Bashiri Working Papers
on Central Asia and Iran

• Winter by Mehdi Akhavan Sales
• State of Afghanistan
• Mahdism in Iranian Religio-Political Life
• Impact of Egypt on Ancient Iran
• Interview with Dr. Iraj Bashiri
• Life of Abbos Aliev

• Cultures of the Silk Road
• Epic Tradition on the Silk Road
• Civil War in Tajikistan

• Bashiri's Biography
• Chronology of Central Asia
• Biographies
• Prominent Tajik Figures
• Persian for Beginners (English)
• Persian for Beginners (Russian)
• The Black Tulip
• Nowruz
• Hedayat's Corner
• Aitmatov's Corner
• Firdowsi's Corner
• Poet's Corner
• Dushanbe-Boulder Teahouse
• History of a National Catastrophe

• Central Asia: An Overview
• Flags of the Republics

Lectures

• Afghanistan After the Taliban?
• Soros Foundation Lectures

Afghanistan

• Afghanistan: Overview
• Jamal al-Din al-Afghani
• Kabul
• The Kirghiz of Afghanistan

Azerbaijan

• Azerbaijan: Overview
• Baku
• Imam Shamil of Daghestan

Kazakhstan

• Kazakhstan: Overview
• Almaty
• Astana

Kyrgyzstan

• Kyrgyzstan: Overview
• Bishkek

Kyrgyz Culture & Identity

• Kyrgyz National Identity
• Ethnic Conflict in Osh
• Chingiz Aitmatov's Corner

Epics

• Manas: The Kyrgyz Epic

Tajikistan

• Tajikistan: Overview
• Dushanbe
• Gorno-Badakhshan

Culture

• Boulder-Dushanbe Teahouse
• The Role of Farr in the Shahname

Identity

• Samanids and Tajik Identity
• Factors Affecting Tajik Identity

Language

• Languages of Tajikistan

Islam

• Muslims and Communists Vie for Power

History

• Masov’s History of a National Catastrophe
• Coins of Kamal Khujandi
• Medicine Under the Samanids

Art & Architecture

• Samanid Decorative Architecture

Music

• Musical Culture of Iran

Biographies

• Prominent Tajik Figures
• Aini’s Life

Turkmenistan

• Turkmenistan: Overview
• Ashgabat
• Kerbabayev’s Life
• Makhtumquli’s Life

Uzbekistan

• Uzbekistan: Overview
• Karakalpakistan
• Tashkent
• Aibek’s Life
• Ashtarkhanids of Bukhara
• Manghits of Bukhara

• Iran: Overview
• Tehran
• Julfa of Isfahan

Persian History & Culture

• The Persian Nowruz
• Zarathustra to Borbad
• Iran and Islam to A.D. 1400

Authors

• Bashiri, Iraj
• Hedayat, Sadeq
• Hafiz
• Rumi
• Nima Yushij

Ancient Iran

• The Achaemenians
• The Sassanians

Drama

• An Eye for an Eye

Language

• Persian for Beginners (English)
• Persian for Beginners (Russian)

Literature

• Hafiz' Shirazi Turk
• Faqiri’s Fiction
• Poets’ Corner

Persian Music

• Borbad’s First Iranian Songs
• Music in the Shahname
• Mehdi: Our Music