Moderators! Do we have a Persian specialist on this sub, or anyone that comes close to this? I'm looking for reading materials/prominent scholars on the Parthians and am having trouble. Can anyone please lend a hand?

by mweuste
ByzantineBasileus

When I saw the Bat Signal I got here as fast as I could.

First up, we have Shadows in the Desert, by Kaveh Farrokh. It covers Iranian warfare from the Achaemenids to the Sassanians:

https://www.amazon.com/Shadows-Desert-Ancient-General-Military/dp/1846031087

The Parthian and Early Sasanian Empires: Adaptation and Expansion, by a host of contributors, including Touraj Daryaee:

https://www.amazon.com/Parthian-Early-Sasanian-Empires-adaptation/dp/1785702076/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1486105354&sr=1-2&keywords=Parthian+Empire

Arsacids, Romans and Local Elites: Cross-Cultural Interactions of the Parthian Empire, by Jason Schlude and Benjamin Rubin, which will come out this July:

https://www.amazon.com/Arsacids-Romans-Local-Elites-Cross-Cultural/dp/178570592X/ref=sr_1_12?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1486105354&sr=1-12&keywords=Parthian+Empire

Mesopotamia and Iran in the Parthian and Sasanian Periods, by John Curtis:

https://www.amazon.com/Mesopotamia-Iran-Parthian-Sasanian-Periods/dp/0714111465/ref=pd_sim_14_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=XVX5VNA67YMZBZNCKEK7

Finally, an excellent general source is the Encyclopedia Iranica:

http://www.iranicaonline.org/

Hope all that helps.