Jafar Shahidi
Iranian scholar (1919-2008) · Iran · On the map · Academics · Lived 1918 to 2008 · aged 90
Jafar Shahidi known as Seyed Jafar Shahidi was a distinguished scholar of the Persian language and literature, and a renowned historian of Islam.
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Born in Boroujerd, Lorestan province, Iran, Shahidi dedicated his life to Persian studies, acting as the director of the Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute and International Center for Persian Studies (ICPS), serving as the Dean of the Faculty of Literature and Humanities at the University of Tehran (UT), and mastering the fields of jurisprudence and Islamic history. As a member of the Faculty of Literature and Humanities at the University of Tehran, Shahidi specialized in the study of Persian language and literature as well as Islamic theology, jurisprudence, and history.
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