Ghirshman, R., 1895-1979

Iran : from the earliest time to the Islamic conquest / By R. Ghirshman. - Harmondsworth : Penguin Books, [1965]. - 368 p. : ill., plates, maps - Pelican books, A 239 .

A volume in the Pelican Archaeology series. English version first published 1954 [ A French version was published by Payot, Paris, in 1951]. The story of Persia from earliest times until its unique Iranian civilization was transformed by the Islamic Conquest. The book has 48 pages of plates and many line illustrations.


History, Ancient--Iran
Iran--Civilization --Ancient


Iran--History--Ancient