Fathollah Mojtabaei (; born December 10, 1927,

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author and historian. He is a permanent member of

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and a member of the faculty of the

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Early life

Dr. Fathollah Mojtabaei was born on December 10, 1927, in

, Iran. A few months after his birth, his mother took him to

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, Markazi Province, Iran. He stayed in Farahan until he was fourteen. His father and his grandfather were

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elders. He received his basic education in such a family, which led him to study the history of religions and philosophy of the East and India later. Negaresh Farsi 3

Education and career

Until the age of fourteen, he taught basics of literature, formal sciences and French language in

. In 1941, he came to Arak and entered high school there. After finishing high school, he came to

and continued his education at the

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. In 1953, he received a bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature from the Faculty of Letters and Humanities of the University of Tehran. From 1953 until 1959, he taught literature and foreign languages in Arak and Tehran high schools. He also began writing and several his poems and stories were published in magazines, he also translated

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. In 1960, he was sent abroad by the

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to get acquainted with new methods of writing textbooks. After a period of study and research in this field in the

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in United States, he returned to

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and was in charge of preparing and compiling literature textbooks for high schools. In 1962, he was appointed as Iranian Cultural Counselor in

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and the management of Iranian cultural houses in the city of

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. Until 1965 he was engaged in cultural services and research on Islamic-Iranian culture of the subcontinent there. There he learned

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and studied the history of the

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period in India and Persian culture and literature. In 1966, he went to the United States at the invitation of Professor

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, a renowned Islamologist and Hinduologist and director of the

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, where he researched the history of world religions and taught

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and

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texts in

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. He also received Masters in

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of Religions from

. Then he continued his studies in History of Eastern Religions and Philosophy and finally in 1971 received his PhD in this field. During these years he traveled to India several times to study the traditional methods of interpreting

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texts as well as to observe the situation and religious of the Indian Zoroastrians in

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, Delhi and

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. After completing his studies, he returned to Iran and began to teach in universities. For a while, he taught

Damavand College Damavand College (; romanization: ''Madreseh-ye Ālī-ye Damāvand''; and later, ''Dāneshkadeh-ye Damāvand'') was founded in 1968 as a private institution of higher learning for women and run by an international community and by American Presby ...

and in philosophy group of Faculty of Letters and Humanities of the University of Tehran, he taught

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. Then he was transferred to the

Faculty of Theology and Islamic Studies of the University of Tehran The Faculty of Theology and Islamic Studies (Persian: دانشکده الهیات و معارف اسلامی دانشگاه تهران) is one of the faculties of University of Tehran, which was established in 1935. History The Faculty of ...

and served in the Department of Comparative Religions and Mysticism. In 1974, he was assigned as Iranian Cultural Counselor in India, and until the fall of 1977, he was engaged in services related to the study and research on the intellectual and cultural relations between

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s and

s in the subcontinent, and published several books and articles in this field. After completing his mission and returning to Iran, he continued to teach at the

and was in charge of the management of the Department of Religions and Mysticism for several periods. He also taught history of religions, methodology and comparative mysticism there. During his cultural services, he has published nearly 200 titles of books, articles, poems and book reviews in the form of authorship, translation and correction in Persian and English in Iran and abroad.

Bibliography

Books

* Chitra and a few lyric poems from the gardener of love (original title in ), in

Persian language Persian ( ), also known by its endonym and exonym, endonym Farsi (, Fārsī ), is a Western Iranian languages, Western Iranian language belonging to the Iranian languages, Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian languages, Indo-Iranian subdivision ...

, Translation, 1955 * New Persian poetry (original title in ), in

, Translation, 1955 * Poetic Art: Poetry (original title in ), in

, Translation, 1958 * The best poems of

Robert Frost Robert Lee Frost (March26, 1874January29, 1963) was an American poet. Known for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American Colloquialism, colloquial speech, Frost frequently wrote about settings from rural life in New E ...

(original title in ), in

, Translation, 1959 * The Golden Age of Iran and its philosophy and art (original title in ), in

, Translation, 1960 * Persian grammar for the first year of high school (original title in ), in

, Cooperation, 1964 * The beautiful city of

Plato Plato ( ; Greek language, Greek: , ; born BC, died 348/347 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher of the Classical Greece, Classical period who is considered a foundational thinker in Western philosophy and an innovator of the writte ...

and the ideal empire in ancient Iran (original title in ), in

, 1973 *

Al-Biruni Abu Rayhan Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Biruni (; ; 973after 1050), known as al-Biruni, was a Khwarazmian Iranian scholar and polymath during the Islamic Golden Age. He has been called variously "Father of Comparative Religion", "Father of modern ...

and India (original title in ), in

, 1973 * A Literary history of Persia, From Firdowsi to Sadi (original title in ), in

, Translation, 1982 * Educational philosophy of Iqbal Lahori (original title in ), in

, Introduction, 1983 * Ancient Greece (original title in ), in

, Translation, 1986 * Zoroaster, Politician or Witch-doctor? (original title in ), in

, Introduction, 1986 * Parrot Letter (original title in ), in

, Correction, 1993 * Rai and Brahman: Excerpts from

Kalīla wa-Dimna ''Kalīla wa-Dimna'' or ''Kelileh o Demneh'' () is a collection of fables. The book consists of fifteen chapters containing many fables whose heroes are animals. A remarkable animal character is the lion, who plays the role of the king; he has ...

(original title in ), in

, Introduction, 1995 *

Ferdowsi Abu'l-Qâsem Ferdowsi Tusi (also Firdawsi, ; 940 – 1019/1025) was a Persians, Persian poet and the author of ''Shahnameh'' ("Book of Kings"), which is one of the world's longest epic poetry, epic poems created by a single poet, and the gre ...

Shahnameh The ''Shahnameh'' (, ), also transliterated ''Shahnama'', is a long epic poem written by the Persian literature, Persian poet Ferdowsi between and 1010 CE and is the national epic of Greater Iran. Consisting of some 50,000 distichs or couple ...

with

Khamsa of Nizami The ''Khamsa'' (, 'Quintet' or 'Quinary', from Arabic) or ''Panj Ganj'' (, 'Five Treasures') is the main and best known work of Nizami Ganjavi. Description The ''Khamsa'' is in five long narrative poems: * '' Makhzan-ol-Asrâr'' (, 'The Treas ...

(original title in ), in

, Introduction, 2000 * Excerpts from

(original title in ), in

& English language, Translation, 2001 * Religious Research (original title in ), in

, 2002 * Encyclopedia of Iranian women: water – blood money (original title in ), in

, Cooperation, 2004 * Encyclopedia of Iranian women: Rabia Ghazdari – Youtik (original title in ), in

, Cooperation, 2004 * Islam: Historical and Cultural Research (original title in ), in

, Cooperation, 2004 * Hindi syntax and Arabic syntax (original title in ), in

, 2005 * Excerpts from

Yoga Vasistha ''Vasishta Yoga Samhita'' (, IAST: '; also known as ''Mokṣopāya'' or ''Mokṣopāyaśāstra'', and as ''Maha-Ramayana'', ''Arsha Ramayana'', ''Vasiṣṭha Ramayana'', ''Yogavasistha-Ramayana'' and ''Jnanavasistha'', is a historically popular ...

(original title in ), in

& English language, Translation, 2006 * Description of Lover's hair: Notes on The Divan of Hafez (original title in ), in

, 2007 * Aspects of Hindu Muslim cultural relations (original title in ), in

& English language, 2010 * Hafez (Life and Thought) (original title in ), in

, Cooperation, 2013 * Great frontier letter: Tame minds (original title in ), in

, Correction, 2013 * Bengal in Persian Sugar: Discourses on Cultural Relations between Iran and India (original title in ), in

, 2013 * World's famous articles: a collection of essays and speeches (original title in ), in

, 2017 * A letter to my child (original title in ), in

, Introduction, 2017

Articles

* Mentioning a few points from the Great history of Jafari about the date of death of

Nasir Khusraw Nasir Khusraw (; 1004 – between 1072–1088) was an Isma'ili poet, philosopher, traveler, and missionary () for the Isma'ili Fatimid Caliphate. Despite being one of the most prominent Isma'ili philosophers and theologians of the Fatimids and ...

and

Khayyam Ghiyāth al-Dīn Abū al-Fatḥ ʿUmar ibn Ibrāhīm Nīshābūrī (18 May 1048 – 4 December 1131) ( Persian: غیاث الدین ابوالفتح عمر بن ابراهیم خیام نیشابورﻯ), commonly known as Omar Khayyam (), was ...

(original title in ), in

, 1962 * Scientific works on Islamic culture outside the Islamic world (original title in ), in

, 1970 * Professor Tarachand, an Islamologist who loves Iran, researches his thoughts and works (original title in ), in

, 1973 * Mysticism of Sage of Herat (original title in ), in

, 1979 * The color of the clothes of class people in Indian and Iranian society (original title in ), in

, 1981 * A few more points about verses from

(original title in ), in

, 1983 * The principle of acquisition and adaptation in quoting scientific concepts (original title in ), in

, 1983 * New research on

Sanai Hakim Abul-Majd Majdūd ibn Ādam Sanā'ī Ghaznavi (), more commonly known as Sanai, was a poet from Ghazni. He lived his life in the Ghaznavid Empire which is now located in Afghanistan (At that time, Ghazni was considered part of the cultura ...

(original title in ), in

, 1984 *

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 Khusrow (original title in ), in

, 1985 * Familiarity of

s with Aristotelian logic (original title in ), in

, 1988 * Roundtable: Dialogue of religions and understanding of cultural fields (original title in ), in

, 1992 * The Realm of the Persian Language: An Ancient Version of Ferdowsi's Shahnameh Belonging to the

(original title in ), in

, 1993 * Islamic culture and civilization (original title in ), in

, 1994 *

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period in the history of Islamic philosophy (original title in ), in

, 1994 * Dr. Yazdgerdi, As I knew it (original title in ), in

, 1994 * The story of the meeting and correspondence of Bu Ali and Bu Saeed (original title in ), in

, 1996 * Superior and higher than the

Brahman In Hinduism, ''Brahman'' (; IAST: ''Brahman'') connotes the highest universal principle, the ultimate reality of the universe.P. T. Raju (2006), ''Idealistic Thought of India'', Routledge, , page 426 and Conclusion chapter part XII In the ...

s (from the collection of "Fruit-Gathering") (original title in ), in

, 1997 * Islam; Unity and dialogue of religions (original title in ), in

, 1998 * Cultural exchange and invasion (original title in ), in

, 1998 * On the corner of the roof (original title in ), in

, His poems, 1998 * I was her hunting (original title in ), in

, His poems, 1998 * Two poems by Dr. Fathollah Mojtabaei (original title in ), in

, His poems, 1998 * In search of another horizon (original title in ), in

, 2001 * Roundtable: Mysticism and Globalization (original title in ), in

, 2001 * Suhrawardi and the culture of ancient Iran (original title in ), in

, 2001 * Suhrawardi and the ancient Iran (original title in ), in

, 2002 *

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why was it dark in the house? (original title in ), in

, 2002 * Iranology and Manuscripts (original title in ), in

, 2002 * Indian religions (original title in ), in

, 2003 * Elements of Tolerance in Indian Rituals (original title in ), in

, 2004 * Iranian context of the Judeo-Christian concept of "MYSTERION" (original title in ), in

, 2004 * Descent and thought of

Tagore Rabindranath Thakur (; anglicised as Rabindranath Tagore ; 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) was a Bengalis, Bengali polymath who worked as a poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer, and painter of the Bengal Renai ...

(original title in ), in

, 2005 *

and his poems: Ten lyric poems from the book Gardener of Love (original title in ), in

, 2005 *

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and

Shapur Shahpur, Shapur, Shahpoor, or Shahapur () may refer to: People * Shapur (name), Persian given name and a list of people with the name Places India Bihar * Shahpur, Bihar, a city in Bhojpur district ** Shahpur, Bihar Assembly constitue ...

, a historical experience of eclectic pluralism (original title in ), in

, 2006 * India and Iranian identity (original title in ), in

, 2006 *

Goethe's Faust ''Faust'' ( , ) is a tragedy, tragic Play (theatre), play in two parts by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, usually known in English as ''Faust, Part One'' and ''Faust, Part Two''. Nearly all of Part One and the majority of Part Two are written in rh ...

(original title in ), in

, 2008 * Religious policy of Islamic governments in the Indian subcontinent (from the beginning to the establishment of the Babrian state) (original title in ), in

, 2008 * A Look at the History of

Shaivism Shaivism (, , ) is one of the major Hindu denominations, Hindu traditions, which worships Shiva as the Para Brahman, supreme being. It is the Hinduism#Demographics, second-largest Hindu sect after Vaishnavism, constituting about 385 million H ...

Hinduism Hinduism () is an Hypernymy and hyponymy, umbrella term for a range of Indian religions, Indian List of religions and spiritual traditions#Indian religions, religious and spiritual traditions (Sampradaya, ''sampradaya''s) that are unified ...

: Its Origins, Evolution and Schools (original title in ), in

, 2008 *

Azari Tusi Azari-e Tusi () Shaikh Jalaluddini Alii Hamza ibni Malik Hashimii Bayhaqii Isfarainii Marvazi (1380 in Esfarayen – 1462 in Esfarayen) was a Persian peoples, Persian poet. Azari-e Tusi lived for a while in Tus, Iran, Tus. Azari was a poet in Bahm ...

(original title in ), in

, 2009 * Dialogue: Aspects of Religious Historiography (original title in ), in

, 2009 * The letters (original title in ), in

, 2010 * The suffix "-tar" in Astar and Kabutar (original title in ), in

, 2010 * A few points about Marzbannameh: the author and its main language (original title in ), in

, 2011 * Asadi son and Asadi father: Ali ibn Ahmad and Ahmad ibn Mansour (original title in ), in

, 2011 * Corner or treasure? (original title in ), in

, 2011 * Most translations today are copyright infringement (original title in ), in

, 2012 * Iran and India, a millennial bond (original title in ), in

, 2013 * A few more points about corner or treasure (original title in ), in

, 2013 *

and New

Bhakti ''Bhakti'' (; Pali: ''bhatti'') is a term common in Indian religions which means attachment, fondness for, devotion to, trust, homage, worship, piety, faith, or love.See Monier-Williams, ''Sanskrit Dictionary'', 1899. In Indian religions, it ...

Mysticism (original title in ), in

, 2013 * Memoirs of the poet Khanlari, publisher of Sokhan magazine (original title in ), in

, 2013 * Iqbal Lahori, a former religious intellectual (original title in ), in

, 2014 * My acquaintance with Dr. Khanlari (original title in ), in

, 2014 *

Rajatarangini ''Rājataraṅgiṇī'' (Sanskrit: Devanagari, राजतरङ्गिणी, IAST, romanized: ''rājataraṅgiṇī'', International Phonetic Alphabet, IPA: Help:IPA/Sanskrit, �ɑː.d͡ʑɐ.t̪ɐˈɾɐŋ.ɡi.ɳiː ) is a metrical legend ...

and the Background of Historiography in India (original title in ), in

& English language, 2015 * Another look at the death date of

(original title in ), in

, 2015 * Founder of correct and accurate publishing in Iran (original title in ), in

, 2016 * What is the secret of

's permanence? (original title in ), in

, 2016 * A

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word in

Vendidad The Vendidad /ˈvendi'dæd/, also known as Videvdat, Videvdad or Juddēvdād, is a collection of texts within the greater compendium of the Avesta. However, unlike the other texts of the Avesta, the ''Vendidad'' is an ecclesiastical code, not a ...

: from Eskhar and Eskar to Askar and Lashkar (original title in ), in

, 2016 * Thanks to Mr. Samii (original title in ), in

, 2016 * Praised man in memory of Dr.

Manouchehr Sotoudeh Manouchehr Sotoudeh (, 19 July 1913 – 8 April 2016) was an Iranian geographer and scholar of Persian literature who was famously known for his studies on Iranian languages and ethnic groups. Sotudeh earned his Ph.D. from the University of T ...

(original title in ), in

, 2016 * Mettle and education from the point of view of Saadi and

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(original title in ), in

, 2016 * A brief look at the cultural relations between Iran and Greece during the

Achaemenid The Achaemenid Empire or Achaemenian Empire, also known as the Persian Empire or First Persian Empire (; , , ), was an Iranian empire founded by Cyrus the Great of the Achaemenid dynasty in 550 BC. Based in modern-day Iran, it was the large ...

period (original title in ), in

, 2016 * Indo-Buddhist stories in Persian literature (original title in ), in

, 2016 * Praised peoples by

Daqiqi Abu Mansur Daqiqi (), better simply known as Daqiqi (), was one of the most prominent Persian poets of the Samanid era. He was the first to undertake the creation of the national epic of Iran, the ''Shahnameh'', but was killed in 977 after only ...

and another look at the date of his death (original title in ), in

, 2018 *

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and the method of confronting the simile verses of the

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(original title in ), in

, 2018 * Another look at a few verses of

's sonnets (original title in ), in

, 2018 * Eastern and Iranian view of India (original title in ), in

, 2020

Honours

Dr. Fathollah Mojtabaei has received awards in various fields. Including: * Celebrating his scientific and cultural services in

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, 2000 *

Iranian Science and Culture Hall of Fame Iranian Science and Culture Hall of Fame or Ever-lasting Names / People (; read as ''čehre-hā-ye māndegār'') is a formal ceremony to honor influential contemporary scientific and cultural Eminents. The title is awarded to those who "will rema ...

as Ever-lasting Names / People in the field of religious history, 2002 * First Order of Culture and Art, 2003 *

Iran's Book of the Year Awards Iran's Book of the Year Awards is an annual award about books in categories of religion, social sciences, language, applied sciences, art and literature. It is the most prestigious book award in Iran and is granted by the Iranian president during ...

for the book "Hindi syntax and Arabic syntax, ", 2006 *

Farabi International Award The Farabi International Award is given annually by the Iranian Ministry of Science, Research and Technology to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to humanities. Farabi Award winners become a member of Iran's National Elites Fou ...

as "Veteran of Iranian Humanities", 2008 * First Order of Persian Politeness, 2011 * Founder of Comparative Studies in Religions and Mysticism in Iran, 2018 and 2019

Dr. Fathollah Mojtabaei Award

Dr. Fathollah Mojtabaei Award is an award given to the best doctoral dissertation in the fields of Persian language and literature, religions and mysticism. The first ceremony of the award was held in December 2011 and nine of them have been held so far in Iran.

Documentary film

A documentary film about the life and scientific and cultural works of Dr. Fathollah Mojtabaei has been produced under the name of "How good it was that you were born (original title in )", which has been broadcast in July 2019 via

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channel.

References

External links

Fatholah Mojtabaei on civilica

The sixth Award granting ceremony of Dr. Fathollah Mojtabaei

Fear of the weakening of Farsi

Iran to unveil encyclopedic book on country’s history

Intl. Conference of Iran’s Languages and Dialects due

India keen on enhanced cultural ties with Iran

‘Indology in Iran’ seminar held in Tehran

Documentary movie: Biography of Dr. Fathollah Mojtabaei

Picture report of the "Ninth Award of Dr. Fathollah Mojtabaei"

Picture report: "The final judging session of the ninth Dr. Mojtabaei Award"

Picture report: Dr. Mojtabaei birthday party

Documentary film: Dr. Mojtabaei biography
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Early life

Education and career

Bibliography

Books

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Honours

Dr. Fathollah Mojtabaei Award

Documentary film

See also

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