Abdolhossein Zarrinkoub (

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: , also

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as ''Zarrinkoob'', ''Zarrinkub'', ) (March 17, 1923 – September 15, 1999) was a scholar and professor of

Iranian literature Iranian literature, or Iranic literature, refers to the literary traditions of the Iranian languages, developed predominantly in Iran and other regions in the Middle East and the Caucasus, eastern Asia Minor, and parts of western Central Asia an ...

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, Persian culture and history. He was born in

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, received his PhD from

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in 1955 under the supervision of

Badiozzaman Forouzanfar Badiozzaman Forouzanfar or Badi'ozzamān Forūzānfar (also Romanized as "Badiʿ al-Zamān Furūzānfar") (12 July 1904 in Boshrooyeh in Ferdows County – 6 May 1970 in Tehran) ( fa, بدیع‌الزمان فروزانفر, born ''Ziyaa' ...

, and held faculty positions at universities such as

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and

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Research works

Some of his works in English are: * ''The Arab Conquest of Iran and its aftermath'': in ''

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 ...

'', Vol. 4, London, 1975. * ''Persian Sufism in its historical background'', ''Iranian studies'' III, 1970 * ''Nizami, a Lifelong Quest for a Utopia'', 1977, Rome.

Literary criticism and comparative literature

Zarrinkoob wrote a book called "''Naqd-e Adabi''" (, "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''" (, "Secret of the Reed"), "''Pelleh-Pelleh ta Molaqat-e Khuda''" (, "Step by Step until Visiting God") and "''Bahr dar Koozeh''" (, "Sea in a Jug") are critiques and comparative analyses of Rumi's Masnavi. Zarrinkoub's research works on

Hafez Khwāje Shams-od-Dīn Moḥammad Ḥāfeẓ-e Shīrāzī ( fa, خواجه شمس‌‌الدین محمّد حافظ شیرازی), known by his pen name Hafez (, ''Ḥāfeẓ'', 'the memorizer; the (safe) keeper'; 1325–1390) and as "Hafiz", ...

and Persian mysticism resulted in several books including "''Az Kuche-ye Rendan''" () and "''Arzesh-e Miras-e Sufiyeh''" ().

History of Persia

Zarrinkoub wrote "''

Two Centuries of Silence ''Two Centuries of Silence'' ( fa, دو قرن سکوت, Do Qarn Sokut, ) is a book written in Persian by Abdolhossein Zarrinkoub, a prominent Iranian scholar of Iran's culture, history and literature. The work is a historical account of the eve ...

''" () on Islamic history and ''Ruzegaran'' () (The Ages) (Iran's history from the beginning to the fall of the

Pahlavi dynasty The Pahlavi dynasty ( fa, دودمان پهلوی) was the last Iranian royal dynasty, ruling for almost 54 years between 1925 and 1979. The dynasty was founded by Reza Shah Pahlavi, a non-aristocratic Mazanderani soldier in modern times, who ...

), which covers the 3,000-year history of Iran since the Aryans migrated to the

Iranian plateau The Iranian plateau or Persian plateau is a geological feature in Western Asia, Central Asia, and South Asia. It comprises part of the Eurasian Plate and is wedged between the Arabian Plate and the Indian Plate; situated between the Zagros ...

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