Iran Journal of the British Institute of Persian Studies 1991 No 1

Iran, Vol. 29 (1991), pp. i-vi+1-186 1 Front Matter [pp. i-ii] 1 Report of the Council to 31st March 1990 [pp. iii-iv] 5 Obituaries: 7 - Gordon A. Calver 1921-1990 [p. v] 7 - Joan Allgrove 1928-1991 [p. vi] 8 The Decorated Ironwork of the Early Iron Age Attributed to Luristan in Western Iran [pp. 1-12] 9 The Decorated Iron Swords from Luristan: Their Material and Manufacture [pp. 13-19] 21 Kavād's Heresy and Mazdak's Revolt [pp. 21-42] 28 Farrukhī's Elegy on Maḥmūd of Ghazna [pp. 43-49] 50 The 'Abbāsid Glazed Wares of Sīrāf and the Baṣra Connection: Petrographic Analysis [pp. 51-66] 57 New Thoughts on Old Hormuz: Chinese Ceramics in the Hormuz Region in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries [pp. 67-83] 73 The Ribāṭ of 'Alī b. Karmākh [pp. 85-94] 90 The Copies of the Quṭb Mīnār [pp. 95-107] 100 Weakness and Thirst: Unpublished Poems in Balochi by Gul Khān Nasīr and ʿAtā Sād [pp. 109-115] 113 Ancient Assyrian Textiles and the Origins of Carpet Design [pp. 117-135] 120 Khwājū Kirmānī (689-753/1290-1352): An Éminence Grise of Fourteenth Century Persian Painting [pp. 137-151] 139 Metalwork of the Turcoman Dynasties of Eastern Anatolia and Iran [pp. 153-159] 154 Agrarian Change in Two Regions of Kerman [pp. 161-179] 161 Shorter Notice: Merv, the "Soul of Kings", in World History [pp. 181-183] 180 Conference News [pp. 185-186] 183 [Illustration Plates for Article in Volume 29] 185 Back Matter 221