''Āsār-e Ajam''Also transliterated as ''Ātār-e Ajam'', ''Āthār-e Ajam'', and ''Asar-i Ajam'' ( fa, آثار عجم, italic=yes, , lit. "''Antiquities of the Persians''") is a travelogue and historical book written by

Forsat Shirazi Mirza Mohammad Nasir-al-Hosseini (b. 1854 – d. 23 October 1920; fa, میرزا محمد نصیرالحسینی), better known by his pen name Forsat-od-Dowleh (), and more commonly Forsat-e Shirazi (), was a poet, scholar, and artist in Qajar P ...

between 1881 and 1895 which mostly contains first-hand biographical information about the elite of Fārs, sources on the history of the region as well as its geography. It also involves a collection of more than fifty drawings of various historical sites of Persia, especially Fārs. It is an important book because of accurate renditions with Qajar style—of the reliefs and buildings at Persepolis.

Onomastics

The title of the book ''Asar-e Ajam'' is an Arabic phrase which consists of two nouns; "Asar" (in Perso-Arabic alphabet: آثار) (or "Athar" in its original Arabic pronunciation) which means deeds, antiquities or monuments, and

Ajam ''Ajam'' ( ar, عجم, ʿajam) is an Arabic word meaning mute, which today refers to someone whose mother tongue is not Arabic. During the Arab conquest of Persia, the term became a racial pejorative. In many languages, including Persian, Tur ...

(in Perso-Arabic alphabet: ) which in Arabic literature refers to the Persians.

Documentary

In 2016 Iranian documentary director Hassan Naghashi made a film named ''Asar-e Ajam'' which mainly dealt with the life of Forsat-od Dowla and most specifically the structure of the book and its publication.

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{{Reflist, 3 Persian-language books Geography books Geography of Fars Province History of Fars Province Qajar Iran