford University and Harvard University.“This is an excellent well-illustrated survey of an important period, useful for students and a general readership alike. It deals not only with military matters, but also more broadly with political developments in Persia. My students have consulted it with profit.” -Dr. Geoffrey Greatrex, Department of Classics and Religious Studies, University of Ottawa.“ This beautifully illustrated book will no doubt serve as a useful companion for all those interested in the military history of the pre-Islamic Middle East… Useful maps, photography and color plates make this a handsome and desirable volume; it will be of interest to students and scholars alike.” -Dr. Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones, School of History, University of Edinburgh.“… a book for all who have ever been curious about the ‘other’ view on Persia, not from the Western standpoint rooted in Greece, but from the traditions of the Persians themselves… Meticulously researched and documented… I have recommended it to many and am also using it here at Stanford not only for research but also in a course this fall. There is not only no better book on Persian warfare, it is carefully and sensitively written with great verve and love of history. I much appreciate how the research and analyses of texts showed Achaemenid, Parthian and Sassanid military accomplishments, often to the astonishment of Greeks and Romans and beyond. I notice from excellent reviews that other scholars agree.” -Dr. Patrick Hunt, Stanford University.The following review (click here) has been submitted for the WAIS Society of Stanford University which selects its members in accordance with notability and achievement (Farrokh is a member of WAIS). The book is now the text of a Stanford University course entitled “ARC 118 – ARCHAEOLOGY AND ART OF PERSIA“.Professor Emeritus Richard Nelson Frye of Harvard University has written the foreword of the book. Professor Frye been recognized as one the world’s premier scholar of Iranian Studies, with achievements spanning well over 40 years of research, publications and textbooks. Professor Frye has noted the following:“In this book Dr. Kaveh Farrokh has given us the Persian side of the picture as opposed to the Greek and Roman viewpoint which has long dominated our understanding of these wars. It is refreshing to see the other perspective, and Dr. Farrokh sheds light on many Persian institutions in this history, such as the Sassanian elite cavalry, the “Savaran”. Osprey Publishing is to be congratulated for publishing “Shadows in the Desert: Ancient Persia at War”, which presents another aspect of the wars between East and West in ancient times” -Professor Emeritus Richard Nelson Frye, Harvard University.Translation of the Book into RussianShadows in the Desert has been translated into Russian and was published in July 2009, one year after its original publication in English:For details of this text in Russian consult the Russian EXMO Publishers website.Translation of the Book into PersianThe translation of Farrokh’s book has been done by Qoqnoos Publishers with the English to Persian translation having been done by Shahrbanu Saremi.
@ No usage of the name “Razmafzar” is allowed without Dr. Manouchehr Moshtagh Khorasani’s permission.
Title of the book: Shadows in the Desert: Ancient
Persia at War
Publisher: Osprey (2009)
Number of pages: 304 pages
Winner of Persian Golden Lioness Award in 2008.
Translated into Russian and Persian.
Books
Shadows in the Desert: Ancient Persia at War (available: OspreyPublishing or Amazon.com.) outlines Persia’s contributions to
world civilization in areas such as mythology, technology, sciences, literature, militaria, the arts, music, architecture and garments.
The main aim of this book is to promote the establishment of a permanent Iranian Studies department in Canadian and American
universities.
The book has been cited by the University of Leicester’s School of Archaeology & Ancient History, the University of Ottawa,
University of Ediburgh, Stanford University and Harvard University.
“This is an excellent well-illustrated survey of an important period, useful for students and a general readership alike. It deals not
only with military matters, but also more broadly with political developments in Persia. My students have consulted it with profit.” -
Dr. Geoffrey Greatrex, Department of Classics and Religious Studies, University of Ottawa.
“ This beautifully illustrated book will no doubt serve as a useful companion for all those interested in the military history of the
pre-Islamic Middle East… Useful maps, photography and color plates make this a handsome and desirable volume; it will be of
interest to students and scholars alike.” -Dr. Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones, School of History, University of Edinburgh.
“… a book for all who have ever been curious about the ‘other’ view on Persia, not from the Western standpoint rooted in Greece,
but from the traditions of the Persians themselves… Meticulously researched and documented… I have recommended it to many
and am also using it here at Stanford not only for research but also in a course this fall. There is not only no better book on
Persian warfare, it is carefully and sensitively written with great verve and love of history. I much appreciate how the research and
analyses of texts showed Achaemenid, Parthian and Sassanid military accomplishments, often to the astonishment of Greeks and
Romans and beyond. I notice from excellent reviews that other scholars agree.” -Dr. Patrick Hunt, Stanford University.
The following review (click here) has been submitted for the WAIS Society of Stanford University which selects its members in
accordance with notability and achievement (Farrokh is a member of WAIS). The book is now the text of a Stanford University
course entitled “ARC 118 – ARCHAEOLOGY AND ART OF PERSIA“.
Professor Emeritus Richard Nelson Frye of Harvard University has written the foreword of the book. Professor Frye been
recognized as one the world’s premier scholar of Iranian Studies, with achievements spanning well over 40 years of research,
publications and textbooks. Professor Frye has noted the following:
“In this book Dr. Kaveh Farrokh has given us the Persian side of the picture as opposed to the Greek and Roman viewpoint which
has long dominated our understanding of these wars. It is refreshing to see the other perspective, and Dr. Farrokh sheds light on
many Persian institutions in this history, such as the Sassanian elite cavalry, the “Savaran”. Osprey Publishing is to be
congratulated for publishing “Shadows in the Desert: Ancient Persia at War”, which presents another aspect of the wars between
East and West in ancient times” -Professor Emeritus Richard Nelson Frye, Harvard University.
Translation of the Book into Russian
Shadows in the Desert has been translated into Russian and was published in July 2009, one year after its original publication in
English:
For details of this text in Russian consult the Russian EXMO Publishers website.
Translation of the Book into Persian
The translation of Farrokh’s book has been done by Qoqnoos Publishers with the English to Persian translation having been done
by Shahrbanu Saremi.
