by Touraj Daryaee Abstract: Daryaee shows that despite elephants’ status as demonic creatures in Zoroastrianism and the Sasanian dynasty’s formalisation of this faith as the official religion in Persia, there was broad…
by Touraj Daryaee Abstract: This survey article accounts for the developments made in Iranian historiography in the 20th century, focusing on developments in understanding around philology, religious history,…
by Touraj Daryaee Abstract: Daryaee contends that Sasanian views of the past were not borne of historical ignorance of the Achaemenids and their achievements but rather the products of a conscious decision to turn away…