Selected Bibliography Persian Literature Resources Ahmadi, Wali. Modern Persian Literature in Afghanistan: Anomalous Visions of History and Form. New York: Routledge, 2008. Browne, Edward G. A Literary History of Persia. Introduction by J.T. P de Bruijn. Bethesda, Maryland: Iranbooks, 1997. Dabashi, Hamid. The World of Persian Literary Humanism. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2012. Dale, Stephen F. The Muslim Empires