''Fars-Nama-ye Naseri'' ( fa, فارسنامه ناصری, literally "Naseri's Book on Fars") is a

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book on

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and

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of Fars Province in

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, with illustrations and maps, by

Hasan Fasāʾī Hasan Fasa'i ( fa, حسن فسایی) born in Fasa ( Fars Province), 1821; died in Shiraz Shiraz (; fa, شیراز, Širâz ) is the List of largest cities of Iran, fifth-most-populous city of Iran and the capital of Fars province, Fars Provinc ...

(1821-1898). Authorship of this

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was assigned by

Naser al-Din Shah Qajar Naser al-Din Shah Qajar ( fa, ناصرالدین‌شاه قاجار; 16 July 1831 – 1 May 1896) was the fourth Shah of Qajar Iran from 5 September 1848 to 1 May 1896 when he was assassinated. He was the son of Mohammad Shah Qajar and Malek ...

. Volume two also covers the

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of Fars Province, its

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and

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, and the position of Fars province based on

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and

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References

*''The information in this article is based on that in its Persian equivalent''. * Idem, “Merchants of Shiraz in the Late 19th Century,” a monograph prepared at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University, 1987. * A. Banuazizi and A. Ashraf, “The Urban Elite and Notables of Shiraz in the Late Nineteenth Century,” paper presented at the 11th Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association, New York, November 1977. * Fasāʾī, tr. Busse. D. Demorgny, “Les réformes administratives en Perse: Les tribus du Fars,” RMM 22, 1913, pp. 85–150; 23, 1913, pp. 3–108 (based entirely on Fasāʾī’s work). * D. A. Lane, “Hajjī Mīrzā Ḥasan-i Shīrāzī on the Nomadic Tribes of Fārs in the Fārs-nāmeh-i Nāṣirī,” JRAS, 1923, pp. 209–31.

External links

The Encyclopædia Iranica
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Iranian literature 19th-century history books Geography books History books about Iran Qajar Iran History of Fars province 19th-century Persian books