The beginning of Iranian immigration (Part I)

The new capital of Iran was preferable to Sialk in every respect, except that it lay on the path of the Turanians. The inhabitants by Lake “Hamun,” when they realized that the Iran-ban was moving the capital to their land, were very pleased and regarded that event as one of […]

Hassan Pirnia

Biography: Family and Education Hasan Pirnia (1250–1314 SH / 1871–1935 CE), born in Na’in, was the son of Mirza Nasrollah Khan Moshir al-Dowleh, the first prime minister (ra’is al-wozara) of the Constitutional era. Hasan completed his early schooling in Iran, then went to Moscow for military and legal studies: he […]

A Great Catastrophe in Iran’s Paradise (Part XII)

The Iran-ban’s husband beheld a vast lake and saw that forests surrounded it, and that along part of its shores people were sowing wheat. Zab, who had lost Iran’s primordial paradise, when he saw that great lake and the forests, realized he had once more found a paradise; he thought […]

A Great Catastrophe in Iran’s Paradise (Part XI)

The inhabitants of the southern cities of Iran, distressed by the Turanians’ repeated raids, sought counsel from the Iran-ban, who was the wisest and most intelligent Iranian, and the Iran-ban sent her husband, Zab, to southern Iran. Zab, who had not gone south for some time and was unaware of […]