King of the Seven Climes: A History of the Ancient Iranian World (3000 BCE - 651 CE)
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In a Middle Persian text known as "Khusro and the Page," one of the most famous kings of the ancient Iranian world, Khusro I Anusheruwan, is called haft kiswar xawadāy "the King of the Seven Climes." This title harkens back to at least the Achaemenid period when it was in fact used, and even further back to a Zoroastrian/Avestan world view. From the earliest Iranian hymns, those of the Gāthās of Zarathushtra, through the Younger...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0999475525
ISBN13:9780999475522
Release Date:December 2017
Publisher:Uci Jordan Center for Persian Studies
Length:236 Pages
Weight:2.32 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 8.5" x 11.0"
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