Ravābiṭ-i Farhangī-yi Īrānīyān va Turkān: Az Dawrān-i Bāstān tā Saljūqīyān: Persian 1398

The present book is written on the subject of the influence of Iranian culture, Iranian relations in Central Asia, and relations with the Turks and their customs and traditions. The period covered in this book is from ancient times to the Seljuk dynasty's rule over Iran. In the first chapter of this book, the neighborhood of the Iranian peoples with the ancient Turks and a look at the geography of Eurasia are described. It also introduces the culture-forming peoples in Central and Inner Asia and explains how the Turks emerged. In the second chapter, to explain religious influences, it explains religion and its place in ancient society, sometimes called the Blue, the influence of Zoroastrian beliefs among the Turks, the role of the Iranians in the spread of Buddhism in Central Asia and China and the land of the Turks, the Iranians' efforts to spread Nestorian Christianity in China and Central Asia, the Manichaean religion among the Turks and the Chinese, the worship of Jamshid among some Turkic tribes, and the worship of Khatu among the Turkic peoples. In the third chapter, burial and mourning rituals are introduced, including burial methods and treatment of the dead, the departure of the soul to the other world, lamenting the dead and wounding oneself, the position of the horse and its sacrifice, and the custom of sacrificing a human being during burial. The fourth chapter deals with the myths of fundamentalism, the culture of heroism, and the concept of kingship among the Turks. In the fifth chapter, the concept of Turan is traced. And in the last chapter, the cultural and social relations between Iranians and Turks in the early Islamic centuries are explained.