The Digital Archive of Brief notes & Iran Review (DABIR) is an open access, peer-reviewed online journal published by the Dr. Samuel M. Jordan Center for Persian Studies and Culture at the University of California, Irvine. DABIR aims to quickly and efficiently publish brief notes and reviews relating to the pre-modern world in contact with Iran and Persianate cultures. The journal accepts submissions on art history, archaeology, history, linguistics, literature, manuscript studies, numismatics, philology and religion, from Jaxartes to the Mediterranean and from the Sumerian period through to and including the Safavid era (3500 BCE-1500 CE). Work dealing with later periods can be considered on request.

Issue 01

I Articles

1. A re-examination of two terms in the Elamite version of the Behistun inscription
   Saber Amiri Pariyan
2. Alexander and the Arsacids in the manuscript MU29
   Touraj Daryaee
3. Take care of the xrafstars! A note on Nēr. 7.5
   Shervin Farridnejad
4. The kings of Parthia and Persia: Some considerations on the ‘Iranic’ identity in the Parthian Empire
   Leonardo Gregoratti
5. Brief comments on the so-called Xorde Avesta (1)
   Götz König
6. Some thoughts on the rock-reliefs of ancient Iran
   Ali Mousavi
7. A note on the Alkhan coin type 39 and its legend
   Khodadad Rezakhani
8. Relieving monthly sexual needs: On Pahlavi daštān-māh wizārdan
   Shai Secunda
9. Preliminary observations on word order correspondence in the Zand
   Arash Zeini

II Reviews

10. Smith, Kyle. 2014. The Martyrdom and History of Blessed Simeon bar Sabba’e
    Sajad Amiri Bavandpoor
11. Mayor, Adrienne. 2014. The Amazons. Lives and Legends of Warrior Women Across the Ancient World
    Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
12. Llewellyn-Jones, Lloyd & James Robson. 2010. CTESIAS’ History of Persia: Tales of the Orient
    Yazdan Safaee

III Special Issue

13. Of dirt, diet, and religious others: A theme in Zoroastrian thought
    Bruce Lincoln

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