Houman Sarshar
Iranian-born independent scholar, editor, and cultural historian; a specialist in Iranian Jewish history, Judeo-Persian studies, and modern Persian literature. He received his Ph.D. in comparative literature from Columbia University and has edited and co-edited seven volumes on the history of Jews in Iran, including Esther’s Children: A Portrait of Iranian Jews and The Jewish Communities of Iran: Entries on the Judeo-Persian Communities of Iran. His work includes entries on Nima Yushij and Sohrab Sepehri. He is the founder of the Kimia Foundation, a cultural organization dedicated to promoting Iranian art, culture, and history, which holds an extensive archive of Qajar court photography.
- NIMĀ YUŠIJ ii. Persian poetry
Nima Yušij’s corpus of poetry comprises traditional, semi-traditional (e.g., the čahārpāra), and free verse poems (q.v., šeʿr-e āzād) that are remarkable for…
- KĀŠI, MUSĀ KHAN
KĀŠI, MUSĀ KHAN (also known as “Kāšāni”; b. Kashan, 1856; d. Kashan, 1939), Jewish master of Persian classical music, teacher,…
- JUDEO-PERSIAN COMMUNITIES xi. MUSIC (2)
JUDEO-PERSIAN COMMUNITIES OF IRAN xi. Music (2) Specific Topics on the Jewish Contribution to Persian Music This section is divided…
- JUDEO-PERSIAN COMMUNITIES xi. MUSIC (1)
JUDEO-PERSIAN COMMUNITIES OF IRAN xi. Music This entry is divided to two sections: (1) A general survey on Persian Jewish…
- JUDEO-PERSIAN COMMUNITIES i. INTRODUCTION
JUDEO-PERSIAN COMMUNITIES OF IRAN i. INTRODUCTION Jewish communities have been living upon the Persian plateau since ca. 721 BCE, when…
- HEKMAT, ŠAMSI MORĀDPUR
HEKMAT (Ḥekmat), ŠAMSI MORĀDPUR, educator and philanthropist (b. Tehran, 1917; d. Los Angeles 2 July, 1997; Figure 1). She graduated…
- HAMADĀN viii. JEWISH COMMUNITY
HAMADĀN viii. JEWISH COMMUNITY The earliest reference to the Jews in Hamadān is in The Old Testament, according to which…
- SEPEHRI, SOHRAB
FIGURE 1. Photograph of Sohrab Sepehri. Photo by Abbas Hojatpanah. SEPEHRI, SOHRAB (b. Qom, 14 Mehr 1307/6 October 1928; d….
- RUḤAFZĀ, SOLAYMĀN
RUḤAFZĀ, Solaymān (also known as Simon Imorā; b. Tehran 1900, d. Israel, 1995), master of Persian classical music, who adopted…
- QĀNUNI, RAḤIM
QĀNUNI, Raḥim Širāzi (b. Shiraz, 1234/1871; d. Shiraz, 5 Farvardin 1323/26 March 1944; these dates are according to official family…
- QĀNUNI, JALĀL
QĀNUNI, Jalāl (b. Shiraz, 1900; d. Shiraz, 22 Mehr 1366/14 October 1987), master of Persian classical music, and expert in…