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Avesta. Ancient Persian Inscriptions. Middle Persian Literature.- I. Ancient Eastern-Iranian Culture.- II. The Culture of the Ancient Medes and Persians.- III. The Middle Persian Era.- IV. The Period of Transition to New Persian Literature (The Advance of Islam and the Beginnings of New Persian).- History of Persian literature up to the Beginning of the 20th Century.- I. Introduction.- II. The Beginnings of Persian Literature.- III. The Samanids (Middle of 3rd/9th century to end of 4th/10th).- IV. The Ghaznavid Period (5th/11th century).- V. The Seljuq Period (5th/11th to 6th/12th century).- VI. The Prose of the Seljuq Period (5th–6th/11th–12th century).- VII. ??fism.- VIII. The Mongols.- IX. T?m?r and His Successors.- X. The Safavids.- XI. The Turbulent 12th/l8th Century.- XII. Literary and Associated Species of Prose During the 7th–12th/13th–18th Centuries.- XIII. THE 13th/19th Century.- Persian Literature of the 20th Century.- I. Brief Survey of The Economico-Political Situation in Iran After 1896 355.- II. Character of the Literary Renaissance.- III. Literary Life in the Years 1921–1941.- IV. The Main Literary Trends After 1941.- Persian Learned Literature From Its Beginnings up to the End of the 18th Century.- I. Introduction.- II.Philosophy.- III.Philology.- IV.History and biography.- V.Geography.- VI. The exact sciences.- VII. The natural sciences.- VIII. Medicine and pharmacology.- IX. Encyclopaedias.- Tajik Literature From the 16th Century to the Present.- I. Before the Revolution.- II. After the Revolution.- Iranian Folk-Literature.- I. Introduction.- II. Iranian Folk-Epics.- III. Introduction to Folk-Tales.- IV. Iranian Entertainment Folk-Literature.- V. Written Forms of Folk-Literature.- VI. The Influence of Folk-Literature in Modern Persianand Tajik Literature.- VII. Religious Folk-Literature.- VIII. Dramatic Folk-Literature in Iran.- IX. Verse Forms of Folk-Literature.- X. Riddles and Proverbs.- XI. Conclusion.- Persian Literature in India.- An Outline of Judeo-Persian Literature.- Survey of Dynasties.- Selected Bibliography.- Addenda.