Abdolhossein Zarrinkoob
Abdulhussein Zarrinkoub عبدالحسین زرینکوب | |
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Persia | |
Died | September 15, 1999 | (aged 76)
Nationality | Iranian |
Known for | scholar of Iranian literature, history of literature, Persian culture and history |
Abdolhossein Zarrinkoub (Luri/Persian: عبدالحسین زرینکوب, also Romanized as Zarrinkoob, Zarrinkub, Persian pronunciation: [æbdolhoˈsejn zæɾ[ɾ]iːnˈkuːb]) (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
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" (نقد ادبی, "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" (سرّ نی, "Secret of the Reed"), "Pelleh-Pelleh ta Molaqat-e Khuda" (پلهپله تا ملاقات خدا, "Step by Step until Visiting God") and "Bahr dar Koozeh" (بحر در کوزه, "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" (از کوچهٔ رندان) and "Arzesh-e Miras-e Sufiyeh" (ارزش میراث صوفیه).
History of Persia
Zarrinkoub wrote "Two Centuries of Silence" (دو قرن سکوت)[3] on Islamic history and Ruzegaran (روزگاران) (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
- Persian literature
- Iranology
- Intellectual Movements in Iran
References
- ^ "بخارا :: مجلۀ فرهنگى و هنرى".
- ^ 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.
- ISBN 964-5983-33-6.
- ISBN 978-964-6961-11-1.
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. ISBN 964-5983-33-9.