| History of Traditional Iranian Martial Arts | Hossein Parto Beizai, 1958, Tehran, Iran |
| History of Ancient Sports and Pahlavani Wrestling in Iran | Mehdi Abbasi, 1980, Tehran, Iran |
| History of Wrestling in Iran, Vol I, II | Mehdi Abbasi, 1995, Tehran, Iran |
| A Research in Zoorkhaneh Sports | Mohammadmehdi Tehranchi, 1985, Tehran, Iran |
| The Origin of the Mithraic Mysteries | David Ulansey, Cosmology & Salvation, Oxford University Press, Inc., 1991, USA |
| Club Swinging for Physical Exercise | W. Schatz, Brian Dube, Inc., USA |
| TimeLines of War | D. Browstone and I. Frank, Little, Brown Company, 1994, USA |
| Histomap of World History | John B. Sparks, Rand McNally & Company, 1991, USA |
| The Mirror of Pahlavani Reflection | Hassan Miri, 1970, Tehran, Iran |
| The Zourkhaneh, Traditional Persian Gymnasium | Professor Christian W. Barnard & Kazem Kazemeini, 1970, Tehran, Iran |
| History of Ancient Iran, Vol I, II, III | Hassan Pirnia, 1994, Tehran, Iran |
| An Excursion in Iran and World Wrestling | Seyyed Mohammadreza Ghiasi, 1989, Tehran, Iran |
| Iran's World Ranking | Kazem Kazemeini, 1961, Tehran, Iran |
| The International Wrestling Rules | Seyyed Mohammad Khadem, 1973, Tehran, Iran |
| Whatever Happend to Iran and World Wrestling, Vol I, II | Hojatullah Moazamipour, 1993, Tehran, Iran |
| The Role of Pahlavani and Ayari Movement | Kazem Kazemeini, 1964, Tehran, Iran |
| The Book of Kings | Compiled by Mohammadreza Ramazani, 1933, Tehran, Iran |
| The Great Heros in Ferdowsi Shahnameh | Painter Mahmoud Farshchian, 1991, Tehran, Iran |
| History of Sports in Iran | Nusratullah Haj Azimi, 1961, Tehran, Iran |
| Personal Interview with Professor Bahman Boostan | Farzad Nekoogar, Circa 1996, Tehran, Iran |
| Personal Family Photo Archives | Pahlavan Haj Seyyed Mohammadali Nekoogar, 1996, USA |
| Personal Accounts of Pahlavan Haj Seyyed Mohammadali Nekoogar | Farzad Nekoogar, 1996, USA |
| Personal Interviews with Veteran Pahlavans | Farzad Nekoogar, 1982, 1983, 1995 and 1996, Tehran, Iran |
| Music of Pahlavani, Ey Vatan | Master Alinaghi Vaziri, Circa 1940, USA |
| The Sufis | Idries Shah, Doubleday & Company, 1964 |
| Definitive Proof (Borhan-e Ghate'), Vol I | Mohammad Hossein-ibn-Khalaf Tabrizi (Circa 1683) aka Khalaf, Compiled by Mohammad Moeen, 1983, Tehran, Iran |
| The History of Parthian Dynasty | Parthia Web Site |
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