Israelis have likened Donald Trump to the ancient Persian ruler Cyrus the Great, celebrating him as a modern-day liberator who, like Cyrus who ended the Jewish exile in Babylon, has restored Israel's ...

Emissaries from the governments headed by Calvin Coolidge, George V, Gaston Doumergue, Paul von Beneckendorf und Hindenburg and many another, sought last week the capital of Persia, Teheran, a city ...

Classic winner and Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (G1) challenger Persian King will stand at Haras d'Etreham for 2021, where he will join European champion Almanzor , City Light , and fellow new ...

Iranians are in the middle of a 13-day celebration of the Persian New Year, Nowruz. It's an ancient tradition that dates back before the Arab conquest of the Persian Empire in the 7th century. Just in ...

The Achaemenid kings of Persia ruled between the sixth and fourth centuries B.C., but much of what we know about them today comes from Greek rather than Persian sources. The various Greek authors who ...

Originally published in three volumes: Washington, DC : Mage Publishers, c2000-2005, under the titles: Fathers and Sons; Sunset of Empire ; and, The Lion and the Throne. The first kings -- The ...

An illuminated folio from the most treasured manuscript of The Shahnameh, Persia’s Book of Kings, will reappear on October 26 alongside ornate texts and artifacts for Sotheby’s London’s latest ...

One of the main things to note about this year's Prix d'Ispahan (G1) July 19 is the change in conditions. It is normally run in late May at ParisLongchamp, although, like the Qatar Prix de l'Arc de ...