Mohammad Mokri (; 1921 – July 12, 2007) was an

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scholar (Kurdologist) and author born in

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. He wrote over 100 books and 700 articles during his lifetime. He worked very closely with the Prime Minister of Iran

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until his removal from power on August 19, 1953 during

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. Mokri moved to

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in 1953, where he lived until 1979 when he and

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returned to Iran. He lived in Iran and worked as the personal aide to the Ayatollah. He served as Iran's first

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to the former

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after the revolution and later as ambassador to

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. Following disagreements with Khomeini, he moved back to France. He died at his home in

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on July 12, 2007.

Works and publications

* * ''Le Chasseur de Dieu et le mythe du Roi-Aigle (Dawra-y Damyari). Beiträge zur Iranistik'', 1967 * * ''Odes Mystiques (Divan-E Shams-E Tabrizi)'' (contributing author), 1973 * ''Persico-kurdica Études D'ethnologie, De Dialectologie, D'histoire et De Religion Parues Dans Les Années 1964-1978 Contributions Scientifiques Aux Études Iraniennes Mythes et Mots'' * ''Le thème de la lumière dans le judaïsme, le christianisme et l'Islam'', 1976 (Contributing author) * ''Étude d'Hérésiologie Islamique et de Thèmes Mythico-Religieux Iraniens: La Grande Assemblée des Fidèles de Vérité au Tribunal sur le Mont Zagros en Iran (Dawra-Y Diwana-Gawra) Livre secret et inédit en gourani ancien Texte critique, traduction, introduction et commentaires avec des notes linguistiques et glossaire.'', 1977 (Author and Translator) * ''La Grande Assemblée des Fidèles de Vérité au Tribunal sur le Mont Zagros en Iran ( Dawra-Y Diwana-Gawra ). Livre Secret et Inédit en Gourani Ancien.'', 1977 * ''La lumiere et le feu dans l'Iran ancien (origine, structure, developpement et systematisation) et leur demythification en Islam: Spiritualite . et ethnographiques)'' (French Edition), 1982 * ''Cycle des fidèles compagnon à l'époque de buhlûl'' * ''Etudes métriques et éthnolinguistiques. Analyse historique et premier essai de systématisation de la poésie syllabique dialectale et populaire iranienne (persane et kurde) + Les chants éternels kurdes (chants d'amour et de douleur). Parts I-III'', 1994 * ''Le Chasseur de Dieu et le mythe du Roi-Aigle (Dawra-y Damyari). Texte etabli, traduit et commente avec une etude sur la chasse mystique, le temps cycliques et des notes linguistiques. (= Beiträge zur Iranistik) weisprachige Ausgabe' * * ''His name was Iran. Translation from Persian, preface and notes by Anne Lecerf'', 2003 * * ''L'Esotérisme kurde. Aperçus sur le secret gnostique des Fidèles de Vérité.'', (contributing author) 2005

Resources

External links

Professor Mohammad Mokri's official website (in French)

The Indian Express
1921 births 2007 deaths Iranian Kurdish people Exiles of the Iranian Revolution in France Iranian scholars Iranian writers Ambassadors of Iran to the Soviet Union Ambassadors of Iran to Mongolia Iranian Yarsanis National Front (Iran) politicians Candidates in the 1980 Iranian presidential election {{Kurd-bio-stub