PUBLICATIONS
A. Ph.D. Dissertation
“The Formation of the Indo-European Telegraph Line: Britain, the Ottoman Empire
and Persia, 1855-1865” (PhD thesis, S.O.A.S., University of London, 1997); 558 pp.
[Supervised by Prof. Malcolm E. Yapp and Dr. R. M. Burrell].
B. Scientific Books (Refereed)
Authored Books - Published
1. 'The Forgotten Schools': The Baha'is and Modern Education in Iran,
1899-1934. London & New York: I. B. Tauris Publishers
Authored Books - Accepted for Publication
2. Soli Shahvar, Boris Morozov, Gadi Gilbar. Documents on the Baha’is
of Iran and Transcaspia. Vol. I: Letters from the Rozen Collection,
translated, annotated and edited, with detailed introductions. London &
New York: I. B. Tauris Publishers (forthcoming 2011) (circa 300pp)
[authors name appear according to their relative contribution]
C. Articles in Refereed Journals
Published
1.“Concession Hunting in the Age of Reform: British Companies and the
Search for
Government Guarantees; Telegraph Concessions through Ottoman
Territories, 18551858”, Middle Eastern Studies vol. 38, no. 4 (October 2002), pp. 169193.
2. “Tribes and Telegraphs in Lower Iraq: The Muntafiq and the BaghdadBasrah Telegraph Line of 1863-1865”, Middle Eastern Studies vol. 39,
no. 1 (January 2003), pp. 89-116.
3. "Communications, Qajar Irredentism and the Strategies of British India:
The Makran Coast Telegraph and British Policy of Containing Persia in
the East (Baluchistan) – Part I", Iranian Studies vol. 39, no. 3
(September 2006), pp. 329-351.
4. "Communications, Qajar Irredentism and the Strategies of British India:
The Makran Coast Telegraph and British Policy of Containing Persia in
the East (Baluchistan) – Part II”, Iranian Studies vol. 39, no. 4
(December 2006), pp. 569-595
5. “Lo Scontro con l’Iran Ora è Piu Probabile”, Limes – Rivisita Italiana di
Geopolitica, Quaderno Speciale no. 2 (2006), pp. 105-114 (in Italian).
6. “Why Israel Should Talk with Tehran (while Arming its Missiles),”
Heartland – EurAsian Review of Geopolitics vol. 2 (2006), pp. 27-35.
7. "Iron Poles, Wooden Poles: The Electric Telegraph and the OttomanIranian Boundary Conflict, 1863-1865", The British Journal of Middle
East Studies vol. 34, no. 1 (April 2007), pp. 23-42.
8. "Iran, Il Giorno Dopo: La Guerra che non Conviene", Limes – Rivisita
Italiana di Geopolitica, vol. 1 (2008), pp. 1-14 (in Italian).
Accepted for Publication
9. "The Islamic Regime in Iran and Its Attitude towards the Jews: The
Religious and Political Dimensions", Immigrants and Minorities (circa. 25
pp.).
D. Articles or Chapters in Scientific Books
(which are not Conference Proceedings)
Published
10. "Iran, 1925-1946", in The Middle East Between the World Wars, ed.
Haggai
Erlich, Tel Aviv: The Open University, 2003, part 2, vol. 5, pp. 251-86
(in Hebrew).
11."Technology, Diplomacy and European Economic Enterprise in mid
Nineteenth Century Ottoman Middle East: The Indo-European
Telegraph Line and the Clash of the Anglo-Ottoman Interests", in
Turkey: The Ottoman Past and the Republican Present, eds. Michael
Winter and Miri Sheffer, Tel Aviv: The Moshe Dayan Center for Middle
Eastern & African Studies and the Dept. for Middle Eastern and African
History, Tel Aviv University, pp. 211-245 (in Hebrew).
1. “Farsi: The Modernization Process and the Advent of English” in
Globally Speaking: Motives for Adopting English Vocabulary in
Other Languages, eds. Judith Rosenhouse and Rotem Kowner.
Clevedon, U.K.; Buffalo, N.Y.; Ontario, Canada: Multilingual Matters,
2008, pp. 187-207.
E. Entries in Encyclopedias
1. "First Telegraph Lines in Persia", The Encyclopaedia Iranica, ed. Ehsan
Yarshater, Costa Mesa, Ca.: Mazda Publishers
2. "First Railroad Built and Operated in Persia," The Encyclopaedia
Iranica, ed.
Ehsan Yarshater. Costa Mesa, Ca.: Mazda Publishers
F. Other Scientific Publications
Published
1. Book Review in ha-Mizrah ha-Hadash 42 (2002): 284-87 (in Hebrew)
David Menashri, Revolution at a Crossroads: Iran's Domestic Politics
and Regional Ambitions. Washington, D.C.: The Washington Institute
for Near East Policy, 1997.
H. Other Publications
1. “Iran: Incitement and Propaganda against Israel, the Jews and the Western
World”, in R. Erlich (ed.), Incitement and Propaganda against Israel, the
Jewish People and the Western World, conducted in the Palestinian Authority,
the Arab World and Iran (Intelligence and Terrorism's Information Bulletin No.
1)(Herzliya: The Center for Special Studies, January 2002), pp. 41-54.
2. “Iran: Incitement and Propaganda against Israel, the Jews and the Western
World”, in R. Erlich (ed.), Incitement and Propaganda against Israel, the
Jewish People and the Western World, conducted in the Palestinian Authority,
the Arab World and Iran (Intelligence and Terrorism's Information Bulletin No.
2)(Herzliya: The Center for Special Studies, March 2002), pp.67-79.
3. "Anti-Semitism in the Islamic Republic of Iran," in R. Erlich (ed.), "Hate
Industry": Anti-Semitic, anti-Zionist and anti-Jewish Literature in the Arab
and Muslim Worlds (Intelligence and Terrorism's Information Bulletin no.
4)(Herzliya: Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center at the Center for
Special Studies, September-November 2002), in 2 parts, pt. 1, pp. 14-16 and pt.
2, pp. 52-60.