Bayhaqi Translation Project

FAIN: RZ-51133-10

Persian Heritage Foundation (New York, NY 10027-6820)
Ehsan O. Yarshater (Project Director: August 2009 to March 2011)

Indexing of the first annotated English translation of a three-volume 11th-century Persian historical chronicle.

Doctor Ehsan Yarshater, Director of the Center for Iranian Studies at Columbia University requests a Chairman's Grant to support completion of the Index for the annotated English translation of the 11th-century Tarikh-I Mas'udi chronicle by Abu'l-Fazl Bayhaqi. This work is a history of Persia under the Ghaznavid rule (963-1187), the best known and most accurate history in Persian of what is now Eastern Iran, Afghanistan, and modern Pakistan. The Bayhaqi History has been translated previously only into Arabic and Russian. This English translation will be published in three volumes, approximately 500 pages each, by the Persian Heritage Foundation.

Media Coverage

Reczension: Abu'l-Fazl Beyhaqi: The History of Beyhaqi (Review)
Author(s): Susanne Kurz
Publication: sehepunkte
Date: 1/5/2012
Abstract: This is a review of the translation, notes, and commentary and discusses various issues encountered in dealing with this difficult source. In sum: eine ausgezeichnete, sehr sorgfältig durchgeführte Arbeit, die schon aufgrund des enormen Arbeitsaufwands und der unzureichenden Hilfsmittel höchsten Respekt verdient.
URL: http://www.sehepunkte.de/2012/05/20659.html

Associated Products

The History of Beyhaqi: The History of Sultan Mas‘ud of Ghazna, 1030–1041, Volume III (Book)
Title: The History of Beyhaqi: The History of Sultan Mas‘ud of Ghazna, 1030–1041, Volume III
Author: Abu’l-Fazl Beyhaqi
Abstract: Volume III: Commentary, Bibliography, and Index. Translated with commentary by C. E. Bosworth. Commentaries by Mohsen Ashtiany.
Year: 2011
Primary URL: http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?recid=31381
Primary URL Description: Harvard University Press
Secondary URL: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Encyclopaedia-Iranica/167569853306626#!/notes/encyclopaed-iranica/the-history-of-beyhaqi/113312305424927
Secondary URL Description: Encyclopædia Iranica on Facebook
Publisher: ILEX Foundation and Center for Hellenic Studies (Harvard University)
Type: Translation
Type: Scholarly Edition
ISBN: 9780674062399
Translator: C. E. Bosworth

The History of Beyhaqi (The History of Sultan Mas'ud of Ghazna, 1030-1041): Volume I, 421-423 A.H. (1030-1032 A.D.) (Book)
Title: The History of Beyhaqi (The History of Sultan Mas'ud of Ghazna, 1030-1041): Volume I, 421-423 A.H. (1030-1032 A.D.)
Author: Abu'l-Fazl Beyhaqi
Editor: Mohsen Ashtiany
Editor: C.E. Bosworth
Abstract: Abu'l-Fazl Beyhaqi, a secretary at the court of a number of Ghaznavid rulers in eastern Iran and Afghanistan in the early Middle Ages, is a commentator on the history of the Islamic Near East. The surviving volumes of his massive project, dealing in depth with the years 1030–1041, combine criticism and humor with an unobtrusive display of mastery of the learned literature of the time, both in Arabic and Persian. Through a skillful manipulation of different styles, and timely introduction of the authorial voice as a framing device to bring a sense of heightened drama, the historian comments on mankind's individual frailties and the many lost opportunities that hasten a mighty dynasty’s decline. Although there are already a number of articles and monographs in English and other Western languages on aspects of his style and historical approach, this is the first complete translation of the extant volumes with a detailed commentary.
Year: 2011
Primary URL: http://www.worldcat.org/title/history-of-sultan-masud-of-ghazna-1030-1041-volume-1-introduction-and-translation-of-years-421-423-ah-1030-1032-ad/oclc/751728766&referer=brief_results
Primary URL Description: WorldCat listing
Secondary URL: http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?recid=31377
Secondary URL Description: Publisher's listing
Publisher: Ilex Foundation, Center for Hellenic Studies at Harvard, and Harvard University Press
Type: Translation
Type: Scholarly Edition
ISBN: 9780674062337
Translator: Mohsen Ashtiany
Translator: C.E. Bosworth

The History of Beyhaqi (The History of Sultan Mas'ud of Ghazna, 1030-1041): Volume II, 424-432 A.H. (1032-1041 A.D.) and the History of Khwarazm (Book)
Title: The History of Beyhaqi (The History of Sultan Mas'ud of Ghazna, 1030-1041): Volume II, 424-432 A.H. (1032-1041 A.D.) and the History of Khwarazm
Author: Abu'l Fazl Beyhaqi
Editor: Mohsen Ashtiany
Editor: C.E. Bosworth
Abstract: This is the first complete translation, with detailed commentary, of the surviving volumes of Beyhaqi's massive project. The historian's writings, dealing with the years 1030--1041, combine astute criticism and wry humor with an unobtrusive display of mastery of the learned literature of the time, both in Arabic and Persian.
Year: 2011
Primary URL: http://www.worldcat.org/title/history-of-sultan-masud-of-ghazna-1030-1041-volume-2-translation-of-years-424-432-ah-1032-1041-ad-and-the-history-of-khwarazm/oclc/751728773&referer=brief_results
Primary URL Description: WorldCat listing
Secondary URL: http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?recid=31379
Secondary URL Description: Publisher's listing
Publisher: Ilex Foundation, Center for Hellenic Studies at harvard, and Harvard University Press
Type: Translation
Type: Scholarly Edition
ISBN: 9780674062351
Translator: Mohsen Ashtiany
Translator: C.E. Bosworth

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