ČISTĀ: Studies in the History, Cultures and Religions of the Iranian World is concerned with history as well as religious and cultural aspects of the Iranian and the Persianate world, with a special emphasis on ‘niche subjects’ that seldom gain the interest of the scholars of Iranian Studies. The underlying presupposition is that the study of the Iranian world, from antiquity to the pre-modern era needs to be located within cultural and social analysis, situating historical and religious traditions within the broader cultural and geopolitical dynamics within which those traditions are located. Given the focus on the social, religious and cultural context, this serie encourages specifically cross-disciplinary researches with a broader application of theoretical and methodological tools to the study the Iranian world. A key aim of this series is to help facilitate greater cross- and inter-disciplinary works, bringing together those who study history, social history, art, archaeology, philology, and literature.