« Glissements progressifs du fantastique. Quelques exemples safavides et ottomans », in : Michele Bernardini, Masashi Haneda and Maria Szuppe, eds., Eurasian Studies [Liber Amicorum. Études sur l'Iran médiéval et moderne offertes à Jean Calmard]. Vol. V/1-2, 2006, pp. 31-53.

This article is a short excursus on the topic of fantastic literature (bestiaries, imaginary geography and ethnology), where the Author presents and comments several excerpts from Safavid and Ottoman sources, in transliteration and French translation. As far as Safavid literature is concerned, a long passage from Bijan’s manuscript History of Shah Ismail (British Library Ms Or 3,248, also known as Ross Anonymous) comprises almost half of the entire article (pp. 31-42), recounting the story of..