Fars-Nama-ye Naseri

Fars-Nama-ye Naseri (Persian: فارسنامه ناصری, lit.'The Naseri Book of Fars') is a Persian language book on the geography and history of Fars province in Iran. It was written by Hasan Fasa'i (1821–1898) by the order of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar and features illustrations and maps. Its volume two also covers the climate of the province, its vegetation, agriculture and fauna, cartography, and its position based on longitude and latitude.

References

  • The information in this article is based on that in its Persian equivalent.
  • Idem, "Merchants of Shiraz in the Late 19th Century", a monograph prepared at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University, 1987.
  • A. Banuazizi and A. Ashraf, "The Urban Elite and Notables of Shiraz in the Late Nineteenth Century", paper presented at the 11th Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association, New York, November 1977.
  • Fasāʾī, tr. Busse. D. Demorgny, "Les réformes administratives en Perse: Les tribus du Fars", RMM 22, 1913, pp. 85–150; 23, 1913, pp. 3–108 (based entirely on Fasāʾī's work).
  • D. A. Lane, "Hajjī Mīrzā Ḥasan-i Shīrāzī on the Nomadic Tribes of Fārs in the Fārs-nāmeh-i Nāṣirī", JRAS, 1923, pp. 209–31.