Two Twin Calendars. Two Old Years & Only One City

Jafarey, Ali A. Two Twin Calendars. Two Old Years & Only One City. Rawalpindi: Iran Pakistan Institute of Persian Studies, 1973. First edition. Quarto. xviii, 14, 84pp. Original blue buckram with gilt-stamped emblem and lettering on front and back cover and spine. Published on the occasion of the celebration of the birth millenary of Abu Rayhan Biruni, a Persian scholar and polymath. “This is not a treatise on a calendar and chronology… This is a preliminary research on the services rendered by the compatriots of Biruni in this field and in this region over the last two thousand years” (first chapter). Illustrated with 14 two color plates of original documents in Persian. Text in Persian and English. Binding with some wear along edges and spine. Stamp of Iran Pakistan institute on title pages. Binding in overall good-, interior in good+ to very good condition. g. Hardcover. (35953) $65