Encyclopædia Iranica

Encyclopædia Iranica is a project in Columbia University's Center for Iranian studies, to create a comprehensive & authoritiative English language encyclopedia about the culture of Iran and Persia. 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 full board, including 40 editors and 300 scholar authors from academic institutions in the US, 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.

The full-text of entries is free, online. Users will require a simple free font download, in order to have the words display using their intended characters & accents.

External links

• Website of Encyclopædia Iranica project. Full-text access to the Encyclopædia as it currently exists.