Iraj Afshar
(1925-2011) was an Iranian bibliographer, librarian, editor, manuscript scholar, and one of the foremost figures in twentieth-century Iranian Studies. A graduate of the University of Tehran, he held leadership positions at the National Library of Iran and the University of Tehran Central Library. Afshar founded or edited numerous influential scholarly journals, including Farhang-e Irānzamin, Rāhnamā-ye Ketāb, and Āyandeh, and was a pioneering advocate of library science and bibliography in Iran. His publications, editions of Persian manuscripts, bibliographic works, and studies of Iranian history and culture profoundly shaped the development of modern Iranian Studies.
- KĀVA NEWSPAPER
KĀVA (Kaveh, کاوه ), a Persian journal (1916-22) published in Berlin by Sayyed Ḥasan Taqizāda (q.v.), who headed a group of…
- DĀNEŠ, TAQĪ
DĀNEŠ, TAQĪ (b. Tabrīz, 1278 Š./1861, d. Tehran 5 Esfand 1327 Š./24 February 1948), poet and government official. His father,…
- EḤTEŠĀM-AL-DAWLA
EḤTEŠĀM-AL-DAWLA, SOLṬĀN OWAYS MĪRZĀ (1255-1310/1839-92), first son of Farhād Mīrzā Moʿtamed-al-Dawla Qājār (q.v.) and maternal grandson of Moḥammad-ʿAlī Mīrzā Dawlatšāh…
- EḤTEŠĀM-AL-DAWLA, ḴĀNLAR KHAN
EḤTEŠĀM-AL-DAWLA, ʿABD-AL-ʿALĪ MĪRZĀ, also known as Eḥtešām-al-Molk and Moʿtamed-al-Dawla, second son of Farhād Mīrzā Moʿtamed-al-Dawla Qājār (1233-305/1818-88). He seems to…
- EQBĀL ĀŠTĪĀNĪ, ʿABBĀS
EQBĀL ĀŠTĪĀNĪ, ʿABBĀS (عباس اقبال آشتیانی, b. 1314/1896-97 in Āštīān, d. 21 Bahman 1334 Š./10 February 1956 in Rome), scholar and…
- FĀL-NĀMA
FĀL-NĀMA, a book of presages and omens (see DIVINATION). The narrower and more common use of the term, equivalent to…
- FARAS-NĀMA
FARAS-NĀMA, Persian term for a category of books and manuals dealing with horses and horsemanship. Topics treated in this literary…
- FĀŻEL KHAN GARRŪSĪ, MOḤAMMAD
FĀŻEL KHAN GARRŪSĪ, MOḤAMMAD (b. 14 Ḏu’l-ḥejja 1198/29 October 1784; d. 1259/1843), poet, litterateur, and secretary during the reigns of…
- FERDAWS AL-MORŠEDĪYA FĪ ASRĀR AL-ṢAMADĪYA
FERDAWS AL-MORŠEDĪYA FĪ ASRĀR AL-ṢAMADĪYA, a major hagiography of Abū Esḥāq Kāzarūnī (b. 352/963, d.426/1033; q.v.), a famous Sufi and…
- ʿAJĀʾEB AL-MAḴLŪQĀT
ʿAJĀʾEB AL-MAḴLŪQĀT (“The marvels of created things”), the name of a genre of classical Islamic literature and, in particular, of…
- AMĪRḴĪZĪ, ESMĀʿĪL
AMĪRḴĪZĪ, ESMĀʿĪL, Iranian man of letters, poet, and political activist, born in the Amīrḵīz quarter of Tabrīz, Ḏu’l-ḥeǰǰa, 1294/December, 1877….
- ANJOMAN-E KETĀB
ANJOMAN-E KETĀB (the Book Society of Iran), was founded in 1336 Š./1957 in Tehran by Ehsan Yarshater (Eḥsān Yār-e Šāṭer)…
- ĀYANDA
ĀYANDA, Persian journal which began publication in Tīr, 1304 Š./June-July, 1925, under the editorship of its founder, Maḥmūd Afšār (1893-1983)….
- ĀYATĪ, ʿABD-AL-ḤOSAYN
ĀYATĪ, ʿABD-AL-ḤOSAYN (b. 1288/1871; d. 1332 Š./1953), son of Mollā Moḥammad-Taqī Āḵūnd Taftī, Bahāʾi missionary, journalist, author, and teacher. After…
- BAVĀNĀTĪ
BAVĀNĀTĪ, MĪRZĀ MOḤAMMAD-BĀQER, also called Ebrāhīm Jān Moʿaṭṭar and known as Mr. Bakir of Persia, Persian man of letters, poet,…
- TAQIZADEH, SAYYED ḤASAN i. To the end of the Constitutional Revolution
TAQIZADEH (Taqizāda), SAYYED ḤASAN (b. Tabriz, 30 Ramażān 1295/27 September 1878; d. Tehran, 8 Bahman 1348/28 January 1970), distinguished statesman,…
- GOLČIN MAʿĀNI, AḤMAD
GOLČIN MAʿĀNI, AḤMAD (b. Tehran, 1916; d. Mašhad, 2000; Figure 1) literary scholar, bibliographer, and poet. He held various administrative…
- FORŪGĪ, MOḤAMMAD-ʿALĪ ḎOKĀʾ-AL-MOLK
FORŪGĪ, MOḤAMMAD-ʿALĪ ḎOKĀʾ-AL-MOLK, statesman, scholar, and man of letters (b. Jomādā II 1294 /July1877; d. 5 Āḏar 1321 Š./26 November…
- BOOKBINDING (article 2)
BOOKBINDING (ṣaḥḥāfi, jeld-sāzi), the traditional craft of binding new books and decorating the cover with embossed or painted designs, or…