Adrian David Hugh Bivar,
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(abbreviated A.D.H. Bivar) (1926 - 2015) was a British
numismatist
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and archaeologist, who was
Emeritus Professor of
Iranian Studies
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at the
School of Oriental and African Studies
SOAS University of London (; the School of Oriental and African Studies) is a public research university in London, England, and a member institution of the federal University of London. Founded in 1916, SOAS is located in the Bloomsbury a ...
,
University of London
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. He specialized in
Sasanian
The Sasanian () or Sassanid Empire, officially known as the Empire of Iranians (, ) and also referred to by historians as the Neo-Persian Empire, was the last Iranian empire before the early Muslim conquests of the 7th-8th centuries AD. Named ...
seals and
rock relief
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s,
Kushano-Sasanian coins and chronology,
Mithra
Mithra ( ae, ''Miθra'', peo, 𐎷𐎰𐎼 ''Miça'') commonly known as Mehr, is the Iranian deity of covenant, light, oath, justice and the sun. In addition to being the divinity of contracts, Mithra is also a judicial figure, an all-seein ...
ic iconography,
Arsacid
The Parthian Empire (), also known as the Arsacid Empire (), was a major Iranian political and cultural power in ancient Iran from 247 BC to 224 AD. Its latter name comes from its founder, Arsaces I, who led the Parni tribe in conquer ...
history and
pre-Islamic folklore.
[Encyclopaedia Iranica (2010)]
Iranian Studies in Britain, Pre-Islamic
Retrieved on 2010-04-17. His written works include book chapters written for the ''Fischer Weltgeschichte'' (vol.16, 1966) and ''
The Cambridge History of Iran
''The Cambridge History of Iran'' is a multi-volume survey of Iranian history published in the United Kingdom by Cambridge University Press. The seven volumes cover "the history and historical geography of the land which is present-day Iran, as w ...
'' (1983).
References
External links
Bibliography of A.D.H. Bivar, in Bulletin of the Asia Institute, vol.7, Iranian Studies in Honor of A.D.H. Bivar (1993), pp. 5-8Obituary in Iran, Journal of the British Institute of Persian Studies, Volume 44, 2006 - Issue 1
Academics of SOAS University of London
British numismatists
British archaeologists
Iranologists
Living people
Presidents of the Royal Asiatic Society
Year of birth missing (living people)
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