Ahmad Tafazzoli
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Ahmad Tafazzoli | |
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Iranologist | |
Nationality | Iranian |
Ahmad Tafazzoli (December 16, 1937,
Tehran University.[1]
One of his most important books is Pre-Islamic Persian Literature.
Jaleh Amouzegar
contributed in editing it.
In January 1997, Ahmad Tafazzoli was found deadclimate of fear at the university and discouraged criticism of the government.[3]
See also
- List of unsolved murders
- Persian literature
Other notable Iranologists:
- Abdolhossein Zarrinkoub
- Alireza Shapour Shahbazi
- Richard Nelson Frye
- Ehsan Yarshater
- Mehrdad Bahar
References
- ^ Philippe Gignoux, "TAFAŻŻOLI, AḤMAD", Encyclopaedia Iranica Online
- ISBN 9781438119144.
- ^ "Human Rights Watch World Report 1998". Human Rights Watch. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved October 9, 2007.
Further reading
- The Spirit of Wisdom: Menog I Xrad : Essays in Memory of Ahmad Tafazzoli ISBN 1-56859-146-2
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Contemporary Persian and Classical Persian are the same language, but writers since 1900 are classified as contemporary. At one time, Persian was a common cultural language of much of the non-Arabic Islamic world. Today it is the official language of Iran, Tajikistan and one of the two official languages of Afghanistan.