Abdolhossein Zarrinkoub ( Luri/

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as ''Zarrinkoob'', ''Zarrinkub'', ) (March 21, 1923 – September 15, 1999) was a scholar and professor of

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, Persian culture and history. He was born in

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, received his PhD from

Tehran University The University of Tehran (UT) or Tehran University (, ) is a public collegiate university in Iran, and the oldest and most prominent Iranian university located in Tehran. Based on its historical, socio-cultural, and political pedigree, as well as ...

in 1955 under the supervision of

Badiozzaman Forouzanfar Badiozzaman Forouzanfar or Badi'ozzamān Forūzānfar (, also as "Badiʿ al-Zamān Furūzānfar"; born 12 July 1904 in Boshrooyeh, Ferdows County – died 6 May 1970 in Tehran, born ''Ziyaa' Boshrooye-i'' ) was a scholar of Persian literat ...

, 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. *
Sufism in its historical perspective
, ''Iranian studies'' III, 1970, p. 137-220 * ''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 (), known by his pen name Hafez ( or 'the keeper'; 1325–1390) or Hafiz, “Ḥāfeẓ” designates someoone who has learned the Qurʾān by heart" also known by his nickname Lisan al-Ghaib ('the tongue of the unseen'), was a Persian lyri ...

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 ''Two Centuries of Silence'' (, ) is a book written in Persian by Abdolhossein Zarrinkoub, a prominent Iranian scholar of Iran's culture, history and literature. The work is a historical account of the events and circumstances of the first two c ...

''" () 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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