Dr. Seyed Ali Mirlohi Falavarjani is an Iranian professor of

Arabic literature Arabic literature ( ar, الأدب العربي / ALA-LC: ''al-Adab al-‘Arabī'') is the writing, both as prose and poetry, produced by writers in the Arabic language. The Arabic word used for literature is '' Adab'', which is derived from ...

, now retired from the

University of Isfahan The University of Isfahan (UI) (Persian: دانشگاه اصفهان Dāneshgāh-e Esfāhān) is a state-operated university located in Isfahan, Iran. It is ranked among the top 10 universities in Iran. The university is located on Azadi square ...

. He was born in 1942 in the city of

Falavarjan Falavarjan ( fa, فلاورجان, also Romanized as Falāvarjān, Falāvar Jān, and Felāvarjān; also known as Pol-e Vargān, Pol-e Varqān, Pul-i-Vargān, and Mollāvarjān) is a city and capital of Falavarjan County, Isfahan Province, Iran ...

, the province of

Isfahan Isfahan ( fa, اصفهان, Esfahân ), from its Achaemenid empire, ancient designation ''Aspadana'' and, later, ''Spahan'' in Sassanian Empire, middle Persian, rendered in English as ''Ispahan'', is a major city in the Greater Isfahan Regio ...

, Iran. He is the founder of the Islamic Azad University of Falavarjan, Isfahan, and was its president from 1985 to 1992. This branch of the university now has in excess of 4,000 students across more than 10 fields of study. It has a high number of female students.

Biography

Seyed Ali Mirlohi is son of -Hojjat al-Eslam- Solomon Mirlohi, a popular and respected religious figure in Falavarjan who died in 1987. He was educated at Minoo elementary school until 1952, and then to seminary school of Fiqh level with masters such as Ayatollah Sheikh Hassan Emami. Later in his life, Mirlohi went to Qom seminary, and participated in Ayatollah

Seyyed Hossein Borujerdi Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Hossein Ali Tababataei Borujerdi (Luri/ fa, آیت الله العظمی سید حسین طباطبایی بروجردی; 23 March 1875 – 30 March 1961) was a leading Iranian Shia Marja' in Iran from approximately 1947 t ...

's classes. Mirlohi earned his diploma in 1964, and entered Tehran University in the Faculty of Theology. -

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 ...

Faculty of Theology degree in Arabic language and literature at Tehran University, 1967. -

MA in Arabic language and literature at Tehran University in 1970. -

PhD in Arabic language and literature Faculty of Theology Faculty in 1975.

Career

From 1974 to 1978, Mirlohi was assistant professor at the

Ferdowsi University of Mashhad Ferdowsi University of Mashhad (FUM, fa, دانشگاه فردوسی مشهد, ''Danushgah-e Ferdusi-ye Mashhad'') is a public university in Mashhad, the capital city of the Iranian province of Razavi Khorasan. FUM is named after Abul-Qâsem ...

. Between 1979 and his retirement in 2010, he was successively assistant, associate, and full professor of the university of Isfahan. In 2005, Mirlohi was named as Iran's best professor by

Mostafa Moeen Mostafa Moeen ( fa, مصطفی معین; born 1 April 1951 in Najafabad, Isfahan) is an Iranian politician, professor of pediatrics, and a human rights activist who is currently founder and president of Center for Human Rights and Democracy in Ir ...

, the Iran minister of higher education, for his research excellence, teaching experience, and contribution to Arabic Literature. He was chairman of the Isfahan University committee for academic excellence for professors for more than 15 years to evaluate their academic achievements.

Research fields

Mirlohi's academic interests have included Rhetoric, especially the Qu'ran, and Arabic grammar and syntax, especially the Qu'ran and prose interpretation and dissemination of literature along politics. Mirlohi is currently editor in chief for ''Research in Arabic Language and Literature", a semi-annual journal published by University of Isfahan.

Publications

Many of Mirlohi's publications are in the Arabic language, or translated from Arabic to

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

. His works include: *''Raghib Isfahani: His Life and Works'', publisher: Recreational and Cultural Organization of the Municipality of Isfahan, 2008 *''Mukhtar al-Adab Al-Arabi'', publisher: Tehran, 2004 the university textbooks *''Revised and research Alzaryah to Makarem Alshryh'', publisher: University of Isfahan 1997 *Translation of the book of ''Aljman'' in Qu'ran, publisher: Islamic Research Foundation, 1995, p Mashhad *Translation and innovative research of ''Ibn Abi al-Masri'', publisher: Institute Press Astan Qods Razavi"" Mashahd 1992

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Falavarjani, Seyed 1942 births Living people Academic staff of the University of Isfahan University and college founders