Persian literature spans two and a half millennia, though much of the pre-Islamic material has been lost. Its sources have been within historical Persia including present-day Iran as well as regions of Central Asia where the Persian language has been the national language through history.the form of the Persian language written since the 9th century with a slightly extended form of the Arabic alphabet and with many Arabic loanwords. The literary form of New Persian is known as Farsī in Iran, where it is the country’s official language, and as Darī in Afghanistan (where it and Pashto are official languages); it is written with a Cyrillic alphabet by Tajiks in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. For centuries New Persian has also been a prestigious cultural language in western Central Asia, on the Indian subcontinent, and in Turkey.See Articles about Persian literature in Oxinchannel Persian blog
Shahnameh, An old treasure
A thousand years ago, a Persian poet named Abolqasem Ferdowsi of Tous obtained a royal commission to put the ancient legends and myths of Iran into a book of verse. He called this epic Shahnameh, or “Epic of the Persian [...]
Iranian Handicrafts from past to present
Nowadays, with its long and glorious history, the Iranian handicraft industry has proved itself to be among the greatest in the world. According to the opinions of experts, Iran’s long history of agricultural and animal husbandry activities, geographical position of [...]