French version of “Encyclopedia of Islam and Iran” published

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - The French version of the encyclopedia on the historical and Islamic changes of ancient Iran is published in Beirut.“Encyclopedia of Islam and Iran” by Ali Akbar Velayati, Iranian author and thinker is translated into French published by Dar al Mashregh Publication in Beirut.The two-volume reference book is an discusses the historical changes and transformations of Islamic teachings in line with analyzing the philosophical nature of ancient Iran.“Encyclopedia of Islam and Iran” is one of the most prominent research efforts on the history of ancient Persia and pre and post-Islamic era analyzing the different great spiritual, scientific and cultural changes expanded due to spread of Islam in Iran.A unique feature for this book is that it is a perfect historiography of the relations between the deeply rooted civilization of Iran which was challenged by the spiritual aspects of Islam taking a monotheistic hue from the divine religion. /129