Ali Reza Sheikholeslami (21 July 1941 – 9 January 2018) was Masoumeh and Fereydoon

Soudavar Professor of Persian Studies The Masoumeh and Fereydoon Soudavar Professorship of Persian Studies is a Chair at the University of Oxford, England, associated with the Faculty of Oriental Studies and Wadham College. The Chair was inaugurated in 1990.Ali Banuazizi (2019). Ali R ...

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in the

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from 1990 to 2006.Ali Banuazizi (2019). Ali Reza Sheikholeslami 1941–2018. ''

Review of Middle East Studies Middle East Studies Association (often referred to as MESA) is a learned society, and according to its website, "a non-profit association that fosters the study of the Middle East, promotes high standards of scholarship and teaching, and encoura ...

'' 53 (1): 111–112 He was born in

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and attended Bell School in

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, England (1960–62). He received a BA from

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(1967), an MA from

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(1968), an MA from the

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and a PhD in Islamic studies from the

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(1975). His dissertation title was "The Structure of Central Authority in Qajar Iran 1871–1896". He was an assistant professor of political science at the

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(1975–85), senior research fellow at

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(1987–88) and a visiting senior fellow at

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(1988–90). He was appointed the inaugural Soudavar Professor at Oxford in 1990, and held the Chair until 2006. He was a visiting scholar at the

American University of Sharjah American University of Sharjah (abbreviated AUS; ar, الجامعة الأمريكية في الشارقة) is a private university in the United Arab Emirates. It was founded in 1997 by Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and ...

, United Arab Emirates (2006–8). His publications include ''The Political Economy of Saudi Arabia'' (1984) and ''The Structure of Central Authority in Qajar Iran 1871–1896'' (1997). He was married to Shahrzad Vigeh Sheikholeslami.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sheikholeslami, Ali Reza 1941 births 2018 deaths Cultural academics Fellows of Wadham College, Oxford Soudavar Professors of Persian Studies Academics from Tehran