Mohammad Ebrahim Bastani Parizi Mohammad Ebrahim Bastani Parizi (12 December 1924 – 25 March 2014; born in Pariz) was an Iranian historian, translator, poet, essayist and author of non-fiction books. His numerous publications (over 50 books) are mostly popular reads on topics such as the history of Iran and the history of his hometown Pariz in Kerman province
Ahmad Mahdavi Damghani Ahmad Mahdavi Damghani (5 September 1926 – 17 June 2022) was an Iranian scholar and university professor.Born in Mashhad, Iran, on 5 September 1926, he held a Ph.D. in Persian Literature and a Ph.D. in Islamic Theology from Tehran University, where he was a professor at the School of Literature and at the School of Theology between 1962 and 1985. Beginning in 1987, he taught Islamic sciences, Islamic literature, advanced Arabic and Persian Sufi texts, and Islamic philosophy at Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania. Mahdavi Damghani also taught at the Autonomous University of Madrid for three years.
Abbas Zaryab Khoyi Abbas Zaryab Khoyi (August 13, 1919 – February 3, 1995) was a historian, translator, literature Professor and Iranologist. He was the author of several books, including a life of Muhammad, and articles in The Persian Encyclopedia (published in Iran), Western peer reviewed Journals as well as Iranica.He obtained his doctorate from Mainz University in Germany from the history department.Among the distinguished rank he held, was the head of the library of congress in Iran and the head of the literature department at Tehran University. At the invitation of the eminent Iranologist, Professor Walter Bruno Henning, he taught Persian language and literature in University of California, Berkeley between 1962 and 1964.
Abdolhossein Zarrinkoub Abdolhossein Zarrinkoub (March 17, 1923 – September 15, 1999) was a scholar and professor of Iranian literature, history of literature, Persian culture and history.He was born in Borujerd, Iran, received his PhD from Tehran University in 1955 under the supervision of Badiozzaman Forouzanfar, and held faculty positions at universities such as Oxford University, Sorbonne and Princeton University.
Ahmad Tafazzoli Ahmad Tafazzoli (December 16, 1937, Isfahan – January 15, 1997, Tehran) was a prominent Iranian Iranist and professor of ancient Iranian languages and culture at Tehran University.One of his most important books is Pre-Islamic Persian Literature. Jaleh Amouzegar contributed in editing it.
Manouchehr Sotoudeh Manouchehr Sotoudeh (July 1913 – 8 April 2016) was an Iranian geographer and scholar of Persian literature who was famously known for his studies on Iranian languages and ethnic groups. Sotudeh earned his Ph.D. from the University of Tehran after studying Persian language and literature.He wrote 60 books and nearly 300 articles. He was the first Iranian who published the first dialectal dictionary. He was also a professor at the University of Tehran.Professor Manouchehr Sotoudeh died at the age of 103 in April 2016.
Daryush Shayegan Daryush Shayegan (24 January 1935 – 22 March 2018) was one of the most consequential thinkers of contemporary Iran and the Near East. Shayegan studied at the Sorbonne University in Paris. He was a Professor of Sanskrit and Indian religions at the Tehran University. Besides Persian, Shayegan wrote in French and English. Having spent his teens at boarding school in Great Britain, Shayegan subsequently lived, during his formative years, in Geneva, where he read at the Université de Genève French literature, philosophy, Sanskrit, and political science. Shayegan received his doctorate (doctorat de troisième cycle) at the Sorbonne under the tutelage of his Doktorvater Henry Corbin.Shayegan has written many pioneering works on the epistemological specificities of eastern and western cultures and the possibility of dialogue between them.
Enayatollah Reza Enayatollah Reza (June 18, 1920 in Rasht – July 20, 2010 in Tehran)was an Iranian historian and professor of philosophy, He was a member of the Supreme Academic Council of the Centre for Iranian and Islamic Studies in Tehran.
Wilferd Madelung Wilferd Ferdinand Madelung (December 26, 1930 – May 9, 2023) was a German author and scholar of Islamic history widely recognized for his contributions to the fields of Islamic and Iranian studies. He was particularly celebrated in Iran for his "knowledgeable and fair" treatment of the Shia perspective.
Mohammad Hassan Ganji Mohammad Hassan Ganji Ph.D(June 11, 1912 – July 19, 2012) was an Iranian meteorologist and academic. He was born in Birjand.He completed his studies in Tehran and continued to study geography in England and the United States. He next began to teach at the University of Tehran and was the first who began to teach modern geography at universities. Ganji established the Iran Meteorological Organization in 1955 and ran the organization for several years.He has written over 130 articles in Persian and English and has trained many scholars and masters of geography over the years. He is considered to be the father of modern geography in Iran. one of the work he had shared his knowledge was atlas and book Documents on the Persian Gulf's name.
Azartash Azarnoosh Azartash Azarnoosh (18 February 1938– 7 October 2021) was a linguist and scholar of Iran. Born in Qom, he held two Ph.D. degrees from France. He specialized in Arabic literature. Azarnoosh was part of University of Tehran faculty, and was the director of the Arabic department of The Center for the Great Islamic Encyclopedia in Tehran since 1986, and published over 200 articles in the field of Arabic literature, as well as a few dozen books.
Qamar Aryan Qamar Aryan (22 March 1922 – 11 April 2012) was an Iranian researcher and author. She became the first female university professor in Iran and a member of the Supreme Council of the Great Islamic Encyclopedia. She was the wife of Dr. Abdolhossein Zarrinkoub.
Iraj Afshar Iraj Afshar (October 1925 – 9 March 2011) was a bibliographer, historian, scholar, professor, and an iconic figure in the field of Persian studies. Afshar was a professor emeritus of the University of Tehran. He was a consulting editor of Encyclopædia Iranica at Columbia University.