Moṭāle‘āt-e Soḡdī Persian 2013

This volume brings together notes and articles by Badr al-Zaman Qarib on the language and literature of one of the Eastern Iranian languages, Sogdian, previously published in various specialized journals in Iran and Europe. The book comprises fifteen articles in Persian and three in English, thematically organized into three main areas: history and culture, language (grammar and etymology), and religion and mythology.

The articles included are: “The Sogdians: Central Asia and the Silk Road,” “The Sogdians and the Expansion of Iranian Culture,” “The Phonological System of the Sogdian Language,” “The Verbal System in Sogdian,” “Nominal Inflection in Sogdian,” “The Law of Vowel Harmony in Sogdian,” “The Transitive Narrative and Pluperfect Past in Sogdian and Their Similarities with Certain Modern Iranian Dialects,” “The Persian Word Keshāvarz,” “Rostam in Sogdian Traditions,” “A Study of the Sogdian Version of the Story of Rostam,” “The Paradise of Light on White Leather,” “Clarifying Two Words in the Sogdian Text Paradise of Light or Realm of Light,” “A Rain Charm from a Sogdian Text,” “The Sleepers of Regret (the Companions of the Cave) in a Sogdian Account,” and “Fasting in Sogdian Texts.”

The final article is published here for the first time.