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Abdolhossein Zarinkoob (in , also spelled ''Zarrinkoub'') was a prominent scholar of Iranian literature and history of literature.

He was born in March 19 1923 in Borujerd , Iran , received his PhD from Tehran University in 1955, and has held faculty positions at prestigious universities such as Oxford University , Sorbonne , and Princeton University , among many others.

He was the author of dozens of books in Persian Language , French, and English, and has published hundreds of articles.

Some of his more famous works in English are:

  • ''The Arab Conquest of Iran and its aftermath'': in Cambridge History Of Iran , Vol 4, London, 1975.

  • ''Persian Sufism in its historical background'', Iranian studies III, 1970

  • ''Nizami, a lifelong quest for a utopia'', 1977, Rome.

    • Due to his pioneering works on Iranian literature, Literary Criticism and Comparative Literature , he is considered as the father of modern persian literature.


Prof. Dr. Zarrinkoub is also known for his profound research on revered Iranian poet Molana Jalaleddin Balkhi (Rumi) and his works.

He passed away on September 15 of 1999 in Tehran .


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