Jalal Matini ( fa, جلال متینی) (born 1928) is a scholar of

Persian literature Persian literature ( fa, ادبیات فارسی, Adabiyâte fârsi, ) comprises oral compositions and written texts in the Persian language and is one of the world's oldest literatures. It spans over two-and-a-half millennia. Its sources h ...

, particularly renowned for his expertise on the epic

Shahnameh The ''Shahnameh'' or ''Shahnama'' ( fa, شاهنامه, Šāhnāme, lit=The Book of Kings, ) is a long epic poem written by the Persian poet Ferdowsi between c. 977 and 1010 CE and is the national epic of Greater Iran. Consisting of some 5 ...

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, and contemporary

Iranian studies Iranian studies ( fa, ايران‌شناسی '), also referred to as Iranology and Iranistics, is an interdisciplinary field dealing with the research and study of the civilization, history, literature, art and culture of Iranian peoples. It ...

. He is also known for producing the critical edition of the

Kush Nama ''Kush-Nama'' ( fa, کوش نامه), is a Persian epic poem and part of a mythical history of Iran written by Ḥakim Iranshān (or Irānshāh) b. Abu'l-Khayr between the years 501-04/1108-11. Manuscript and background A critical edition of the ...

. Prior to the 1979 Iranian revolution, Dr Matini was a professor and president of 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 F ...

(Iran). After emigrating to the United States, Matini taught Persian literature at the

University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant un ...

and at

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of highe ...

, and founded the journals "Iran-Nameh" and '' Iran-Shenasi''.

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Virtually all of Jalal Matini's work are in Persian but he has also written some English articles. *J. Matini, "Kush-Nama" in Mahmoud Omidsalar (Author), A. Tafazzoli (Editor), Touraj Daryaee "The Spirit of Wisdom: Menog I Xrad : Essays in Memory of Ahmad Tafazzoli",Mazda Publishers (September 2003). *J. Matini, "ĀFARĪN-NĀMA" in Encyclopædia Iranic

*J. Matini, "HEDĀYAT AL-MOTAʿALLEMIN FI’L-ṬEBB" in Encyclopædia Iranic

*J. Matini, "ʿAMĀRA MARVAZĪ" in Encyclopædia Iranic

*J. Matini, "AFIFI, RAḤIM" in Encyclopædia Iranic

*J. Matini, "ADĪB NĪŠĀBURĪ" in Encyclopædia Iranic

*J. Matini, "ʿAMʿAQ BOḴARĀʾĪ" in Encyclopædia Iranic

*J. Matini, "ḤABIB-ALLĀH ḴORĀSĀNI" in Encyclopædia Iranic

*J. Matini, "BAHMANYĀR AḤMAD" in Encyclopædia Iranic

*J. Matini, "FAYYĀŻ, ʿALĪ-AKBAR MAJĪDĪ" in Encyclopædia Iranic

*J. Matini, "FARROḴ, Sayyed MAḤMŪD" in Encyclopædia Iranic

*J. Matini, "AYĀZ, ABU’L-NAJM" in Encyclopædia Iranic

*J. Matini, "ĀẔAR BĪGDELĪ" in Encyclopædia Iranic

*J. Matīnī, "ʿAWFĪ, SADĪD-AL-DĪN" in Encyclopædia Iranic

*J. Matini, "KUŠ-NĀMA" in Encyclopædia Iranic

*J. Matīnī, M. Caton, "ʿĀREF QAZVĪNĪ" in Encyclopædia Iranic

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Books by Author, Jalal Matini
Iranian literary scholars Iranian writers Living people Iranologists 1928 births Iranian emigrants to the United States University of California, Berkeley faculty Harvard University faculty {{Iran-academic-bio-stub

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