Muhammad Iqbal

Muhammad Iqbal

male, deceased (1938)
Shair-e-Mashriq, Hakeem-ul-Ummat, holiday in Pakistan, Yōm-e Welādat-e Muḥammad Iqbāl, ummah, From lahore…Persianliterature, persian
Sir Muhammad Iqbāl, he is highly regarded for his Persian works. Iqbal was a strong proponent of the political and spiritual revival of Islamic c...
Ehsan Yarshater

Ehsan Yarshater

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

Nasir Khusraw

male, deceased (1088)
Yamgan, Yamagan, Khusrow, Badakhshan, Common Era, Balkh…Persian Empire, persian, Persianliterature
Abu Mo’in Hamid al-Din Nasir ibn Khusraw al-Qubadiani or Nasir Khusraw Qubadyani [also spelled "Khusrow"] (1004 - 1088 CE) was a Persian poet, ph...
Rudaki

Rudaki

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

Abbas Kiarostami

male, 69 years old
Persianliterature, graphic designer, Art director, Film editor, illustrator, short film…Persian-language film director, Persian cinema, persian
Abbas Kiarostami is an internationally acclaimed Iranian film director, screenwriter, and film producer. An active filmmaker since 1970, Kiarostami...

Omar Khayyám

male, deceased (1123)
rubaiyaa, Omar al-Khayyami, Arabic mathematics, Treatise on Demonstration of Problems of Algebra, Islamic mathematics, heliocentric…Persian language, Persian spiritual writer, Persianliterature, 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...
Hamid Dabashi

Hamid Dabashi

male, 58 years old
Iranian literary critic, Literary historian, Postcolonialism, postcolonial, Shi'a Islam, from Ahvaz…comparative literature, Persianliterature, persian
Hamid Dabashi presents a comprehensive, passionate, and insightful personal account on the evolution of Iranian art cinema in Close Up - Iranian...
Homa Katouzian

Homa Katouzian

male, 67 years old
Fellow of St Antony's College, Oxford, classicism, Sadeq Hedayat, University of Oxford, University of Kent, From tehran…persian, Persianliterature
Homa Katouzian is an economist, historian, political scientist and literary critic, with a special interest in Iranian studies. Katouzian’s fo...
Iraj Afshar

Iraj Afshar

male, 84 years old
Ayandeh, From tehran, Yazd, University of Bern, iranologist, Encyclopedia Iranica…persian, Persianliterature
Iraj Afshar (born 1925 in Tehran) is a notable Iranian literary figure, scholar of Persian literature, bibliographer, historian, cultural theorist...
Fereydoon Moshiri

Fereydoon Moshiri

male, deceased (2000)
From tehran, Persianliterature, poet, iranian, persian, tehran…attracted to the arts, especially literature, Persian Language & Literature
Fereydoon Moshiri (b. August 1926 in Tehran, Iran - d. October 24 2000 in Tehran) was one of the most prominent contemporary Persian poets who...