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Publications

Topic	Time period	Resource	Locations Covered
Social life and customs		Area handbook for Iran. Washington, D.C.: United States. Government Printing Office, 1971	Iran
Social life and customs		Yount, Kathryn M. and Rashad, Hoda. in the Middle East: ideational change in Egypt, Iran, and Tunisia. Abingdon, England: Routledge, 2008	Iran
Social life and customs		Yonan, Isaac Malek. Persian women: a sketch of woman's life from the cradle to the grave, and missionary work among them. Nashville, Tennessee: Cumberland Presbyterian Publishing House, 1898	Iran
Culture and Customs		Daniel, Elton L.; Mahdī, ʻAlī Akbar. Culture and Customs of Iran. Greenwood Press, 2006	Iran
Social life and customs		Hatam, Zahra Talaei; Arian, Foad Pour; Salimi, Khadijeh. Social and Cultural Images of Qajar-Iran Customs.	Iran
Culture and Customs		Koutlaki, Sofia A. Among the Iranians: A Guide to Iran's Culture and Customs. Interculteral Press, 2010	Iran
Social life and customs		Adams, Isaac. Persia by a Persian; personal experiences, manners, customs, habits, religious and social life in Persia. Chicago, 1900	Iran
Culture and Customs		Daniel, Elton L.; Mahdī, ʻAlī Akbar. Culture and customs of Iran. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 2006	Iran
Beliefs and customs		Massé, Henri. Persian beliefs and customs. New Haven, Conn.: Human Relations Area Files, 1954	Iran
Life and manners		Sheil, Lady Mary Leonora Woulfe. Glimpses of life and manners in Persia. Read Books, 2009	Iran
Social life and customs		Iran. Vizārat-i Iṭṭilāʻāt. Iran. Tehran, Iran : Ministry of Information, 1969	Iran
Social life and customs		Tapper, Richard. The Conflict of tribe and state in Iran and Afghanistan. London: Croom Helm; New York: St. Martin's Press, 1983	Iran
Social life and customs		‏چمن‌ماه، فاطمه، 1946- ‏فاطمه چمن‌ما. ‏از ديرباز تا هميشه :‏ ‏فرهنگ عاميانه مردم شهر شيراز '= From past to aye: Shiraz social life and customs /‏. عنوان، [Ardabīl]: ʻUnvān, 2018	Iran
Customs and Etiquette		O'Shea, Maria. Culture shock!: Iran: a guide to customs and etiquette. Portland, Or.: Graphic Arts Center Pub. Co., 2003	Iran
Social life and customs		Beeman, William O. Language, status, and power in Iran. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1986	Iran
Social life and customs		Batmanglij, Najmieh. New food of life: ancient Persian and modern Iranian cooking and ceremonies. Washington, D.C.: Mage Publishers, 2009	Iran
Social life and customs		Mortensen, Inge Demant; Nicolaisen, Ida. Nomads of Luristan: history, material culture, and pastoralism in western Iran. London; New York, N.Y.: Thames and Hudson; Copenhagen: Rhodos International Science and Art Publishers, 1993	Iran
Social life and customs		Mottahedeh, Roy. The Mantle of the Prophet: learning and power in modern Iran. London: Chatto, 1985	Iran
Social life and customs		Loeb, Laurence D. Outcaste: Jewish life in southern Iran. London; New York: Routledge, 2011	Iran
Life and customs		WILSON, Samuel Graham. Persian Life and Customs. With scenes and incidents of residence and travel in the Land of the Lion and the Sun. Edinburgh & London: Oliphant, Anderson & Ferrier, 1896	Iran