Greater Iran: a 20th-century odyssey
These memoirs of a founder of Middle Eastern studies at U.S. institutions reveal more than the events of a life spent in intimate contact with many peoples of Eurasia. Although mainly concerned with Greater Iranʺ (Afghanistan, Iran/Persia and Tajikistan), Richard Nelson Frye, Aga Khan professor of I...
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2005
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| Zusammenfassung: | These memoirs of a founder of Middle Eastern studies at U.S. institutions reveal more than the events of a life spent in intimate contact with many peoples of Eurasia. Although mainly concerned with Greater Iranʺ (Afghanistan, Iran/Persia and Tajikistan), Richard Nelson Frye, Aga Khan professor of Iranian emeritus at Harvard University, describes changes which he witnessed there and elsewhere, making observations that are timely to understanding present-day relationships in the region. One of the first Western scholars to visit Central Asia after the death of Joseph Stalin, his knowledge of many languages enabled Frye to report on conditions in that hitherto little known region. In the course of subsequent trips to the USSR, the friendships he formed gave him unique insights about Soviet intellectuals concerned with the greater Iranian world. Life in Afghanistan and Persia (Iran) before the great changes that have transformed the area since the 1970s form a major part of this book. A much traveled Orientalist of the 'old school', Frye's interaction with Dr. Mohammad Mossadegh, Sadruddin Aga Khan, Bobojon Gafurov, Fikri Seljuki, Roman Ghirshman, Henry Corbin, as well as Nathan Pusey of Harvard, and various shapers of US policy toward Iran and Iranian Studies, are especially noteworthy. Personal matters are not forgotten, since some readers will wish to know how a boy from a small Midwestern town became so enamored with Iran and Central Asia that he devoted his life to investigating and explaining their history and cultures. These memoirs are not only a record of the past, but also of recent visits to old haunts that have evoked comments about the future of the Middle East and Central Asia. |
| Beschreibung: | Bandzählung aus Band 4 der Serie ermittelt |
| Beschreibung: | xiv, 368 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten |
| ISBN: | 1568591772 |
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| adam_text | CONTENTS Acknowledgments ix Preface xi CHAPTER 1 The Frontier Mail to Peshawar 1 CHAPTER 2 First Envoy to Afghanistan CHAPTER 3 The Road to Kabul 20 CHAPTER 4 Life in Afghanistan 29 CHAPTER 5 Kabul to Cairo 47 CHAPTER 6 Last Days in Kabul 57 CHAPTER 7 Spying in Istanbul 66 CHAPTER 8 1945 in Washington 78 CHAPTER 9 Pre-War Harvard 82 16
Contents CHAPTER 10 Post-war Harvard 89 CHAPTER 11 With the Aid of the Qashghais 104 CHAPTER 12 Through the Deserts of Iran 111 CHAPTER 13 Back to Afghanistan 130 CHAPTER 14 Dr. Mossadegh and Irandoost 138 CHAPTER 15 Iranian Studies in the USA 146 CHAPTER 16 Breaking Soviet Ice 152 CHAPTER 17 A Year in Germany 172 CHAPTER 18 An Armenian Guidepost 180 CHAPTER 19 Sturm und Drang 185 CHAPTER 20 A Cultural Stay in the USSR 196
Contents CHAPTER 21 Prelude to Change 207 CHAPTER 22 Hamburg Upheavals 215 CHAPTER 23 Shiraz Successes 223 CHAPTER 24 Fading Hopes 230 CHAPTER 25 Life Changes 239 CHAPTER 26 Japanese Idyll 246 CHAPTER 27 Wives and Children 254 CHAPTER 28 Revolutions in Iran and Afghanistan 262 CHAPTER 29 Free Afghanistan and Beyond 269 CHAPTER 30 Two Trips to Western China 275 CHAPTER 31 Retirement 286 vii
Contents CHAPTER 32 A Tajik Interlude 292 CHAPTER 33 Land of the Zhigitovka 301 CHAPTER 34 Conferences Galore 305 CHAPTER 35 My Heart Returns to Iran 313 CHAPTER 36 Incident in Isfahan 317 Postscript 323 Photo Section 325 Appendix 355 Index 365
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