"It does not have you in the world the richest country of Persia in heroic legends."

"The Book of Kings can be divided into two parts, one of which is all heroic and legendary, while the other is histori…"

"His reign began on a day when the sun entered Aries, and lasted thirty years. To him were submissive not only all the…"

"Firdusi describes the miserable state of Iran under the scepter of Dahàk. Every guilt, every sad work, was lawful the…"

"With Yezdeghird the series of Persian monarchs closes, and the conquest of the Arabs marks the entering Iran of a new…"

"It can be said that every elegy of Mimnermo is marked by the darkest pessimism. For him, what is life worth? It has v…"

"The '[Avestā|Avesta]]' is not an organic book, it is not the work of a single creative and thinking mind, yes well th…"

"He has few dogmas, but he brings to the faithful very high teachings; he admits the future life, he promises the comi…"

"Whatever it may, it is a well-ordered and engineered system of religion that, like Mosaism, Christianity and Islamism…"

"Ingenuously made pomp of their native beauty, and it is told of Aisha (she was shei of Muslim time, of the first howe…"