Babkha is based on the culture, institutions and social structure of medieval Persia. This section provides you with links to external sources that gives you an overview of the history of Iran / Persia from ancient times to the modern era.
CyberIran History
A detailed historical timeline of events from Pre-Achaemenid Persia all the way to the Iran-Contra Affair with commentaries and reports on the institutions of modern Iran. The information in this site is mainly sourced from the United State's Library of Congress.
A Study of Iran
Provides a broad historical overview, from ancient Iran to modern day. Includes the Safavids, Reza Shah, and the Bakhtiar government, edited by Helen Chapin Metz.
Persian Outpost
A summary of Iran's documented history from 708 B.C. to the late 1940s. Excerpted from Funk & Wagnalls New Standard Encyclopedia.
Iranian Oral History Project
A project by Harvard University that provides scholars studying the contemporary political history of Iran with primary source material.
