Encyclopædia Iranica is a grand project of Columbia University's Center for Iranian Studies to create a comprehensive and authoritiative English language encyclopedia about the history and culture of Persia (Iran).

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, chaired by Mahmoud Khayami, including 40 editors and 910 scholar authors from academic institutions in the United States, Europe, and Asia, including notables such as Nicholas Sims-Williams, Richard Nelson Frye, Gherardo Gnoli, Xavier de Planhol, Hamid Algar, Christoph Marcinkowski and others. [http://www.iranica.com/editor/others.html

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 available for free viewing online. PC users will require a simple free font download in order to have the words display using their intended characters and accents.

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