These selections are from Emily Said Ruete’s Memoirs of an Arabian Princess. She was born in Zanaibar as Princess Salme bint Said ibn Sultan al-Bu Saidi, a.k.a Sayyida Salme. Some bio and version notes here, and part 2 of selection…
[Show slideshow] Born in 1844 to a Circassian woman in the harem of Sultan of Zanzibar and Oman, Sayyida Salme got involved in palace politics and succession wars at the age of 15. Later, while she was living in Zanzibar…
My friend and adviser, historian Dr Mansour Bonakdarian, recommended this book to me early in our conversation about this project a few months ago: Zerubavel, Eviatar. Time Maps: Collective Memory and the Social Shape of the Past. Chicago: University of…
I’m going to keep the weekly review as regular feature. This was a short week due to holiday Monday. It is a novel practice for me to take formal holidays off. I am experimenting with being a “regular” worker, you…
این گزیده هایی از متن فارسی است که به زودی توسط بنیاد ایران شناسی دانشگاه تورنتو برای اولین بار چاپ خواهد شد شگرف‌نامه ولایت: سفرنامه میرزا اعتصام الدین باجپوری به ولایت انگلیس. به کوشش محمد توکلی با همکاری وحید طلوعی.…
My translation, based on the Farsi version, publication forthcoming: Mirza I’tisam al-Din. Shigarfnamah Vilayet. Toronto: Foundation for Iranian Studies, 2014. On the Features of London Buildings Stone buildings are few and brick buildings many. But churches, old and new, are…
این گزیده هایی از متن فارسی است که به زودی توسط بنیاد ایران شناسی دانشگاه تورنتو برای اولین بار چاپ خواهد شد شگرف‌نامه ولایت: سفرنامه میرزا اعتصام الدین باجپوری به ولایت انگلیس. به کوشش محمد توکلی با همکاری وحید طلوعی.…
My translation, based on the Farsi version, publication forthcoming: Mirza I’tisam al-Din. Shigarfnamah Vilayet. Toronto: Foundation for Iranian Studies, 2014. Arriving in England After a week I arrived at a small coastal town in England. P 86 I mostly went…
این گزیده هایی از متن فارسی است که به زودی توسط بنیاد ایران شناسی دانشگاه تورنتو برای اولین بار چاپ خواهد شد شگرف‌نامه ولایت: سفرنامه میرزا اعتصام الدین باجپوری به ولایت انگلیس. به کوشش محمد توکلی با همکاری وحید طلوعی.…
My translation, based on the Farsi version, publication forthcoming: Mirza I’tisam al-Din. Shigarfnamah Vilayet. Toronto: Foundation for Iranian Studies, 2014. On Arriving at the Port of Nantes and Its Features When our ship neared the French port of Nantes we…