The Islamic Art of Persia

Contents: 1. Persia and the ancient world/J.H. Iliffe. 2. Persia and Byzantium/D. Talbot Rice. 3. Persia and the Arabs/R. Levy. 4. Persia and India after the conquest of Mahmud/H. Goetz. 5. The Islamic art of Persia/D. Barrett. 6. Religion/G. M. Wickens. 7. The Persian language/H. W. Bailey. 8. Persian literature/A. J. Arberry. 9. Persian carpets/A. C. Edwards. 10. Persian gardens/V. Sackville-West. 11. Persian science/C. Elgood. 12. Persia as seen by the west/L. Lockhart. 13. ‘The Royame of Perse’/J.E. Heseltine. Select bibliography. Table of dates. Index.