Ms Farhad said Jefferson in a letter had asked his grandson to study Cyropaedia.
BBC: Cyrus Cylinder: How a Persian monarch inspired Jefferson
He added that the copy of Cyropaedia displayed at the Freer and Sackler Galleries is testament to Jefferson's thorough examination of the book.
People like Thomas Jefferson, who drafted the Declaration of Independence and became the third president of the United States, had to rely on Xenophon's Cyropaedia as a reference for the life and leadership of the Persian king.
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