Biography
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301949676 9782912490643 S |
Bakhtiar, Shapur. Yakrangi. Political Science, 271 pages, 22 cm. Bakhtiar's autobiography. The text is entirely in Persian. Paris: Nashr-i Khāvarān, 2006. | 1 | $45.00 |
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42888767 964405055X |
Behnud, Massoud. Kushtah'gan bar Sar-i Qudrat. Biography, 711 pages, ill., 22 cm. An approximate translation of the title is, "They Died for Power." This book is an exploration of political and royal figures who were eventually assassinated, including an examination of Hoveyda's association with the Freemason society. The text is entirely in Persian. Tehran: Nashre Elm, 2006. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. | 1 | $65.00 |
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| R | Farokh, Mehdi. Shajareh-ye Kabesay. Biography, 132 pages, ill., ports, 21.5 cm. Biographical profiles of four individuals considered traitors. Tehran: Intisharat-e Razi, 1363 (CE 1984). 2nd Edition. Some shelf wear on cover; clean pages, good binding. | 1 | $12.99 |
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871988408 none R |
Naraghi, Ehsan. Az kakh-i Shah ta
Zindan-i Ivin (From Palace to Prison: Inside the Iranian
Revolution). Biography, 518 pages, 24 cm. An unusual and illuminating
account of the Iranian revolution of 1979, based upon the author's long
conversations with Shah M. R. Pahlavi in the weeks before his downfall,
and upon his own 33-month experience in Evin Prison. This is the
first testimony to come from a survivor of the Islamic Republic's jails.
Text entirely in Persian. Tehran: Rasa Publications, 1993. There is no
ISBN; OCLC = 871988408. This is a used softcover without illustrations;
there is some cover wear and an ink marking on the last page. |
1 | $35.00 |
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47850744 3935249454 S |
Nurizadeh, Alireza. Sunāyi Zafirānīah : ravāyat Sahar "mashuqah Saʻīd Imamī" az qatlha-̄yi zanjirahʹī. Biography, 233 pages, 23 cm. About the former the Iranian deputy minister of intelligence from 1984-1999. Saeed Emami is accused of having independently organized the assassinations of dissidents (known as the "chain murders"). He was later arrested and imprisoned by the government he worked for. Text entirely in Persian. Essen: Nima Verlag, 2001. | 1 | $29.99 |
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47850744 3935249454 S |
Nurizadeh, Alireza. Sunāyi Zafirānīah : ravāyat Sahar "mashuqah Saʻīd Imamī" az qatlha-̄yi zanjirahʹī. Biography, 233 pages, 23 cm. About the former the Iranian deputy minister of intelligence from 1984-1999. Saeed Emami is accused of having independently organized the assassinations of dissidents (known as the "chain murders"). He was later arrested and imprisoned by the government he worked for. Text entirely in Persian. Essen: Nima Verlag, 2001. Hardcover. | 1 | $34.99 |
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47078478 9789188296672 S |
Parsipour, Shahrnoosh. Khāṭirāt-i zindān. Biography, 518 pages, 21 cm. The author's experience as a political prisoner in post-revolution Iran. Text entirely in Persian. Spånga, Sweden : Nashr-i Bārān, 1998. | 1 | $45.00 |
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43988661 393270018X S |
Shafizadeh, Jafar. Dar pusht-i pardahʹha-yi Inqilab : iʻtirafat-i Jaʻfar Shafīʻʹzadah, farmandih-i pīshīn-i vāḥid-i makhṣuṣ-i Inqilab-i Islami-i Īrān va muḥafiẓ-i Āyat Allah Khumaynī dar Nufil Lū Shatū va Tihran. History, 237 pages, 21 cm. An account of the 1979 revolution by one of Ayatollah Khomeini's former bodyguards. The text is entirely in Persian. Koln: Mehr, 1999. | 1 | $34.99 |
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298828274 9789646144545 S |
Zanjani, Ibrahim. Khāṭirāt-i Shaykh Ibrāhīm Zanjāni: sarʹguz̲asht-i zindagānī-i man. Biography, 253 pages, 22 cm. The autobiography of a cleric activist (1856-1934) who advocated for constitutional reform during the latter days of the Qajar Dynasty. Tehran: Intisharat-i Kavir, 2001. Gently used with minor shelf wear. | 1 | $24.99 |
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224312005 9645989078 |
Behnud, Massoud. En Se Zan. Biography, 462 pages, ill., ports., 23 cm. The title's English translation is "These Three Women." It is a biographical treatment of Ashraf Pahlavi, Maryam Firooz, and Iran Taymurtash, three very different but very influential women in Iranian society. The book features more than 80 historical photographs, including many of the Pahlavi royal family. Tehran: Nashre Elm, 1379 (CE 1998). Hardcover with noticeable wear and tear on the dust jacket. Out of Stock | 0 | $39.99 |
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