Ruhollah Khomeini

Ruhollah Khomeini

male, deceased (1989)
Guardianship of the jurist, persian, Rūollāh Mūsavī Khomeynī, Seyyed Ruhollah Mustafavi Khomeini, man of the year, philosopher…Persianlanguage
Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Ruhollah Mustafavi Khomeini (Persian: روح الله موسوی خمینی "Rūollāh Mūsavī Khomeynī" (September 21 1902 – June 3 1989) wa...
Coleman Barks

Coleman Barks

male (Nobleboro, Maine, United States)
Muslim, University of Georgia, Sufism, University of California, Berkeley, iranologist, Persianlanguage…persian, doctorate in Persian
Coleman Barks (b. 1937) is an American poet and world-renowned translator of Rumi and other mystic poets of Persia.
Hossein Derakhshan

Hossein Derakhshan

male, 34 years old
Asr-e Azadegan, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Hayat-e No, Iranian expatriate in Canada, Iranian secularists, Hoder…Persianlanguage, VOA Persian, persian
Hossein Derakhshan, also known as Hoder, is an Iranian journalist and weblogger based in Toronto. His weblog, which is blocked in Iran by the...
Rudaki

Rudaki

male, deceased (941)
Abdullah Jafar Ibn Mohammad Rudaki, Nasr II, Persian literature, tajik, tajikistan, bukhara…Persianlanguage, persian, Persian classical literature
Abdullah Jafar Ibn Mohammad Rudaki (Tajik Абӯабдуллоҳ Ҷафар Ибн Муҳаммад Рӯдакӣ, Persian ابوعبدالله جعفربن محمدبن حکیم‌بن عبدالرحمن‌بن آدم رودک...
Ehsan Yarshater

Ehsan Yarshater

male, 89 years old
Jewish, School of Oriental and African Studies, iranologist, Persianlanguage, Qazvin, Encyclopedia Iranica…Persian Poetry, persian, Persian literature
Ehsan Yarshater (born April 3, 1920, Hamadan, Iran) is the Director of The Center for Iranian Studies and Hagop Kevorkian Professor Emeritus of...
Juan Cole

Juan Cole

male, 57 years old (Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States)
From Albuquerque, New Mexico, persian, Informed Comment, Bahá'í individuals, Persianlanguage, University of California, Los Angeles alumni
John "Juan" Ricardo I. Cole (born October 1952 in Albuquerque, New Mexico) is an American professor of modern Middle Eastern and South Asian...
William Jones

William Jones

male, deceased (1794)
Westminster, persian, linguist, Philologist, British, princess diana…Chinese language, Persianlanguage
Sir William Jones (September 28, 1746 - April 27, 1794) was an English philologist and student of ancient India, particularly known for his...
Shah Jahan

Shah Jahan

male, deceased (1666)
akbar, Ahmadnagar, From agra, From lahore, taj mahal, delhi…Persianlanguage, persian
Shahbuddin Mohammed Shah Jahan, January 5, 1592 - January 22, 1666) was the ruler of the Mughal Empire in the Indian Subcontinent from 1628 until...

Omar Khayyám

male, deceased (1123)
rubaiyaa, Omar al-Khayyami, Arabic mathematics, Treatise on Demonstration of Problems of Algebra, Islamic mathematics, heliocentric…Persianlanguage, Persian spiritual writer, Persian literature, persian
Ghiyās al-Dīn Abu al-Fath Omār ibn Ibrāhīm Khayyām Nishābūrī or Omar Khayyam (b. May 18, 1048 Nishapur, (Persia) - d. December 4, 1131), was a Per...
Sadeq Hedayat

Sadeq Hedayat

male, deceased (1951)
buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery, vegetarian, hedayat, persian, tehran, novelist…Persianlanguage
Sadegh (or Sadeq) Hedayat (in Persian: صادق هدایت; February 17 1903, Tehran - 4 April, 1951, Paris, France) was Iran's foremost modern writer of...