Abdolhossein Zarrinkoob
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Abdolhossein Zarrinkoub (Luri/Persian: Script error: No such module "Lang"., also Romanized as Zarrinkoob, Zarrinkub, Script error: No such module "IPA".) (March 21, 1923[1] – September 15, 1999) was a scholar and professor of Iranian literature, history of literature, Persian culture and history.
He was born in Borujerd, Iran, received his PhD from Tehran University in 1955 under the supervision of Badiozzaman Forouzanfar, and held faculty positions at universities such as Oxford University, Sorbonne and Princeton University.[2]
Research works
Some of his works in English are:
- The Arab Conquest of Iran and its aftermath: in Cambridge History of Iran, Vol. 4, London, 1975.
- "Sufism in its historical perspective", Iranian studies III, 1970, p. 137-220
- Nizami, a Lifelong Quest for a Utopia, 1977, Rome.
Literary criticism and comparative literature
Zarrinkoob wrote a book called "Naqd-e Adabi" (Script error: No such module "Lang"., "Literary Criticism") covering comparative literature and Persian literary criticism.
Rumi and Erfan
Zarrinkoub also wrote about the Persian poet Molana Jalaleddin Balkhi (Rumi) and his works. Zarrinkoub's "Serr-e Ney" (Script error: No such module "Lang"., "Secret of the Reed"), "Pelleh-Pelleh ta Molaqat-e Khuda" (Script error: No such module "Lang"., "Step by Step until Visiting God") and "Bahr dar Koozeh" (Script error: No such module "Lang"., "Sea in a Jug") are critiques and comparative analyses of Rumi's Masnavi.
Zarrinkoub's research works on Hafez and Persian mysticism resulted in several books including "Az Kuche-ye Rendan" (Script error: No such module "Lang".) and "Arzesh-e Miras-e Sufiyeh" (Script error: No such module "Lang".).
History of Persia
Zarrinkoub wrote "Two Centuries of Silence" (Script error: No such module "Lang".)[3] on Islamic history and Ruzegaran (Script error: No such module "Lang".) (The Ages) (Iran's history from the beginning to the fall of the Pahlavi dynasty),[4] which covers the 3,000-year history of Iran since the Aryans migrated to the Iranian plateau.
See also
References
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- ↑ http://theprince.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/princeton?a=d&d=Princetonian19691008-01. 2. 18&cl=search&srpos=20&dliv=none&st=1&e=-------en-Logical-50--1-byTY-on--summer-ILLUSTRATION---1969 A. H. Zarrinkoub, visiting professor from the University of Tehran, will give the first of a series of weekly lectures on Persian Mystical Literature in its Historical Context.
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External links
- Iranian Researcher - Abdolhossein Zarrinkoub
- ʻAbd al-Ḥusayn Zarrīnʹkūb (1379 (2000)). Dū qarn sukūt: sarguz̲asht-i ḥavādis̲ va awz̤āʻ-i tārīkhī dar dū qarn-i avval-i Islām (Two Centuries of Silence). Tihrān: Sukhan. Template:Catalog lookup link, Template:ISBN.
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- Iranian literary scholars
- Iranian literary critics
- 20th-century Iranian historians
- People from Borujerd
- University of Tehran alumni
- Academic staff of the University of Tehran
- Academic staff of the University of Paris
- Princeton University faculty
- 1923 births
- 1999 deaths
- Burials at artist's block of Behesht-e Zahra
- Scholars of Persian literature
- Faculty of Letters and Humanities of the University of Tehran alumni