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author of several academic books and peer-reviewed publications specializing in
Iranian history
The history of Iran is intertwined with the history of a larger region known as Greater Iran, comprising the area from Anatolia in the west to the borders of Ancient India and the Syr Darya in the east, and from the Caucasus and the Eurasian Step ...
, and has been a frequent lecturer on Iran-related topics at the
University of British Columbia
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as part of the UBC Continuing Education program. Currently, he is a counselor and learning specialist at
Langara College
, mottoeng = Knowledge is Freedom
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, type = Public
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, president = Paula Burns
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, city = Vancouver, British Columbia
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in
Vancouver
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,
British Columbia
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, Canada.
Life
Farrokh was born in
Athens
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,
Greece
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and later attended Institute Chateaubriand in
Cannes
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, France. Farrokh earned his doctorate ( PhD) in 2001 from the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology at the
University of British Columbia
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, where he specialized in the cognitive and linguistic processes of
Persian
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* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
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speakers. Previously, he earned his MA in 1988 and BA in 1985 from the same institution.
Farrokh has authored four books on the
military history of Iran
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, co-authored two books on the same topic, acted as editor for academic publications, and contributed to a number of articles for peer-reviewed journals and online publications. He has also been quoted in media outlets concerning Iranian history. For example, Farrokh was interviewed on
Voice of America
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's Persian service about the legacy of the Achaemenid founder,
Cyrus the Great
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.
The History Channel
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has also interviewed him on the topic of technology in ancient Persia for the series
Engineering an Empire
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, which aired in 2006.
He has also lectured at the University of British Columbia's Persian Legacy series in addition to other engagements hosted by the University of British Columbia's Department of Asian Studies.
In 2009, he was given a Merit Award by the Iran Heritage, Persian Gulf, and Iran Alliance.
Books
Farrokh has authored and co-authored a number of books. He has contributed to edited books in addition to acting as editor for other academic and professional publication outlets.
Authored
His first book, ''Sassanian Elite Cavalry AD 224 - 642'', was published in 2005 by
Osprey Publishing
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.
His second book, ''Shadows in the Desert: Ancient Persia at War'', was published in 2007 by Osprey Publishing. In its foreword,
Richard N. Frye
Richard Nelson Frye (January 10, 1920 – March 27, 2014) was an American scholar of Iranian and Central Asian studies, and Aga Khan Professor Emeritus of Iranian Studies at Harvard University. His professional areas of interest were Irania ...
, the
Aga Khan
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Professor Emeritus of Iranian Studies at
Harvard University
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praises the author for giving "the Persian side of the picture as opposed to the Greek and Roman viewpoint which has long dominated our understanding of these wars", describing Farrokh's approach as "refreshing". The book was criticized by
Jona Lendering
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in ''
Bryn Mawr Classical Review
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Achaemenid
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historiography are not always correctly evaluated and taken fully into account. They also criticize excessively aggressive responses by others to Lendering's review stating that such polemical exchange gives a distorted, even caricatured image of the state of Achaemenid history today.
His third book, ''Iran at War: 1500 - 1988'', was published in 2011 by Osprey Publishing and covered Iranian military history from the
Safavid Empire
Safavid Iran or Safavid Persia (), also referred to as the Safavid Empire, '. was one of the greatest Iranian empires after the 7th-century Muslim conquest of Persia, which was ruled from 1501 to 1736 by the Safavid dynasty. It is often conside ...
to the Iran-Iraq War.
His fourth book, ''The Armies of Ancient Persia: The Sassanians'', was published in 2017 by the Pen & Sword Military imprint of
Pen and Sword Books
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.
Co-authored
''A Synopsis of Sasanian Military Organization and Combat Units'', co-authored with Gholamreza Karamian and Katarzyna Maksymiuk, was published in 2018 by Archeobooks of Krakow, Poland as well as the publishing house of
* کاوه فرخ و غلامرضا کرمیان (۱۳۹۵). ساختار ارتش اشکانیان. تهران: خانه تاریخ و تصویر ابریشمی. Farrokh, Kaveh & Karamian, Gholamreza (2016). The Structure of the Parthian Army. Tehran: Khaneye Tarikh va Tasvire Abrishami.
* کاوه فرخ - سواره نظام زبده ساساني (۱۳۹۳) - مترجم: ميثم عليي - ناشر :انتشارات اميرکبير - محل نشر : تهران – Elite Sassanian Cavalry translated into Persian (2014) by Amir Kabir Publishers (Tehran, Iran), Translator into Persian (Meysam Aliee).
* ترجمه ایران در جنگ از چالدران تا جنگ تحمیلی توسط انتشارات ققنوس (۱۳۹۷) - Farrokh Book (2011) Iran at War - translated by Qoqnoos Publishers into Persian (2018), Translator (Maryam Saremi).
* کاوه فرخ - سایههایی در بیابان: ایران باستان در زمان جنگ (بهمن ۱/ ۱۳۹۰ ) - مترجم: پدرام خزایی - ناشر : طاق بستان - محل نشر : كرمانشاه - Shadows in the Desert: Ancient Persia at War translated into Persian (Jan. 21, 2012) by Tagh Bostan Publishers (Kermanshah, Iran), Translator (Pedram Khozai).
* خبرگزاری مهر(۱۳۹۰/۷/۲)- کاوه فرخ - ساﯾﻳﻫای صحرا؛ﺍﯾراﺍن باستان ﺩر جنگ - مترجم: شهربانو سارمی - ناشر : ققنوس - محل نشر : تهران -Mehr News (Sept 24, 2011): Shadows in the Desert: Ancient Persia at war Translated into Persian by Qoqnoos Publishers (Tehran, Iran), Translator to Persian (Maryam Saremi).
*کاوه فرخ - اسواران ساسانی (۱۳۸۸) - مترجم: یوسف امیری - ناشر : گل افتاب - محل نشر : مشهد - Elite Sassanian Cavalry translated into Persian (2009) by Gole Aftab Publishers (Mashad, Iran), Translator to Persian (Yusef Amiri).
* کاوه فرخ - سواره نظام زبده ارتش ساسانی (۱۳۸۷) - مترجم: بهنام محمدپناه - ناشر : سبزان - محل نشر : تهران - Elite Sassanian Cavalry translated into Persian (2008) by Sabzan Publishers (Tehran, Iran), Translator to Persian (Behnam Mohammad-Panah).
Russian language sources
* Персы: Армия великих царей, Cерия: Военная история человечества, Москва (July 24, 2009) - Shadows in the Desert: Ancient Persia at war Translated into Russian by EXMO Publishers: Military History of Mankind Series (Moscow, Russian Federation), Translator to Russian (A. Efremov).
German language sources
* Farrokh, Kaveh & Khorasani, Manouchehr Moshtagh (2020). Die Sassanidische Infantrie he Sassanian Infantry Pallasch: Zeitschrift für Militärgeschichte. Organ der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Heerskunde, No. 71, February 2020, pp. 25–35.