AVESTA-Zoroastrian Archives (http://www.avesta.org)
An archive which provides the complete English text of the Avesta, the sacred
book of the Zoroastrians, as well as of other Pahlavi texts. Related links
are also provided.
The Arabian Nights /The Rubaiyat of Omar
Khayyam (http://www.arabiannights.org)
The Electronic Literature Foundation provides English translations of two beloved
works of Iranian and Arabic literature, The Arabian Nights (a collection of Persian,
Arabic and Indian stories) and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.
English-Farsi- Dictionary (http://www.farsidic.com/dict/Eng2Far/middle.htm)
A simple conversion page which allows you to look up the Farsi, in vernacular
script, for English words.
The Epic of Kings (Ferdowsi) (http://classics.mit.edu/Ferdowsi/kings.html)
The Internet Classics Archives presents Hellen Zimmern's English translation
of the Shahnameh (The Book of Kings) by Firdausi (Ferdowsi), the Persian national
epic written inn the 11th century AD. A commentary is also provided along with
a downloadable version of the text.
Ethnologue (http://www.ethnologue.com/web.asp)
Contains entire text of original printed volumes (except language maps).
FarsiNet (http://www.farsinet.com)
This multi-language, though principally in Farsi and English, international portal
page for Iranians [‘A Persian Iranian Farsi Speaking People Global eCommunity]
provides a broad spectrum of links relating to all aspects of Iranian history,
society, religion, literature and culture.
Lexicon of
Iranian Languages (LIL) (http://www.uni-koeln.de/phil-fak/indologie/lil/lil.html)
Arash Zeini is webmaster of this site, under construction, which presently includes
Pahlavi, Sogdian and Middle Persian and Parthian dictionaries. There are links
to related linguistic sites as well.
Shahnameh Ferdowsi Foundation (http://geocities.com/shahnameh/)
English translations of the great Shahnameh (Book of kings) of Firdausi (Ferdowsi),
the Persian national epic written in the 11th century AD. Texts in Farsi may
also be requested free of charge.
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