Ahmad Mahdavi Damghani ( fa, احمد مهدوی دامغانی‎; 5 September 1926 – 17 June 2022) was an Iranian scholar and university professor.

Biography

Born in

Mashhad Mashhad ( fa, مشهد, Mašhad ), also spelled Mashad, is the List of Iranian cities by population, second-most-populous city in Iran, located in the relatively remote north-east of the country about from Tehran. It serves as the capital of R ...

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, on 5 September 1926, he held a Ph.D. in

Persian Literature Persian literature ( fa, ادبیات فارسی, Adabiyâte fârsi, ) comprises oral compositions and written texts in the Persian language and is one of the world's oldest literatures. It spans over two-and-a-half millennia. Its sources h ...

and a Ph.D. in

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from

Tehran University The University of Tehran (Tehran University or UT, fa, دانشگاه تهران) is the most prominent university located in Tehran, Iran. Based on its historical, socio-cultural, and political pedigree, as well as its research and teaching pro ...

, where he was a professor at the School of Literature and at the School of Theology between 1962 and 1985. Beginning in 1987, he taught Islamic sciences, Islamic literature, advanced

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and Persian

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texts, and Islamic philosophy at

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and the

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. Mahdavi Damghani also taught at the Autonomous University of Madrid for three years.

Selected works

He is the author of over 300 articles in scholarly journals and of several books including: * ''Kashf al-Haqa'iq'' (Unveiling the Truths) * ''Al-Majdi'' (On the Genealogy of the Prophet Muhammad's Family) * ''Nasmat al Sahar - A History of Arab Shi`a Poets'', Three volumes * ''The Sources of Arabic Poems in the Kalilah wa Dimna'' * ''The Garden of Light: An Anthology of Sana`i's Hadiqah'' * ''Kashf al-Haqa'iq 2'' (Return of the Kashf) * The sources of Arabic Poems in “Marzban-Nameh”, 1970s * “Haasele Owqat” (A collection of assays and articles -1007 pages), 2002–2003 * Tarjumaye Ashaar Arabiye “Saadi” beh Farsi (Translation of “Saadi’s” Arabic poems into Persian), 2004 * Tchahr Maqaleh dar bareh “Amir-al-mumenin Ali Aleyh-al-salam” (Four articles regarding “Amir-al-mumenin Ali Aleyh-al-salam”), 2004–2005 * Maqalati “Dar Hadithe Digaran” (Articles in memory of his professors, friends, and others), 2005 * Taswib Aghlate Tchapi Tafsir, “Kashf-al-asrar” (Correction of erratum in the printed book of “Tafsir Kashf-al-asrar”), 2007 * Dar babe “Khizr” (Regarding “Khizr“), 2007 * “The Noble Princess Shahrbanu” The mother of the Imam Ali b. al-Husain al-Sajjad” Mirror of heritage (Ayene-ye Miras), 2009 * “In the Memory of Companions and Rain Drops“, (Yadeh Yaran va Qatreh hayeh Baran) A collection of his various articles, 2011 * Yad-E-Azizan Dar Bargri-Zan (21 Articles Ettelaat Presse), 2015 * Divan Khazen (Distinguished poet 4th century Hegir Miras-E-Maktoub), 2015 * Essays in Islamic Philology, History and Philosophy, 2016

References

1926 births 2022 deaths People from Mashhad Academic staff of the University of Tehran American Islamic studies scholars University of Tehran alumni Harvard University faculty University of Pennsylvania faculty Faculty of Theology and Islamic Studies of the University of Tehran alumni Faculty of Letters and Humanities of the University of Tehran alumni Burials at Imam Reza Shrine Muslim scholars of Islamic studies {{Islam-theologian-stub