What is Iranian studies?
'''Iranian studies''' ({{lang-fa|ايران‌شناسی}} ''{{transl|fa|Īrānšenāsī}}''), also called to as '''Iranology''' and '''Iranistics''', is the study of the [[civilization]], [[history]], [[literature]], [[art]] and [[culture]] of [[Iranian peoples]]. It is a part of of [[Oriental studies]]. In Iranology, there is also [[Persian studies]]. In Persian studies, one only studies the [[Persian language]] and [[Persian literature|literature]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Akbarzadeh|first=Pejman|date=December 10, 2005|title=معضلى هفتادساله براى شناخت فرهنگ ايران در غرب|trans-title=Seventy years of difficulty in understanding Iranian culture in the West|url=http://www.sharghnewspaper.com/841010/html/societ.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070224204457/http://www.sharghnewspaper.com/841010/html/societ.htm|archive-date=2007-02-24|website=Shargh Newspaper|language=fa}}</ref> Iranology also studies the [[history]] of individual types of [[Iranian peoples]], such as [[Azeris]], [[Kurds]], [[Lurs]], [[Gilakis]], [[Talysh people|Talysh]], [[Tajiks]], [[Pashtuns]], [[Ossetians]], [[Baluchis]], [[Scythians]], [[Sarmatians]], [[Alans]], [[Parthian Empire|Parthians]], [[Sogdians]], [[Bactrians]], [[Khwarezmian language|Khwarazmians]], and [[Mazandaranis]]. == Famous Iranologists == {{Columns-list|* [[David Stronach]] * [[Ehsan Yarshater]]}} == Book series == * [http://www.lit-verlag.de/reihe/irastu Iranian Studies (LIT Verlag)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191222042003/http://www.lit-verlag.de/reihe/irastu |date=2019-12-22 }} * [http://www.easaonline.org/networks/amce/book_series.shtml The Anthropology of Persianate Societies] == Journals and magazines == {{Columns-list|* Abstracta Iranica * [[Acta Iranica]] * Analytica Iranica * Archäologische Mitteilungen aus Iran und Turan * [[Ars Orientalis]], from the Freer Gallery of Art and the University of Michigan *[[Bukhara magazine|''Bukhara'' magazine]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Jami|first=Mehdi|date=March 22, 2005|title=چله بخارا|trans-title=Bukhara Magazine|url=ht