Encyclopædia Iranica

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**Title** **Encyclopædia Iranica**
Copyright Encyclopædia Iranica
Author	1200 named contributors. Editor in chief: Ehsan Yarshater
Translator	None
Country	United States of America
Language	English
Subject(s)	Iranistics and Greater Iran studies
Genre(s)	Reference encyclopedia
Publisher	Center for Iranian Studies, Columbia University
Released	1985-present
Media type	45 Hardback Volumes 13 Volumes have been published so far
ISBN	1568590504

Encyclopædia Iranica is a project of Columbia University started in 1974 at its Center for Iranian (Persian) Studies with the goal to create a comprehensive and authoritiative English language encyclopedia about the history, culture, and civilization of Iranian peoples from prehistory to modern times. It is the standard encyclopaedia of the academic discipline of Iranistics.

The scope goes beyond Persia (Iran) and encompasses other geographical areas where Iranian languages dominated in certain times: Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Balochistan, Anatolia and Kurdistan, as well as some regions of Pakistan, India, Caucasus, Central Asia, and Mesopotamia. Relations of the Iranian world with other cultures (China, Europe, etc.) are also covered.

It has already published 12 volumes, and is planning to publish a total of up to 30 volumes. It is edited by Ehsan Yarshater and a board (chaired by Mahmoud Khayami), including over 40 Consulting Editors from major international institutions doing research in Iranian Studies and the growing number (over 1,200 in 2006) of scholar authors from academic institutions in the United States, Europe, and Asia.

Since 1979, it has been sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities, and funded by the NEH and a variety of charitable foundations and individuals.

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