Abbas Zaryab Khoi
Encyclopedia
Abbas Zaryab was a distinguished 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.
. From an early age, he showed an exceptional talent and memory, becoming distinguished among his classmates.
Through a distinguished academic achievement, he was given a free scholarship to Germany
. He obtained his doctorate from Mainz University in Germany from the history department. His Ph.D. thesis covered the topic of Timur
's successor according to the book: "Tarikh-e-Kabir Ja'fari". He had mastery over the Persian language
, Azerbaijani language
, Arabic language
and European languages such as German
, English
and French
.
Among the distinguished rank he held, was the head of the library of congress in Iran and the head of the literature department in Tehran university. At the invitation of the eminent Iranologist, Professor Walter Bruno Henning
, he taught Persian language and literature in Berkeley University between
1962-1964. But he came back to Iran, due to his love for his homeland and took a position in Tehran university. He died in 1995.
His works are quoted in Western publications and by Western scholars including Franklin Lewis
, Charles Melville, G. Michael Wickens, Juan Cole
, Kamran Ekbal, Lutz Richter-Bernburg, Josef van Ess, H. R. Roemer, and etc.http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&tbo=1&tbs=bks%3A1&q=%22abbas+zaryab%22&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&q=%22%27abbas+zaryab%22&as_sdt=80000000000000&as_ylo=&as_vis=0.
- ʿA. Zaryāb, ĀḠĀJĪ BOḴĀRĪ in Encyclopædia Iranica http://www.iranica.com/articles/agaji-bokari-samanid-amir-and-poet-
- 'A. Zaryab ĀḠĀJĪ, in Encyclopædia Iranica http://www.iranica.com/articles/agaji-title-of-a-court-official-in-the-administrations-of-the-ghaznavids-and-saljuqs
- 'A. Zaryab BOKAYR B. MĀHĀN in Encyclopædia Iranica http://www.iranica.com/articles/bokayr-b
- Charles Melville and 'A. Zaryab Chobanids in Encyclopædia Iranica
- 'A. Zaryab EDUCATION v. THE MADRASA IN SHIʿITE PERSIA in Encyclopædia Iranica http://www.iranica.com/articles/education-v-the-madrasa-in-shiite-persia
- 'A. Zaryab IRAQ ii - iii. FROM THE MONGOLS TO THE SAFAVIDS in Encyclopædia Iranica http://www.iranica.com/articles/iraq-iii-mongols-to-safavids
- “Bukayr B. Maham Marvazi”, Encyclopædia Iranica, vol. IV, London 1990, p. 332.
- Zaryāb Ḵoʾī, “Ebn-e Rāvandī” in DMBE III, pp. 531–39
- ʿA. Zaryab, Der Bericht über die Nachfolger Timurs aus dem Taʾrīḫ-i kabīr des Ğaʿfarī ibn Muḥammad al-Ḥusainī, Ph.D. thesis, Mainz, 1960.
- 'A. Zaryab,. Fakhr Razi und die Frage des Seins. Spektrum Iran. Bonn. 1988 1/3:14-24.
- “Ein Wiederaufgefundnes Werk Abu Hayyan al-Tanhidis”, A Lpccust’s Leg, London 1962, pp. 246–250.
- 'A. Zaryab, “Struggle of Religious sects in the Ilkhanid Court" La Persianel Medioevo, Roma, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, 1971, p.p 465-466.
See here for an extensive list: http://www.encyclopaediaislamica.com/zaryab.php
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
, translator
Translation
Translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text. Whereas interpreting undoubtedly antedates writing, translation began only after the appearance of written literature; there exist partial translations of the Sumerian Epic of...
, literature
Literature
Literature is the art of written works, and is not bound to published sources...
Professor and Iranologist. He was the author of several books, including a life of Muhammad
Muhammad
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, and articles in the Persian encyclopedia (published in Iran), Western peer reviewed Journals as well as Iranica.
Biography
Abbas Zaryab Khoi was born in Khoi West Azerbaijan in IranIran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
. From an early age, he showed an exceptional talent and memory, becoming distinguished among his classmates.
Through a distinguished academic achievement, he was given a free scholarship to Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. He obtained his doctorate from Mainz University in Germany from the history department. His Ph.D. thesis covered the topic of Timur
Timur
Timur , historically known as Tamerlane in English , was a 14th-century conqueror of West, South and Central Asia, and the founder of the Timurid dynasty in Central Asia, and great-great-grandfather of Babur, the founder of the Mughal Dynasty, which survived as the Mughal Empire in India until...
's successor according to the book: "Tarikh-e-Kabir Ja'fari". He had mastery over the Persian language
Persian language
Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...
, Azerbaijani language
Azerbaijani language
Azerbaijani or Azeri or Torki is a language belonging to the Turkic language family, spoken in southwestern Asia by the Azerbaijani people, primarily in Azerbaijan and northwestern Iran...
, Arabic language
Arabic language
Arabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book...
and European languages such as German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
, English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
and French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
.
Among the distinguished rank he held, was the head of the library of congress in Iran and the head of the literature department in Tehran university. At the invitation of the eminent Iranologist, Professor Walter Bruno Henning
Walter Bruno Henning
Walter Bruno Henning was a scholar of Middle Iranian languages and literature, especially of the corpus discovered by the Turpan expeditions of the early 20th century.-Biography:...
, he taught Persian language and literature in Berkeley University between
1962-1964. But he came back to Iran, due to his love for his homeland and took a position in Tehran university. He died in 1995.
His works are quoted in Western publications and by Western scholars including Franklin Lewis
Franklin Lewis
Franklin D. Lewis is an Associate Professor of Persian Language and Literature in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago. He is also the incoming Deputy Director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Chicago...
, Charles Melville, G. Michael Wickens, Juan Cole
Juan Cole
John Ricardo I. "Juan" Cole is an American scholar, public intellectual, and historian of the modern Middle East and South Asia. He is Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History at the University of Michigan. As a commentator on Middle Eastern affairs, he has appeared in print and on...
, Kamran Ekbal, Lutz Richter-Bernburg, Josef van Ess, H. R. Roemer, and etc.http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&tbo=1&tbs=bks%3A1&q=%22abbas+zaryab%22&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&q=%22%27abbas+zaryab%22&as_sdt=80000000000000&as_ylo=&as_vis=0.
non-Persian languages
Some selected writing of his in non-Persian languages.- ʿA. Zaryāb, ĀḠĀJĪ BOḴĀRĪ in Encyclopædia Iranica http://www.iranica.com/articles/agaji-bokari-samanid-amir-and-poet-
- 'A. Zaryab ĀḠĀJĪ, in Encyclopædia Iranica http://www.iranica.com/articles/agaji-title-of-a-court-official-in-the-administrations-of-the-ghaznavids-and-saljuqs
- 'A. Zaryab BOKAYR B. MĀHĀN in Encyclopædia Iranica http://www.iranica.com/articles/bokayr-b
- Charles Melville and 'A. Zaryab Chobanids in Encyclopædia Iranica
- 'A. Zaryab EDUCATION v. THE MADRASA IN SHIʿITE PERSIA in Encyclopædia Iranica http://www.iranica.com/articles/education-v-the-madrasa-in-shiite-persia
- 'A. Zaryab IRAQ ii - iii. FROM THE MONGOLS TO THE SAFAVIDS in Encyclopædia Iranica http://www.iranica.com/articles/iraq-iii-mongols-to-safavids
- “Bukayr B. Maham Marvazi”, Encyclopædia Iranica, vol. IV, London 1990, p. 332.
- Zaryāb Ḵoʾī, “Ebn-e Rāvandī” in DMBE III, pp. 531–39
- ʿA. Zaryab, Der Bericht über die Nachfolger Timurs aus dem Taʾrīḫ-i kabīr des Ğaʿfarī ibn Muḥammad al-Ḥusainī, Ph.D. thesis, Mainz, 1960.
- 'A. Zaryab,. Fakhr Razi und die Frage des Seins. Spektrum Iran. Bonn. 1988 1/3:14-24.
- “Ein Wiederaufgefundnes Werk Abu Hayyan al-Tanhidis”, A Lpccust’s Leg, London 1962, pp. 246–250.
- 'A. Zaryab, “Struggle of Religious sects in the Ilkhanid Court" La Persianel Medioevo, Roma, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, 1971, p.p 465-466.
Persian
Zaryab Khoi had over 100+ publications in Persian.See here for an extensive list: http://www.encyclopaediaislamica.com/zaryab.php
External links
- An article on Nezami Ganjavi : Abbas Zaryab Khoi,”Nezami Ganjavi Tork Naboodeh ast”(Nezami Ganjavi was not Turkish) in Ayandeh Magazine, Esfand Maah (February-March), 1324 (1945), pages 780-781. (Iran)
- وبگاه بنياد دائره المعارف اسلامی
- وبگاه كانون ایرانی پژوهشگران فلسفه و حكمت
- Dr. Abbas Zaryab Khoi in Persian
- in Persian