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Preface p. V

M. ALLEGRI - A. PANAINO, On the sh-Ending in Old Persian akunaush and Similar Forms (with a contribution by Ilya Gershevitch) p. 1
A. ASBAGHI, ibn Sina oder Ibn 'Abdahlah? p. 35
T. ATABAKI, Dialogue, a Literary Form in Persian Nineteenth/Twentieh Century Political Discourse p. 39
M. AZARNOUSH, From Persepolis to al-Fustat: Continuation of Achaemenid Architectural Concepts p. 47
E. BAUER, Sprachlicher Wandel als Ergebnis politisch motivierter Sprachlenkung: neuere Entwicklungen im Pashto Afghanistans p. 53
S.I. BAYEVSKI, Persian Farhangs as Sources of Cultural History p. 65
J. BECKA, Kultureinflüsse zwischen Transoxianen und Afghanistan Ende des 19. und Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts p. 73
A.L.F.A. BEELAERT, The Complaint of Musical Instruments: the Evolution of an Image in Classical Persian Poetry p. 81
G.G. BERADZE, Zur Erforschung on Localgeschichten des mittelalterlichen Iran p. 97
J.C. BÜRGEL, Die Geheimwissenschaften im Iskandarname Nizamis p. 103
G. CANEVASCINI, A Selection of Khotanese Words p. 113
M.L. CARTER, Aspects of Imagery of Verethragna: the Kushan Empire and Buddhist Central Asia p. 119
C.G. CERETI, The Qesse-ye Zartoshtian-e Hendustan and Qesse-ye Sanjan: Notes on Parsi History p. 141
K. EKBAL, Das messianische Chronograph Muhammas Schahs aus dem Jahre 1250/1834 p. 153
R.E. EMMERICK, Khotanese bärätandä p. 163
M.A. ESLAMI-NODUSHAN, Is Hafiz a riddle? p. 169
M. HETTEHADIEH, The Arms Trade in the Persian Gulf, 1880-1898 p. 177
R.N. FRYE, Ancient Central Asia History Notes p. 185
H. GHOMI, The Sama' in the Ghazaliyyat of Moulana Jalaleddin Rumi p. 191
J. GIUNASHVILI, Concerning the Textological Value of Evidence of the Historical Geography of Iran p. 207
G. GNOLI, Einige Bemerkungen zum altiranischen Dualismus p. 213
L. GOLOMBEK - R. MASON - G. BAILEY, Economics of the Ceramic Industry in Timurid/Turkman Iran p. 233
A.A. GVAKHARIA, On the History of Persian-Georgian Literary Contacts p. 241
R. GYSELEN, Une scéne de banquet rituel dans la gliptique sassanide p. 245
R. HAAG-HIGUCHI, The Theme of War in Esma'il Fasih's Novel Zemestan-e shast-o-do p. 255
G. HERRMANN, Zum Wesirat im Timuridenreich von Herat p. 263
A. HINZE, Compositional Techniques in the Yashts of the Younger Avesta p. 277
B. HOFFMANN, Rashidaddin Fadlallah as thye Perfect Organizer: the Case of the Endowment Slaves and Gardens in the Rab'-i Rashidi p. 287
D. HUFF, "Feueraltäre" und Astodane: Untersuchungen zur zoroastrischen Grabarchitektur p. 297
I. ITSCHERENSKA, Einige Bemerkungen zur Darstellung der iranischen "Islamischen Revolution" durch sowjetische Wissenschaftler p. 305
P. JAMZADEH, Remnants of the Legacy of the Achaemenids in the Shahnama of Furdawsi p. 317
E.M. JEREMIAS, Some Grammatical Problems of Early New Persian Syntax: Pronominals Clitics in Persian p. 325
J. JOSEPHSON, The Preverb be and the verb kardan in Book Pahlavi Texts p. 335
J. KELLENS, Qui est Geush Tashan? p. 347
A. KHODADADIAN, Die Religionspolitik der Achaemeniden p. 359
W. KLEISS, Bautradition bei iranischen Palästen islamischer Zeit: Systeme paralleler Achsen p. 367
A. KRANSNOWOLSKA, Some Heroes of Iranian Calendar Mythology p. 371
H. KUMAMOTO, Did Late Khotanese Have a Three Vowel System? p. 383
H. LALEH, À propos du traité d'architecture de Qiyas al-din Jamshid Kasani p. 391
D.N. MACKENZIE, Notes on Southern Zaza (Dimili) p. 401
M. MACUCH, Die Konstruktion der Wirklichkeit im sasanidischen Recht p. 415
M. MAGGI, Late Khotanese Numerals from 1 to 36 in Tibetan Transcription p. 425
U. MARZOLPH, "Pleasant Stories in Easy Style": Gladwin's Persian Grammar as an Intermediary Between Classical and Popular Literature p. 445
B. MEGHDADI, The Post-Revolutionary Iranian Novel p. 477
A. MUKHTAROV, Attitudes of the Transoxian Clergy Towards the Establishment of Shiism as Official Religion in Iran p. 485
N. NACHUZRISHVILI, Einige Bemerkungen zur Verwendung der 4 und 8 in der Iranischen Welt p. 497
M. NAFICI, The Bazaar-Mosque Encounter: on the Role of the Religious Associations in the Iranian Revolution of 1979 p. 506
A. NETZER, The Story of the Creation according to Sahin's Beresitnameh p. 511
P. ORSATTI, Persian Lexicography in Europe: the Question of Sources p. 523
J. PAUL, Insha' Collection as a Source of Iranian History p. 535
E. PIRART, Notes de morphologie daivique p. 551
A. PISTOR-HATAM, Iran and the Reform Movement in the Ottoman Empire: Persian Travellers, Exiles and Newsmen Under the Impact of the Tanzimat p. 561
N. RASTEGAR, Iranische Personennamen neupersischer Überlieferung: ein Beitrag zu einigen kritischen Werkausgaben klassischer Epen p. 579
K. RÜHRDANZ, Zur Ikonographie der Wandmalereien in Tepe Madraseh (Nishapur) p. 589
R.M. SAVORY, The Office of Sipahsalar (Commander in Chief) in the Safavid State p. 597
D. SHAFIEI-NASAB, Torture and punition en Iran du 13ème au 18ème siècle p. 617
S. SHARIK-AMIN, Jesus in der iranischen Mystik p. 627
M. SIMIDCHIEVA, Siyasat-name revisited: the Question of Authenticity p. 657
W. SKALMOWSKI, Jalal-od-din Rumi's Tabriz p. 675
M.E.SUBTELNY, Making a Case for Agriculture: the Irshad al-zira'a and its Role in the Political Economy of Early Safavid Iran p. 685
B. UTAS, "Ambiguity" in the Savanih of Ahmad Ghazali p. 701
Z. VESEL, Le Lava'eh al-Quamar, un traité d'astrologie de Hoseyn Va'ez Kasefi p. 711
H. WALDMANN, Die kommagenischen Gottkönige und ihre qeoi vephvkooi p. 719
M. ZAKERI, From Iran to Islam: 'Ayyaran and Futuwwa p. 745
R. ZIPOLI, Lirica Persica's Typical Vocabularies p. 759

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