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New Treatise on the Uniqueness of Consciousness

The Art of Peacemaking

Initiative to Stop the Violence

Charand-o Parand

Advice for Callow Jurists

The Criterion for Distinguishing Legal Opinions from Judicial Rulings and the Administrative Acts of Judges and Rulers

Critique of Religious Discourse

Subtle Insights Concerning Knowledge and Practice (Kalimāt wajīza mushtamila ‘alā nukat laṭīfa fī al-‘ilm wa-l-‘amal)

Charand-o Parand by Ali-Akbar Dehkhodā,; Translated by Janet Afary and John R. Perry

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Charand-o Parand
Revolutionary Satire from Iran, 1907-1909

By Ali-Akbar Dehkhodā,; Translated by Janet Afary and John R. Perry

Summary

More than a century after the publication of SE [Sur-e Esrāfil], Iranian supporters of democracy continue to turn to it for inspiration. In 2012 a special issue of the online publication Tārikh-e Irān (Iranian history), produced in Tehran, was devoted to SE. A number of academics were interviewed or asked to write essays on the significance of the paper and to mine it for insights for today. The commentators came from diverse ideological backgrounds inside and outside Iran. Some held religious beliefs and said the publication had been born from “the blood of the martyrs on the road to liberty.” More secular-leaning contributors extolled its radicalism in propagating social democratic ideals. Yet all shared a sense of awe at the manner in which the paper had built a bridge between progressive intellectuals and the popular classes in such an astonishingly short time. Dehkhodā and his colleagues planted the seeds for an authentic Iranian modernity. So long as this goal seems out of reach, SE and its Charand-o Parand columns will be part of the Iranian psyche.

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Publisher Yale University Press

Copyright 2016 Yale University

Print publication date 2016

Illustrations 2

Print ISBN 9780300197990

Translators' Introduction

[A Cure for Addiction] (Sur-e Esrāfil, Series 1, No. 1, pp. 2–3, May 30, 1907)

Letter from the City [The Battle of Thermopylae] (Sur-e Esrāfil, Series 1, No. 2, pp. 9–10, June 6, 1907)

News from the City [A Case of Indigestion] (Sur-e Esrāfil, Series 1, No. 3, p. 8, June 13, 1907)

A New Invention (Sur-e Esrāfil, Series 1, No. 3, p. 8, June 13, 1907)

Reply to the Letter [of June 6] (Sur-e Esrāfil, Series 1, No. 3, p. 8, June 13, 1907)

Literature [Verse: Girls of Quchān] (Sur-e Esrāfil, Series 1, No. 4, pp. 7–8, June 20, 1907)

[Hazards of Journalism] (Sur-e Esrāfil, Series 1, No. 5, pp. 7–8, June 27, 1907)

Telegram from Fars (Sur-e Esrāfil, Series 1, No. 5, pp. 7–8, June 27, 1907)

Announcement (Sur-e Esrāfil, Series 1, No. 5, pp. 7–8, June 27, 1907)

Letter from the City [Looking for Religion] (Sur-e Esrāfil, Series 1, No. 6, pp. 6–8, July 4, 1907)

Response (Sur-e Esrāfil, Series 1, No. 6, pp. 6–8, July 4, 1907)

Criticism and Objection [to Habl al-Matin] (Sur-e Esrāfil, Series 1, No. 6, pp. 6–8, July 4, 1907)

Good News [A Minister’s Munificence] (Sur-e Esrāfil, Series 1, No. 6, pp. 6–8, July 4, 1907)

Strike of Workers at Shah Abd al-Azim (Sur-e Esrāfil, Series 1, No. 6, pp. 6–8, July 4, 1907)

[A Villager Goes to the City] (Sur-e Esrāfil, Series 1, Nos. 7–8, pp. 14–16, August 1, 1907)

Razi-ye Ghaznavi [and Other Indian Mystics] (Sur-e Esrāfil, Series 1, No. 11, pp. 5–8, August 22, 1907)

Letter from a Lady [Cure for a Sty] (Sur-e Esrāfil, Series 1, No. 11, pp. 5–8, August 22, 1907)

Reply to the Letter (Sur-e Esrāfil, Series 1, No. 11, pp. 5–8, August 22, 1907)

[Domestic Politics] (Sur-e Esrāfil, Series 1, No. 11, pp. 5–8, August 22, 1907)

News from the City [Lost Tempers] (Sur-e Esrāfil, Series 1, No. 12, pp. 7–8, September 5, 1907)

Letter from Urumiyeh [Ottoman Shelling] (Sur-e Esrāfil, Series 1, No. 13, pp. 7–8, September 12, 1907)

Reply from the Newspaper (Sur-e Esrāfil, Series 1, No. 13, pp. 7–8, September 12, 1907)

[Religion for the Elite, Religion for the Masses] (Sur-e Esrāfil, Series 1, No. 14, pp. 7–8, September 19, 1907)

[Debate: Gifts for the Press] (Sur-e Esrāfil, Series 1, No. 15, pp. 7–8, November 5, 1907)

[A Letter in Arabic?] (Sur-e Esrāfil, Series 1, No. 16, pp. 7–8, November 14, 1907)

Text of the [Shaykh’s] Translation (Sur-e Esrāfil, Series 1, No. 16, pp. 7–8, November 14, 1907)

Literature: “O Kablāy!” (Sur-e Esrāfil, Series 1, No. 17, pp. 7–8, November 21, 1907)

Personal Letter [to “Pahlavān” Amir A‘zam] (Sur-e Esrāfil, Series 1, No. 17, pp. 7–8, November 21, 1907)

[On Victimization of Journalists] (Sur-e Esrāfil, Series 1, No. 17, pp. 7–8, November 21, 1907)

[Servants of the Privy Chamber] (Sur-e Esrāfil, Series 1, No. 18, pp. 6–8, November 28, 1907)

[Letter to the Russian Diplomat Shāpshāl Khan] (Sur-e Esrāfil, Series 1, No. 19, pp. 6–8, December 5, 1907)

[Events at Tupkhāneh Square] (Sur-e Esrāfil, Series 1, No. 20, pp. 5–8, January 16, 1908)

[“Watch Out—Sayyid Ali!”] (Sur-e Esrāfil, Series 1, No. 21, pp. 7–8, January 23, 1908)

Letter from the City [from Piefinger] (Sur-e Esrāfil, Series 1, No. 21, pp. 7–8, January 23, 1908)

Letter [Distrust of “Vakils”] (Sur-e Esrāfil, Series 1, No. 22, pp. 6–8, February 4, 1908)

Editor’s Reply (Sur-e Esrāfil, Series 1, No. 22, pp. 6–8, February 4, 1908)

Condolence Addressed to Mollā Nasreddin on the Death of the Shaykh al-Eslām (Sur-e Esrāfil, Series 1, No. 23, pp. 6–8, February 20, 1908)

Letter from Yazd [Hajjis in the Bath] (Sur-e Esrāfil, Series 1, No. 23, pp. 6–8, February 20, 1908)

From Semnān [A Silent Parliamentary Deputy] (Sur-e Esrāfil, Series 1, No. 23, pp. 6–8, February 20, 1908)

Reply from the Office [Drawbacks of a Quick Tongue] (Sur-e Esrāfil, Series 1, No. 23, pp. 6–8, February 20, 1908)

From Tabriz [Feuds among the Mojāhedin] (Sur-e Esrāfil, Series 1, No. 23, pp. 6–8, February 20, 1908)

From Rasht [Civil Servants on Strike] (Sur-e Esrāfil, Series 1, No. 23, pp. 6–8, February 20, 1908)

The Leaders and the Nation [Verse] (Sur-e Esrāfil, Series 1, No. 24, pp. 6–8, February 27, 1908)

Meanings of a Phrase [Amān az dugh-e Leyli] (Sur-e Esrāfil, Series 1, No. 24, pp. 6–8, February 27, 1908)

Object Lesson [Inquisitive Child] (Sur-e Esrāfil, Series 1, No. 25, pp. 6–8, March 12, 1908)

Six Place Settings and No Food (Sur-e Esrāfil, Series 1, No. 25, pp. 6–8, March 12, 1908)

A Riddle (Sur-e Esrāfil, Series 1, No. 25, pp. 6–8, March 12, 1908)

The Year in Review (Sur-e Esrāfil, Series 1, No. 26, pp. 6–8, April 23, 1908)

The Year in Review—continued (Sur-e Esrāfil, Series 1, No. 27, pp. 6–8, April 29, 1908)

Gum [The Story of Hajji Abbās] (Sur-e Esrāfil, Series 1, No. 27, pp. 6–8, April 29, 1908)

Gum—continued (Sur-e Esrāfil, Series 1, No. 28, pp. 7–8, May 5, 1908)

[Sani‘ al-Dowleh’s Dream] (Sur-e Esrāfil, Series 1, No. 29, pp. 7–8, May 13, 1908)

[The World Order] (Sur-e Esrāfil, Series 1, No. 30, pp. 7–8, May 25, 1908)

[Women’s Education] (Sur-e Esrāfil, Series 1, No. 31, pp. 7–9, June 11, 1908)

Announcement (Sur-e Esrāfil, Series 1, No. 31, pp. 7–9, June 11, 1908)

[The Shah on the Warpath] (Sur-e Esrāfil, Series 1, No. 32, pp. 7–8, June 20, 1908)

“The Speech of Kings Is the King of Speeches” (Sur-e Esrāfil, Series 2, No. 1, pp. 7–8, January 23, 1909)

Response of Mohammad-Ali Shah to the Clerics of Najaf (Sur-e Esrāfil, Series 2, No. 1, pp. 7–8, January 23, 1909)

Political Economy (Sur-e Esrāfil, Series 2, No. 2, pp. 7–8, February 6, 1909)

Draft of a Royal Letter to the Swiss Parliament (Sur-e Esrāfil, Series 2, No. 3, p. 8, March 8, 1909)

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