Yusef Amiri has recently translated the book, “The Scythians 700-300 BC” by E.V. Cerneko, published originally in 1983 by Osprey Publishing’s Men at Arms Series (137). The Persian translation will be availbale from the summer of 2010. There is a description of this in Persian at the Asvaran Blog…
The Persian translation also examines the ‘Scythian period’ in the history of Eastern Europe which spanned four centuries. The Scythians spoke an the Old Iranian language which was akin to the Old Persian spoken by the Medes and Persians of ancient Iran.
The Scythians left a lasting impression of their horsemanship upon the history of their times, resonating a thousand years after they had ceased to exist as a sovereign people. Thier ancient homeland (Ukraine and southern Russia) and the territories which they dominated far beyond it continued to be known as ‘greater Scythia’. Amiri’s translation of Cernenko’s book is also highly illustrated with details on Scythian costume, weapons and the way these peoples waged war.
Below is a description of Amiri’s translation in Persian.
سکاهای باختری
۱ بهمن ماه ۱۳۸۸۱- معرفی کتاب
تازه‌ترین کتابی که ترجمه‌ی آن را در ماه گذشته و ویرایش آن را در این ماه به پایان رساندم کتاب «سکاهای باختری» نوشته‌ی ای.وی. چرننکو (E.V. Cernenko)، خاروشناس برجسته‌ی روس، است که در سال ۱۹۸۳ م./ ۱۳۶۲ خ. به دست انتشارات اسپری منتشر شده است. امیدوارم این ترجمه در تابستان ۱۳۸۹ کتاب منتشر شود.
