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دو روایت از یک سرزمین: Two Narratives of One Land: A Dialogue between Ali and Amir on the History of Iran, from Elam to the Iran–Iraq War (Bilingual Persian–English)
One land. Three thousand years. Two very different ways of telling the story.Ali grew up in Lisbon and came to know Iran through the libraries and universities of Europe. His cousin Amir lives in Tehran and learned his country's history from school textbooks, the verses of the Shahnameh and family memory. Over a few evenings at a café table in Alfama, the two cousins walk through the whole history of Iran together.
In every era, Ali explains how Western historians see events, and Amir answers with the view from inside Iran. When they disagree, they say so, and they always cite their sources.
Inside this bilingual
The complete Persian text with a full English translationTwelve Elam and the Medes, Cyrus and Darius, Alexander, the Parthians and Sasanians, the Arab conquest and the revival of Persian, the Mongols, the Safavids (and Portuguese Hormuz), the Constitutional Revolution, the 1953 coup, the 1979 revolution and the Iran–Iraq WarSource notes for every chapter, a timeline and a full bibliographyFor readers curious about Iran beyond the headlines, for the Iranian diaspora and their families, and for learners of Persian who want a real, substantial text with its translation.
The characters are fictional; the events, names and historical viewpoints are real and checked against reliable sources.
کتابی دوزبانه: متن کامل فارسی همراه با ترجمهٔ کامل انگلیسی. — روی کاروالیو
In every era, Ali explains how Western historians see events, and Amir answers with the view from inside Iran. When they disagree, they say so, and they always cite their sources.
Inside this bilingual
The complete Persian text with a full English translationTwelve Elam and the Medes, Cyrus and Darius, Alexander, the Parthians and Sasanians, the Arab conquest and the revival of Persian, the Mongols, the Safavids (and Portuguese Hormuz), the Constitutional Revolution, the 1953 coup, the 1979 revolution and the Iran–Iraq WarSource notes for every chapter, a timeline and a full bibliographyFor readers curious about Iran beyond the headlines, for the Iranian diaspora and their families, and for learners of Persian who want a real, substantial text with its translation.
The characters are fictional; the events, names and historical viewpoints are real and checked against reliable sources.
کتابی دوزبانه: متن کامل فارسی همراه با ترجمهٔ کامل انگلیسی. — روی کاروالیو
123 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 14, 2026
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