Contributions a L'histoire Et La Geographic Historique De L'empire Sassanide (Book Review‪)‬

Contributions a l'histoire et la geographic historique de l'empire sassanide. Edited by RIKA GYSELEN. Res Orientale. vol. 16. Bures-sur-Yvette: GROUPE POUR L'ETUDL DE LA CIVILISATION DU MOYEN-ORIENT, 2004. Pp. 190, illus. [Distributed by Peeters Press, Louvain] This beautifully produced and extremely useful volume, with seven plates in color of Sasanian gold coinage, contains an avani-propos by Philip Huyse and five contributions to the topic of the title: Carlo Cereti, "Middle Persian Geographic Literature: the Case of the Bundahisn"; Philippe Gignoux, "Aspects de la vie administrative et sociale en Iran du 7eme siecle"; Rika Gyselen, "New Evidence for Sasanian Numismatics: the Collection of Ahmad Saeedi": Christelle Jullien. "Contribution des Actes des Martyrs perses a la geographie historique et a l'administration de ('empire sassanide"; and Florence Jullien, "'Parcours a travers l 'Histoire d 'lso 'sabran, martyr sous Khosrau II." There are four indexes: place names, general index, personal names, and administrative titles.