Iraj Afshar

Iraj Afshar
Born8 October 1925
Tehran, Iran
Died9 March 2011(2011-03-09) (aged 85)
Tehran, Iran
Resting placeNumber 300 Tomb, Behesht-e Zahra Cemetery[1]
OccupationWriter, historian, Iranologist
NationalityIranian
CitizenshipIranian
Alma materUniversity of Tehran
SpouseShayesteh Afsharieh (1945–1996, her death)[2]
Children4
RelativesMahmoud 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]

  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.
  5. ^ Yarshater, Ehsan (January 1, 2000). "Iraj Afshar (1925–2011)". Encyclopædia Iranica. Columbia University.