Lotfollah Taraghi ( Persian: لطف‌الله ترقی), born 1903 SH">Solar_Hijri_calendar.html" ;"title="282 Solar Hijri calendar">SHin Qom, Iran, and died in 1973 [1352 SH] in Tehran, Iran,Nasrollah Shifteh, ''Zendegināme va mobārezāt-e siāsi-ye Mohammad Mas'ud, ruznāme-mard-e emruz'' (The Life and Political Struggle of Mohammad Masud, A Journalist of Today), Tehran, 1984, p. 355. was an Iranian scholar (''adib''), journalist, publisher, lawyer, and legislative drafting officer.Hasan Abedini, ''Farhang-e Dāstān-nevisān-e Irān'' (Lexicon of Iranian Short Story Writers), Tehran, 1990, p. 54. He is best known for his historical romance short story collection ''Naseroddin Shah's Love-Affairs'', which inspired the television series Jeyran. He is the father of the Iranian author

Goli Taraghi Zohreh Taraghi-Moghadam, better known as Goli Taraghi ( fa, گلی ترقی) (born 1939) is an Iranian novelist and short story writer.Kamran Talatoff, 'Taraghi, Goli' in Jane Eldridge Miller, ed., ''Who's Who in Contemporary Women's Writing'', p. ...

Career as journalist

Lotfollah Taraghi was a well-known landowner, and in the 1940s he owned most of the

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area in Tehran.Dariush Pourkian, ''The Battered Generation'', London, 2022, chapter 1. He was patriotic in political orientation and has been described as one of the five most famous

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during the 1941–57 period.''Iran Nameh: Journal of the Foundation for Iranian Studies'', vol. 16, Bethesda, 1998. In 1929, he launched a social and literary journal, ''Taraghi'' ("Progress"), and continued as its director and chief editor until its closure in 1965.Goulia Ghardashkhani, ''Another Place: Identity, Space, and Transcultural Signification in Goli Taragqi's Fiction'', Leiden, 2018, p. 2. He also founded and edited the literary journal ''Āsiā-ye javān'' (''Young Asia'') for some time.Franklin Lewis
"Review: Winter Sleep by Goli Taraqqi (translated by Francine Mahak)"
'' Iranian Studies'', vol. 32: 1, 1999, p. 167.

Historical fiction writings

Lotfollah Taraghi had a deep interest in historical novels and stories. He is primarily known for his popular short story collection ''Naseroddin Shah's Love-Affairs'' ('Eshqbāzihā-ye Nāseroddin Shāh), which depicts life in the harem of the Qajar king Naseroddin Shah. The stories focus on Jeyran, the king's first

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and later his favorite wife. Taraghi's book ''Naseroddin Shah's Love-Affairs'' ('Eshqbāzihā-ye Nāseroddin Shāh) provided the inspiration for the Iranian historical romance television series Jeyran (جیران, 2022), written and directed by Hassan Fathi.

Selected works

* ''The Djinn in the Hamam of Sangalaj'' (Jenn dar hammām-e Sangalaj) (1928) * ''The Indian Lady'' (Bānu-ye hendi) (1930) * ''Baghdad Nights: Harun al-Rashid's Love for the Daughter of the Iranian General Azarin'' (Shab-hā-ye Baghdād: Deldādegi-ye Hārun be doxtar-e Āzarin sardār-e irāni) (2 vols.) (1952)Hasan Abedini, ''Farhang-e Dāstān-nevisān-e Irān'' (Lexicon of Iranian Short Story Writers), Tehran, 1990, p. 89. * ''Naseroddin Shah's Love-Affairs'' ('Eshqbāzihā-ye Nāseroddin Shāh) (1960). Re-published several times as ''Jeyran and the Secrets of Naseroddin Shah's Harem'' (Jeyrān va asrār-e haramsarā-ye Nāseroddin Shāh)

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Academic staff of the University of Tehran People from Qom 1903 births 1973 deaths 20th-century Iranian lawyers 20th-century Iranian politicians 20th-century Iranian writers