Abdolhossein Zarrinkoub ( Luri/ Persian: , also

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as ''Zarrinkoob'', ''Zarrinkub'', ) (March 17, 1923 – September 15, 1999) was a scholar and professor of Iranian literature,

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, Persian culture and history. He was born in Borujerd,

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, received his PhD from

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in 1955 under the supervision of Badiozzaman Forouzanfar, and held faculty positions at universities such as

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, Sorbonne and

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Research works

Some of his 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.

Literary criticism and comparative literature

Zarrinkoob wrote a book called "''Naqd-e Adabi''" (, "Literary Criticism") covering comparative literature and Persian literary criticism.

Rumi and Erfan

Zarrinkoub also wrote about the Persian poet Molana Jalaleddin Balkhi (Rumi) and his works. Zarrinkoub's "''Serr-e Ney''" (, "Secret of the Reed"), "''Pelleh-Pelleh ta Molaqat-e Khuda''" (, "Step by Step until Visiting God") and "''Bahr dar Koozeh''" (, "Sea in a Jug") are critiques and comparative analyses of Rumi's Masnavi. Zarrinkoub's research works on

Hafez Khwāje Shams-od-Dīn Moḥammad Ḥāfeẓ-e Shīrāzī ( fa, خواجه شمس‌‌الدین محمّد حافظ شیرازی), known by his pen name Hafez (, ''Ḥāfeẓ'', 'the memorizer; the (safe) keeper'; 1325–1390) and as "Hafiz", ...

and Persian mysticism resulted in several books including "''Az Kuche-ye Rendan''" () and "''Arzesh-e Miras-e Sufiyeh''" ().

History of Persia

Zarrinkoub wrote "'' Two Centuries of Silence''" () on Islamic history and ''Ruzegaran'' () (The Ages) (Iran's history from the beginning to the fall of the

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), which covers the 3,000-year history of Iran since the Aryans migrated to the

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