Jafar Shahidi
Born | March 21, 1919 |
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Died | January 13, 2008 | (aged 88)
Nationality | Iranian |
Alma mater | University of Tehran |
Occupation(s) | Distinguished professor and scholar of Persian Literature and Islamic history and theology, President and Editor-in-Chief of Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, Founder of the International Center for Persian Studies |
Children | Dr. Hossein Shahidi (d. 2014),Dr. Hassan Shahidi,Dr. Mohsen Shahidi,Dr. Shokoufeh Shahidi,Ehsan Shahidi (d.-) |
Jafar Shahidi known as Seyed Jafar Shahidi (
Shahidi was a prominent disciple of
In his later years, he served as the President of the
Life and legacy
Seyed Jafar Shahidi was born in the town of
In 1941, he moved to the town of
Encounters with Dr.
Dr. Shahidi played a pivotal role in the formation and compilation of the second largest Persian lexicon, known as the
In 1991, Shahidi donated his residential house to the Narmak Municipality of Tehran where it remains today as the Dr. Shahidi Public Library.
Positions
- 1968: Associate Director of the Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute
- 1971–2007: President and Editor-in-Chief of the Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute
- 1989: Founder of the International Center for Persian Studies(ICPS)
- 1971: Co-Editor of the Moin Dictionary
Works
As Author
Over 100 articles written in Persian and Arabic include but are not limited to:
- (1945) Messianic Islam
- (1948) The Crimes in History volumes I & II
- (1950) The Crimes of History volume III
- (1956) Bright Light in a Dark World/The Life of Imam Sajad
- (1977) In the Path Toward the House of God
- (1978) Analysis of Anvari's Divan
- (1979) The Uprising of Imam Hussein
- (1981) The life of Hazrat-e Fatemeh
- (1983) Analytical History of Islam: until the end of the Umayyad Dynasty
- (1983) The life of Imam Sadeq
- (1986) The life of Imam Ali
- (1986) Praise and Greif: The Eighth Imam in Persian Poetry
- (1992) Arshian
- (1994) An Analysis of the Masnavi
- (1994) From Yesterday to Today, the Compilation of Manuscripts and Travelogues with Dr. Shokoufeh Shahidi and Dr. Hormoz Riahi
- (1997) A Biography of Imam Ali
As Translator
- Nahj al-Balagha
- The life of Hazrat-e Zeynab or شیرزن کربلا
Translations dually translated in the languages of Arabic, Turkish, German, and Greek include but are not limited to:
- (2001) Ali or (علی بلسان علی (ع
- Hossein or (ثورة الحسین (ع
- Fatemeh or (حیات فاطمه (س
- Imam Sadegh or (حیاة الامام الصادق جعفر بن محمد (ع
As Editor
- (1945) براهينالعجم
Awards
- Honorary professorship from the University of Peking
- Honorary president of International Society of Persian Language and Literature Professors
- Distinguished professor of The University of Tehran.
- The first class science insignia from the president of Iran
- First Rank Medal - Eminent Researcher of Tehran University.
- Member of Chehrehaye mandegar