1/2 The Idea of Iranshahr (200-1200 CE)

Professor Touraj Daryaee's lecture at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) University of London, on May 16th, 2011. This lecture emphasizes the cultural unity of what the speaker calls Iranshahr which included the area between the Oxus and Euphrates River. Dr. Daryaee suggests that for a thousand years this area was dominated by a common set of values and ethos which originated with the Sasanian Empire and lasted until the Seljuk period.