Studies on Iran and the Caucasus. In honour of Garnik Asatrian / / Uwe Bläsing; Victoria Arekelova; Matthias Weinreich.

• TeilnehmendeR: Bläsing, Uwe.; Arekelova, Victoria.; Weinreich, Matthias.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden : : Koninklijke Brill NV,, 2015.
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (710 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

This unique collection of essays by leading international scholars gives a profound introduction into the great diversity and richness of facets forming the study of one of earth’s most exciting areas, the Iranian and Caucasian lands. Each of the 37 contributions sheds light on a very special topic, the range of which comprises historical, cultural, ethnographical, religious, political and last but not least literary and linguistic issues, beginning from the late antiquity up to current times. Especially during the last decennia these two regions gained greater interest worldwide due to several developments in politics and culture. This fact grants the book, intended as a festschrift for Prof. Garnik Asatrian, a special relevance. Contributors: Victoria Arakelova; Marco Bais; Uwe Bläsing; Vahe S. Boyajian; Claudia A. Ciancaglini; Johnny Cheung; Viacheslav A. Chirikba; Matteo Compareti; Caspar ten Dam; Desmond Durkin-Meisterernst; Kaveh Farrokh; Aldo Ferrari; Ela Filippone; Khachik Gevorgian; Jost Gippert; Nagihan Haliloğlu; Elif Kanca; Pascal Kluge; Anna Krasnowolska; Vladimir Livshits; Hirotake Maeda; Irina Morozova; Irène Natchkebia; Peter Nicolaus; Antonio Panaino; Mikhail Pelevin; Adriano V. Rossi; James R. Russell; Dan Shapira; Wolfgang Schulze; Martin Schwarz; Roman Smbatian; Donald Stilo; Çakır Ceyhan Suvari; Giusto Traina; Garry Trompf; Matthias Weinreich; Eberhardt Werner and Boghos Zekiyan

Table of Contents

Preliminary material / Editors Studies on Iran and The Caucasus -- GARNIK ASATRIAN – A Scholar, a Master, a Friend / Boghos Levon Zekiyan -- “Like a Flame Through the Reeds”: An Iranian Image in the Buzandaran Patmut‘iwnk‘ / Marco Bais -- The “Bun-Turks” in Ancient Georgia / Jost Gippert -- On the Relative Value of Armenian Sources for the Khazar Studies: The Case of the Siege of Tbilisi / Dan Shapira -- Some Remarks on the Inscription of Maris, Casiti filius (Classical-Oriental notes, 9) / Giusto Traina -- The Military Campaigns of Shah Abbas I in Azerbaijan and the Caucasus (1603-1618) / Kaveh Farrokh -- Persia and Persians in Raffi’s Xamsayi Melik‘utiwnnerə / Aldo Ferrari -- New Information on the History of the Caucasus in the Third Volume of Afzal al-tavarikh / Hirotake Maeda -- Unrealized Project: Rousseaus’ Plan of Franco-Persian Trade in the Context of the Indian Expedition (1807) / Irène Natchkebia -- Nadir’s Religious Policy Towards Armenians / Roman Smbatian -- The Song Unveiling the Hidden / Victoria Arakelova -- Between Christianity and Islam: Heathen Heritage in the Caucasus / Viacheslav A. Chirikba -- Armenian Pre-Christian Divinities: Some Evidence from the History of Art and Archaeological Investigation / Matteo Compareti -- The Taming of the Fairies / Peter Nicolaus -- The Classification of Astral Bodies in the framework of an Historical Survey of Iranian traditions / Antonio Panaino -- From Muscat to Sarhadd: Remarks on gwātī Healing Ritual within the Social Context / Vahe S. Boyajian -- Georgische Gewächse auf türkischer Erde: Ein Beitrag zur Phytonomie in Nordostanatolien / Uwe Bläsing -- The Persian Verbal Suffixes -ān and -andeh (-andag) / Johnny Cheung -- Allomorphic Variability in the Middle Persian Continuants of the Old Iranian Suffix -ka- / Claudia A. Ciancaglini -- Vowel Length in Middle Persian Verbal Endings / Desmond Durkin-Meisterernst -- Some Khwarezmian Names / Vladimir Livshits -- Kurdish bažn, Persian bašn and Other Iranian Cognates / Ela Filippone -- Once again on Iranian kund / Adriano V. Rossi -- A Note on Armenian hrmštk-el / James R. Russell -- Aspects of Udi-Iranian Language Contact / Wolfgang Schulze -- Armenian varkaparazi and its Iranian Background / Martin Schwartz -- The Polygenetic Origins of the Northern Talyshi Language / Donald Stilo -- Not only in the Caucasus: Ethno-linguistic Diversity on the Roof of the World / Matthias Weinreich -- Hedayat’s Nationalism and his Concepts of Folklore / Anna Krasnowolska -- Early Specimens of Pashto Folklore / Mikhail Pelevin -- Activist, Professional, Family Man: Masculinities in Marjane Satrapi’s Work / Nagihan Haliloğlu -- On the Interpretation of the Term “Futuwwa” in Persian fotovvatnamehs / Khachik Gevorgian -- The Alevi Discourse in Turkey / Çakır Ceyhan Suvari and Elif Kanca -- Turkey’s Border with Armenia: Obstacle and Chance for Turkish Politics / Pascal Kluge -- On the Causes of Socialism’s Deconstruction: Conventional Debates and Popular Rhetoric in Contemporary Kazakhstan and Mongolia / Irina Morozova -- The Limitations of Military Psychology: Combat-stress and Violence-values among the Chechens and Albanians / Caspar ten Dam.