Pictorial History of Iran: Ancient Persia Before Islam 15000 B.C.--652 A.D. Tarikh-E Mosavar Iran [Paperback]

Amini Sam (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 196 pages
• Publisher: Authorhouse; illustrated edition edition (September 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0759630259
• ISBN-13: 978-0759630253
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,566,351 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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26 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A Poorly written book, April 11, 2003

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Adib Tashakkor (Decatur, IL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pictorial History of Iran: Ancient Persia Before Islam 15000 B.C.--652 A.D. Tarikh-E Mosavar Iran (Paperback)

This is a very poorly written book. There are hundreds of spelling and grammatical errors. I can't believe a publisher actually printed this book, or that nobody with some education proofread it before it was published.

The book seems to be a collection of drawings, extracts from other books or articles, and another book (perhaps in Farsi from the same author). It is a mix bag of disjointed short description of stories from Shahnameh (the legendary / mythical history of the ancient Iran) and the history of the Persian Empire. The pages, the stories, and the whole book do not flow together.

I do not know that much about the subject itself, but I suspect that there are a lot of wrong information in the book as well.

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars It taught me much about Iranian civilization, July 23, 2003

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M. Pakandam "mehrdadp" (San Diego, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pictorial History of Iran: Ancient Persia Before Islam 15000 B.C.--652 A.D. Tarikh-E Mosavar Iran (Paperback)

This is realy my first book I am reading on Iran and the great Persian history. It gave me a great insight of the pre-islamic Iran. I agree that the book is not well edited. However, it wraps up many thousand years old Iranian civilization development from inception to pre-islam. The first four chapters include Iranian mythology. and the last four chapters are about the begining of the Persian empire to the end around 6th century A.D. The writer is not a historian. He is trying to put together a book about the Iranian history which he felt missing in the market. The stories are short from each kingdom and pro-iranian. He put them in a chronological order. there is many editorial mistakes in this book. I recommend it to the Iranians who must be reminded of their very important history which they are very proud of.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Fine info but not enough!, February 23, 2006

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Shahrokh "771357" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pictorial History of Iran: Ancient Persia Before Islam 15000 B.C.--652 A.D. Tarikh-E Mosavar Iran (Paperback)

This is a nice attempt from the author, Mr Amini Sam, to portray the life and history of Aryans up to the Islam period 625 AD.
For a more comprehensive look I recommend : A Concise History Of Iran by Saeed Shirazi - from early days to 2006!