Abdolhossein Zarrinkoob

Abdolhossein Zarrinkoub (Luri/Persian: عبدالحسین زرین‌کوب, also Romanized as Zarrinkoob, Zarrinkub, Persian pronunciation: [æbdolhoˈsejn zæɾ[ɾ]iːnˈkuːb]) (March 21, 1923^[1] – September 15, 1999) was a scholar and professor of Iranian literature, history of literature, Persian culture and history.

Abdulhussein Zarrinkoub عبدالحسین زرین‌کوب
Abdolhossein Zarrinkoub
Born	(1923-03-21)March 21, 1923 Borujerd, Persia
Died	September 15, 1999(1999-09-15) (aged 76) Tehran, Iran
Nationality	Iranian
Known for	scholar of Iranian literature, history of literature, Persian culture and history

He was born in Borujerd, Iran, received his PhD from Tehran University in 1955 under the supervision of Badiozzaman Forouzanfar, and held faculty positions at universities such as Oxford University, Sorbonne and Princeton University.^[2]

Research works

Some of his works in English are:

• The Arab Conquest of Iran and its aftermath: in Cambridge History of Iran, Vol. 4, London, 1975.
• "Sufism in its historical perspective", Iranian studies III, 1970, p. 137-220
• Nizami, a Lifelong Quest for a Utopia, 1977, Rome.

Literary criticism and comparative literature

Zarrinkoob wrote a book called "Naqd-e Adabi" (نقد ادبی, "Literary Criticism") covering comparative literature and Persian literary criticism.

Rumi and Erfan

Zarrinkoub also wrote about the Persian poet Molana Jalaleddin Balkhi (Rumi) and his works. Zarrinkoub's "Serr-e Ney" (سرّ نی, "Secret of the Reed"), "Pelleh-Pelleh ta Molaqat-e Khuda" (پله‌پله تا ملاقات خدا, "Step by Step until Visiting God") and "Bahr dar Koozeh" (بحر در کوزه, "Sea in a Jug") are critiques and comparative analyses of Rumi's Masnavi.

Zarrinkoub's research works on Hafez and Persian mysticism resulted in several books including "Az Kuche-ye Rendan" (از کوچهٔ رندان) and "Arzesh-e Miras-e Sufiyeh" (ارزش میراث صوفیه).

History of Persia

Zarrinkoub wrote "Two Centuries of Silence" (دو قرن سکوت)^[3] on Islamic history and Ruzegaran (روزگاران) (The Ages) (Iran's history from the beginning to the fall of the Pahlavi dynasty),^[4] which covers the 3,000-year history of Iran since the Aryans migrated to the Iranian plateau.

See also

• Persian literature
• Iranology
• Intellectual Movements in Iran

References

1. "بخارا :: مجلۀ فرهنگى و هنرى".
2. http://theprince.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/princeton?a=d&d=Princetonian19691008-01. 2. 18&cl=search&srpos=20&dliv=none&st=1&e=-------en-Logical-50--1-byTY-on--summer-ILLUSTRATION---1969 A. H. Zarrinkoub, visiting professor from the University of Tehran, will give the first of a series of weekly lectures on Persian Mystical Literature in its Historical Context.
3. ʻAbd al-Ḥusayn Zarrīnʹkūb (2000). Dū qarn sukūt: sarguz̲asht-i ḥavādis̲ va awz̤āʻ-i tārīkhī dar dū qarn-i avval-i Islām (Two Centuries of Silence). Tihrān: Sukhan. OCLC 46632917. ISBN 964-5983-33-6.
4. ʻAbd al-Ḥusayn Zarrīnʹkūb (2012). Ruzgaran: Tarikh-i Iran az aghaz ta suqut-i saltanat-i Pahlavi (13th ed. 1391 ed.). Tehran, Iran: Elm Pub. ISBN 978-964-6961-11-1.

External links

• Iranian Researcher - Abdolhossein Zarrinkoub
• ʻAbd al-Ḥusayn Zarrīnʹkūb (1379 (2000)). Dū qarn sukūt: sarguz̲asht-i ḥavādis̲ va awz̤āʻ-i tārīkhī dar dū qarn-i avval-i Islām (Two Centuries of Silence). Tihrān: Sukhan. OCLC 46632917, ISBN 964-5983-33-9.