Iraj Afshar

Iranian bibliographer, historian

Iraj Afshar

Born| 8 October 1925
Tehran, Iran
Died| 9 March 2011(2011-03-09) (aged 85)
Tehran, Iran
Resting place| Number 300 Tomb, Behesht-e Zahra Cemetery[1]
Occupation| Writer, historian, Iranologist
Nationality| Iranian
Citizenship| Iranian
Alma mater| University of Tehran
Spouse| Shayesteh Afsharieh (1945–1996, her death)[2]
Children| 4
Relatives| Mahmoud Afshar (father)
Nosrat Barazandeh (mother)

Iraj Afshar (Persian: ایرج افشار; 8 October 1925 - 9 March 2011)[3] was a bibliographer, historian, scholar, professor, and a figure in the field of Persian studies.[4] Afshar was a professor emeritus of the University of Tehran.[3] He was a consulting editor of Encyclopædia Iranica at Columbia University.[5]

## Biography

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Iraj Afshar was born on 8 October 1925 in Tehran, Iran to parents Nosrat Barazandeh and Mahmoud Afshar [fa]. He attended Zoroastrian Shāpour Secondary School and Firouz-Bahrām High School in Tajrish, Tehran. In 1945, he married Shayesteh Afsharieh and together they had four sons.[5]

Iraj Afshar recorded the monuments of Yazd in his three-volume "yādegār-hāye Yazd (Monuments of Yazd)". He was known as, "the doyen of standard Persian language bibliographers". Afshar played a significant role in the development of the field of Iranology in Iran and throughout the world during the second half of the 20th century. He was the editor of Sokhan, a prolific Iranology journal, under the responsibility of Parviz Natel-Khanlari and also the editor of rāhnamāye ketāb (Bibliography Guide), Mehr, farhang-e Iranzamin (Culture of Iran) and Ayandeh.

He was the chief bibliographer of Persian books at Harvard University. Afshar was associated with UNESCO and taught at the University of Bern and University of Tehran.

He was on the advisory council for the Iranian Studies journal.

## See also

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* Iranology
* Encyclopædia Iranica
* Dastur al-Muluk
* Ehsan Yarshater
* Alireza Feyz
* Mehdi Bayani

## References

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1. ^ "سنگ مزار ایرج افشار نصب شد+عکس" [Iraj Afshar Tombstone Was Installed]. ParsNews.com (in Persian). November 30, 2011.
2. ^ "ايرج افشار، سالک واصل عشق ايران" [Iraj Afshar, the Seeker of Love in Iran]. VOA News (in Persian). March 11, 2011.
3. ^ a b "Iraj Afshar: Historian". Pars Times. Retrieved 2021-11-22.
4. ^ Azizi, M. H. (July 2011). "In memory of Iraj Afshar (1925 – 2011), a renowned scholar of Iranian studies". Archives of Iranian Medicine. 14 (4): 303–307\. PMID 21726114 - via ResearchGate.303-307&rft.date=2011-07&rft_id=info:pmid/21726114&rft.aulast=Azizi&rft.aufirst=M.+H.&rft_id=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/51464334&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Iraj+Afshar" class="Z3988">
5. ^ a b Yarshater, Ehsan (January 1, 2000). "Iraj Afshar (1925–2011)". Encyclopædia Iranica. Columbia University.

## External links

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* Iran and Iranian Studies: Essays in Honor of Iraj Afshar
* (in Persian) Iraj Afshar's lecture on Persian constitutional revolution
* (in Persian) Iraj Afshar biography
* Iraj Afshar Research Trove
* Ayandeh cover gallery
* Hamneshine Bahar: Be Iade Ostad Iraj Afshar,An Marde Aheste on YouTube

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