Iran. Journal of the British Institute of Persian Studies

255 Pages·1969·61.03 MB·English

IRAN
Journal of the British Institute of Persian Studies
VOLUMEV II 1969
CONTENTS
Page
Governing Council .. . . . . vi
Director's Report . . . . . . . . . vii
Excavations at Tepe Nfish-i Jan, 1967, by David Stronach . . . I
La Survie de Shildu et la Route du Khunj-6-Fdl, by Jean Aubin. . 21
Excavations at Siraf: Second Interim Report, by David Whitehouse . 39
The Drhibgird Relief-Ardashir or Shdhpfir ? A discussion in the context
of early Sasanian sculpture, by Georgina Herrmann . . . 63
The Beliefs and Practices of the Ahl-i Haqq of Iraq, by C. J. Edmonds . 89
The and Persian Literature, by C. E. Bosworth . . . 103
KirmTa.nh iraindds the Middle East: Paul Ward English's City and Village in
Iran: Settlement and Economy in the Kirman Basin, by Brian
Spooner and Philip C. Salzman . . . . . 07
Excavations at Biba Jan 1967: Second Preliminary Report, by Clare
Goff Meade . .. . . . . I 15
Prehistoric Copper and Bronze Metallurgy in Western Iran (with special
reference to Lilristin), by P. R. S. Moorey . . . . 131
"Some Ancient Metal Belts"-a Retraction and a Cautionary Note, by
P. R. S. Moorey . . . . . . . . 155
Hinweise und Anmerkungen zu einigen sasanidischen Monumenten, bo
Klaus Schippmann . . . . . . . . . 157
Further Notes on the Shaft-hole Pick-axe from Khurib Makran, by
C. C. Lamberg-Karlovsky . . . . 163
Survey of Excavations in Iran, 1967-68 . . . . . 169
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i. The Institute has an establishment in Tehran at which British scholars, men of learning versed in
the arts, friends of Iran, may reside and meet their Iranian colleagues in order to discuss with them
subjects of common interest; the arts, archaeology, history, literature, linguistics, religion, philosophy
and cognate subjects.
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order that they may refresh themselves at the source of knowledge from which their teaching derives.
The same service is being rendered to younger students who show promise of developing interests
in Persian studies.
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with the development of archaeological techniques, and seeks the co-operation of Iranian scholars
and students in applying current methods to the resolution of archaeological-and historical
problems.
4. Archaeological excavation using modern scientific techniques as ancillary aids is one of the
Institute's primary tasks. These activities, which entail a fresh appraisal of previous discoveries,
have already yielded new historical, architectural, and archaeological evidence which is adding
to our knowledge of the past and of its bearing on the modern world.
5. In pursuit of all the activities mentioned in the preceding paragraphs the Institute is gradually
adding to its library, is collecting learned periodicals, and is publishing a journal, Iran, which
is expected to appear annually. The Institute aims at editing and translating a series of Persian
texts, the first of which, the Humay-Nama, edited by Professor A. J. Arberry, has already appeared.
6. The Institute arranges occasional seminars, lectures and conferences and enlists the help of
distinguished scholars for this purpose. It will also aim at arranging small exhibitions with the
object of demonstrating the importance of Persian culture and its attraction for the world of
scholarship.
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by all the means at its disposal and, when consulted, assists Iranian scholars with technical advice
for directing them towards the appropriate channels in British universities.
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MrT . S. R. Boase, Hon.D.C.L.( Oxford),H on.LL.D. Miss Margaret Munn-Rankin, M.A.(Oxon.),
(St. Andrews, Melbournea nd RockefellerI nstitute), F.S.A., who will accompany Tour No. 10, is a
Hon.D.Litt.(Durhama nd Reading), who will accom- Lecturera t Cambridge Universityi n the history and
pany Tour No. 11, is a Fellow of the BritishA cademy archaeology of the ancient Near East, a Fellow of
and from 1947 until 1968w as President of Magdalen Newnham College, Cambridge, and a member of
College, Oxford. Previously he was Director of the the Councils of the British School of Archaeology
Courtauld Institute of Art and Professor of the in Iraq and the British Institute of Archaeology at
History of Art in the Universityo f London; he has Ankara. She has excavated in Iraq, Syria, Turkey,
travelled over most of the Near East. His publica- and Cyprus; has travelled widely in Iran and,
tions include the Oxford History of English Art, amongst other publications, has contributed
vols. II and X, and Castles and Churches of the articles on the history of the Persian Empiret o the
Crusading Kingdom. EncyclopaediaB ritannica.
Mr R. H. Pinder-Wilson, M.A.(Oxon.), F.S.A.,
Mr John Burton-Page, M.A.(Oxon.), F.S.A., who who will accompany Tour No. 12, is Assistant
will accompany Tour No. 9, is Reader in Hindii n the Keeper in the Departmento f Oriental Antiquities at
University of London where he is responsible for the British Museum and is there in charge of
the teaching of Indian archaeology; he has Islamic antiquities. He has travelled extensively in
specialized in the study of Indian Islamic archae- the Near East, and has taken part in excavations on
ology with reference to the Persian sources and the Persian Gulf and in Eastern Anatolia. His
connections. He is Director of the Royal Asiatic publications include books on Islamic Art, and
Society and a member of the Governing Council of Persian Painting in the Fifteenth Century,a nd con-
the British Institute of Persian Studies. Has con- tributions to learned journals.
tributed extensively to learned journals and
encyclopedias. Mr David Stronach, M.A.(Cantab.), F.S.A., who
will accompany Tour No. 8, is Director of the
British Institute of Persian Studies at Teheran. He
Miss Clare Goff, Ph.D., who will accompany Tour read archaeology and anthropology at Cambridge
No. 7, has done much archaeological fieldwork in in 1951-55 and was subsequently a Fellow of the
Iran and has a wide knowledge of the country. She British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara and of
worked with the British Institute of Persian Studies the British School of Archaeology in Iraq. He later
on the site of the ancient Persian capital of carried out excavations on the North-West Frontier
Pasargadae, and is now engaged upon the problem of Pakistan and has recently been uncovering the
of the famous Luristanc ulture in central Iran. She ancient Persian capital of Pasargadae. Has accom-
has published papers in learned journals. panied three previous tours.
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IRAN
Journal of the British Institute of Persian Studies
VOLUMVEI I 1969
CONTENTS
Page
Governing Council . . . . . . . . . vi
Director's Report . . . . . . . . . . vii
Excavations at Tepe Nfish-i Jan, 1967, by David Stronach . .I
La Survie de Shildu et la Route du Khunj-6-Fal, by Jean Aubin. . 21
Excavations at Siraf: Second Interim Report, by David Whitehouse . 39
The Relief-Ardashir or ? A discussioni n the context
Darabgird Shahpiir
of early Sasanian sculpture, by Georgina Herrmann . . . 63
The Beliefs and Practices of the Ahl-i IHaqqo f Iraq, by C. J. Edmonds. 89
The Tahirids and Persian Literature, by C. E. Bosworth . . . o103
Kirman and the Middle East: Paul Ward English's City and Villagei n
Iran: Settlemenatn dE conomiyn theK irmanB asin, by Brian Spooner and
Philip C. Salzman . . . . . . . . .o107
Excavations at Bdbi Jan 1967: Second Preliminary Report, by Clare
Goff . . . . . . . . . . . II5
PrehistoricC opper and Bronze Metallurgy in Western Iran (with special
reference to Lairistdn),b y P. R. S. Moorey . . . . . 131
" Some Ancient Metal Belts "-a Retraction and a Cautionary Note, by
P. R. S. Moorey . . . . . . . . . 155
Hinweise und Anmerkungen zu einigen sasanidischen Monumenten, by
Klaus Schippmann . . . . . . . . . 157
Further Notes on the Shaft-hole Pick-axe from Khurab Makran, by
C. C. Lamberg-Karlovsky . . . . . . . . 163
Survey of Excavations 1967-68 . . . . . . . I69
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BRITISH INSTITUTE OF PERSIAN STUDIES
GOVERNING COUNCIL
President
*Sir MAX MALLOWAN, C.B.E., M.A., D.Lit., F.B.A., F.S.A.
Vice President
Professor A. J. ARBERRY, M.A., Litt.D., D.Litt., F.B.A.
Members
ProfessorS ir HAROLD BAILEY, M.A., D.Phil., F.B.A.
R. D. BARNETT, Esq., D.Litt., F.B.A., F.S.A.
*Sir MAURICE BOWRA, M.A., D.Litt., Litt.D., LL.D., F.B.A.
ProfessorJ . A. BOYLE, B.A., Ph.D.
MICHAEL BROWNE, Esq., Barrister-at-Law
JOHN BURTON-PAGE Esq., M.A., F.S.A.
Professor W. B. FISHER, B.A., D. de l'Univ., F.R.A.I.
Dr. ILYA GERSHEVITCH, M.A., Ph.D., D.Litt.
BASIL GRAY, Esq., C.B.E., F.B.A.
Professor A. K. S. LAMBTON, O.B.E., D.Lit., Ph.D.
Professor SETON H. F. LLOYD, C.B.E., M.A., F.B.A., F.S.A., A.R.I.B.A.
LAURENCE LOCKHART, Esq., Litt.D., Ph.D., F.R.Hist.S.
RALPH H. PINDER-WILSON, Esq., M.A., F.S.A.
BASIL W. ROBINSON, Esq., M.A., B.Litt.
*Sir MORTIMER WHEELER, C.H., C.I.E., M.C., T.D., D.Lit., F.R.S., F.B.A., F.S.A.
Professor R. C. ZAEHNER, M.A., F.B.A.
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Mrs. LUKE HERRMANN, D.Phil., F.S.A.
Professor C. E. BOSWORTH, M.A., Ph.D.
OFFICERS IN IRAN
Director
DAVID STRONACH, Esq., M.A., F.S.A.
Assistant Director
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DIRECTOR'S REPORT
NovemberI st 1967 to October3 1st 1968
Guests
Those staying at the Institute since November Ist have included the following: Miss Susan Russell
(University of Sydney); Miss Winnifred Morgan (University of California, engaged in Armenian
studies); Professor Charles Adams (reviewing plans for McGill University's proposed Institute of
Islamic Studies); Mr. G. H. R. Wright (Institut Frangais d'Archeologie, Beirut); Professor Roger
Savory (University of Toronto, engaged in historical research); Mr. T. Unestram (University of
Uppsala); Professor George Dales (University Museum, Pennsylvania, passing through); Professor
Sir Max and Lady Mallowan; Sir Mortimer Wheeler; Dr. and Mrs. W. Lerouge (Ghent University,
members of the Belgian Archaeological Expedition to Liiristan); Professora nd Mrs. Henry T. Wright
(University of Michigan), Mr. Robert Bettarel (University of Michigan) and Mr. Robert C. Gibbs
(University of Maryland) members of the Farukhabdd Expedition; Mr. William Sumner (University
of Pennsylvania, engaged in an archaeological survey of the Kfir river basin, Fars); Mr. R. F. Wye
(studying Persian); ProfessorL . de Meyer (Ghent University, Delegation Archeologique Frangaise);
Mr. Vincent Costello (University of Durham, making an urban study of Kash~n); Dr. Olu? Arik
(Dil ve Tarih-Cografiye Fakiiltesi, Ankara University), Dr. A. D. H. Bivar (School of Oriental and
African Studies, University of London), Lady Charlotte Bonham Carter, Miss Mary Burkett (Director,
Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal), Mrs. Rachel Maxwell-Hyslop (Institute of Archaeology, University
of London), Dr. G6anil Oney (Dil ve Tarih-Cografiye Fakiiltesi, Ankara University), Mr. Ralph
Pinder-Wilson (Department of Oriental Antiquities, British Museum), Dr. Philip Tyler (Department
of History, University of Western Australia), Mr. ChristopherW alker (Department of Western Asiatic
Antiquities, BritishM useum), and Mr. M. E. Weaver (Middle East Technical University, Ankara) all of
whom attended the Fifth Congress of Iranian Art and Archaeology; Sir Maurice Bowra (lecture tour
on behalf of the Institute and the British Council); Professora nd Mrs. Richard Ellis (Yale University);
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Salzman (McGill University, engaged in ethnographic research in Baluchistan);
Professora nd Mrs. R. H. D. Slater (Harvard University); Dr. and Mrs. Robert Thomson (Harvard
University, engaged in Armenian Studies); Dr. and Mrs. Louis Dupree (en route to Afghanistan);
Miss Theresa Goell (visiting museums and archaeological sites); Miss Margaret Hall (Victoria and
Albert Museum, studying textiles); Professor Carl Lamberg-Karlovsky, Mr. J. Humphries, Mr.
Richard Meadow, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Bankoff, Miss Jane Britton and Mr. Peter Dane (Harvard
University Expedition to Tepe Yahyd); Dr. Robert Stigler, Mr. Newbold Noyes, Mr. Richard Davis,
Mr. Howard Hecker, Mr. William McClintock and Mr. Terence McClintock (Columbia University
Expedition to Azerbaijan); Dr. Joel Kraemer (Yale University, investigating material on the Muslim
philosophers); ProfessorR obert H. Dyson, Jr., Dr. Oscar White Muscarella, Mr. and Mrs. Christopher
Hamlin, Miss Mary Voigt, Miss Gayle Weaver, Miss Mary Virginia Harris, Miss Mary Sherman
Parsons,M iss Elizabeth Stone, Mr. Bennet Bronsona nd Mr. Arthur Smith (IjasanlGPi roject); Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Burney (University of Manchester), Miss Leila Khalidy, Mr. Malcolm Stephenson and
Mr. Timothy Dickinson (Excavations at Haftavn Tepe, Azerbaijan); Mr. Brian Clark (Dept. of
Geography, University of Durham, engaged in urban research); Professor and Mrs. Saul Weinberg
(University of Missouri); Dr. Clare Goff Meade, Miss Judith Pullar, Mr. Robert Hurst, Mr. Nigel
Palmer, Mr. Stephen Mitchell, Mr. Julian Baldick, Mr. Hans Smits and Mr. Jeffrey Frye (Excavations
at BThi Jan Tepe in Lflristan); Mr. and Mrs. Richard Tapper (University of London, engaged in
social anthropological research in Afghanistan); Mr. Robert Spertus (University of Michigan, engaged
in historical research); Miss Valrae Reynolds and Miss Sandra Leff (Institute of Fine Arts, New York);
Dr. John Gurney (Oriental Institute, Oxford); Dr. Schuyler van R. Camman (University of Pennsyl-
vania); Mr. and Mrs. David Pearl (Cambridge University, en route to Pakistan to commence studies
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in Islamic Law); Dr. Klaus Schippmann (University of Gottingen: archaeological research in the
Bakhtiari region); Mr. John Wertime (Princeton University: study of Safavid history); Mr. David
Gye, Mr. Ian Durie, Mr. Guy Williamson, and Mr. Richard Beauchamp (Cambridge University
Expedition to Q6mis); Mr. Theodore H. Wertime, Dr. R. Tylecote, Dr. Frederick Matson, Dr. Beno
Rothenberg, Dr. Radomir Pleiner, Dr. Robert Brill and Mr. Sam Bingham (Smithsonian Pyrotechno-
logical Expedition to Afghanistan, Iraq and Turkey); Mr. Robert Hillenbrand (University of Oxford,
investigating Islamic tomb towers in Mazandaran); The Rev. Harry Williams and Mr. Graham
Storey (University of Cambridge, visiting); Mr. Peter Heyworth and Mr. John Warrack (reporting
the Shirtz Festival of Arts); Professora nd Mrs. James Barr (Dept. of Near Eastern Studies, University
of Manchester); Mr. Leonard Harrow (University of Edinburgh, studying Persian); Dr. Pierre Verrin
(Directeur, Centre d'Archdologie, Madagascar, studying late Islamic pottery); Miss Cynthia Roberts
(University of Durham, studying Persian); Dr. and Mrs. David Whitehouse, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick
Aldsworth, Miss Enid Parson, Miss Sonya Sprinthall, Miss Diana Clegg, Miss Rosemonde Nairac,
Mr. Peter Donaldson, Mr. Edward Harris, Mr. Clifford Long, Mr. Ronald Shoesmith, Mr. Gerald
Dalby, Mr. Giles Scholl, Mr. Jan Roberts, Mr. Nicholas Lowick and Mr. Edward Hans (Sirif Expedi-
tion); ProfessorR ichard N. Frye (Harvard University); Mr. and Mrs. Dale Eickelman (University of
Chicago, studying Shi'ism in Iraq); Mr. William Royce (Princeton University, engaged in historical
research); Professor and Mrs. Frank Hole (Rice University Expedition to Deh Luran); Mr. John
Taylor (Selly Oak Colleges, Birmingham); and Mr. Michael Rogers (Center for Arabic Studies,
American University in Cairo).
Visito f ProfessorS ir Max Mallowan
Early in January Sir Max and Lady Mallowan returned to Iran for a period of three weeks. During
the course of his visit Sir Max delivered lectures on Elamite history and archaeology at the Institute and
also at each of the British Council Centres in Tehran, Isfahdn and Meshed.
Visit to Sirdf
Towards the middle of January Dr. David Whitehouse and his team were visited by Sir Mortimer
Wheeler, Sir Max and Lady Mallowan and Mr. Stronach. Many separate facets of the work were
reviewed and, with reference to further campaigns, it was agreed that one of the Expedition's most
rewarding tasks would be to clear a still larger part of the residential quarter close to the Great
Mosque.
Congresosf IranianA rt and Archaeology
Two members of the Governing Council, Mr. Basil Gray and Mr. Ralph Pinder-Wilson, were
amongst the large number of British delegates that attended the Fifth Congress of Iranian Art
and Archaeology, held in Tehran at the invitation of the Ministry of Culture, from April i i th to
I8th. At the close of the Congress Mr. Basil Gray was elected to succeed ProfessorA rthur Upham
Pope as President, and it was agreed that the Sixth Congress should be held at Oxford in four years'
time.
Sir MauriceB owra
After delivering the Institute's inaugural lecture on Edward Fitzgerald almost seven years ago,
Sir Maurice Bowra returned to Iran in mid-April as a guest of both the Institute and the British Council.
In his lecture at the Institute Sir Maurice took as his subject the father of British Oriental studies,
Sir William Jones. Members of the Fifth Congress contributed to the discussion that followed and
equally lively interest was shown in Sir Maurice's eloquent lecture at the British Council entitled
" Omar, Fitzgerald and Graves ". In addition to lecturing at Tehran University on "Some
Peculiarities of English Poetry ", Sir Maurice also spoke at Isfahan and Shiraz Universities.
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FurtherL ecturesa t the Institute
" Forts, Peasants and Nomads in South-East Persia " by Dr. Brian Spooner on January 6th.
" Contemporary Studies of Religion: Some Recent Developments " by Professor R. E. L. Slater,
Emeritus Professor of Comparative Religion at Harvard University, on May 25th. Professor Hussein
Nasr, Dean of the Faculty of Letters at Teheran University, kindly took the chair.
Director
Mr. Stronach left Iran in early November, returning again at the end of December. During his
visit to the United Kingdom he lectured at Sheffield, Cambridge and London universities on various
aspects of the Institute's recent archaeological work in Iran. At the Fifth Congress of Iranian Art and
Archaeology in April he read a paper entitled " Excavations at Tepe Nfish-i J~n and Shahr-i Q5mis:
New Light on Media and Parthia ". In common with other Institute directors in Tehran, Mr. Stronach
will serve on the Executive Committee of the forthcoming Sixth Congress.
Assistant Director
Following his farewell lecture on January 6th, Dr. Spooner left Iran, first to return to St. Anthony's
College, Oxford, and later to take up his present position at the University of Pennsylvania.
Mr. David Blow, a doctoral student at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London Univer-
sity, who first began his studies in history at the University of Cambridge, has been appointed as Dr.
Spooner's successor.
Excavations
Thanks to the handsome co-operation of all who contribute to our annual Survey of Excavations
it is probably unnecessary to add further notes on last summer's excavations in Iran. The Institute has
extended special help, of course, to those expeditions from the United Kingdom currently working at
Sirdf, Bdba Jan Tepe and Haftavdn Tepe and the success of each of these projects is a matter for
gratification.
Although no fresh excavations took place at either Tepe Ntish-i Jan or Shahr-i Q5mis during the
past year, a generous subvention from Mr. Ian Bowler, O.B.E., the President of I.M.E.G., was of great
assistance in allowing a small team of geography and engineering students from Cambridge University
to complete a number of surface studies at the latter site. At the same time we must also place on
record our deep gratitude to H.E. Mr. Mehrddd Pahlbod, the Minister of Culture, and his staff for their
continuing interest in the work of the Institute-an interest most recently and most generously affirmed
by the Ministry's munificent grant towards the cost of a new museum and temporary expedition
house at Sirif.
Fellows
Mrs. Ruth Whitehouse and Mr. Hugh Ainsley, the Institute Fellows for the year 1967/8, both
visited the Institute at the close of the second season of excavations at Siraf, Mr. Ainsley staying on to
complete a number of plans and drawings before his return to London. The past month has also seen
the arrival of two of the Institute's Fellows for the current session, Mr. Andrew Williamson, who will be
making a survey of early Islamic trade routes in southern Iran, and Mr. Anthony Hutt, who will be
gathering material for a study of Ghaznavid architecture.
CambridgeH istory of Iran
In completing these pages, reference must be made to the celebrations that accompanied the
publication of volumes I and V of the CambridgeH istory of Iran in October 1968. At a reception arranged
under the auspices of the University of Tehran, at which both Professor Fazlullah Rezi, the Chancellor
of the University, and Professor Hussein Nasr, the Dean of the Faculty of Letters, welcomed the new
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