Badiozzaman Forouzanfar

Badi'ozzamān Foruzānfar
Badǐ'ozzamān Forǔzānfar
Born (1904-07-12)July 12, 1904
Boshrooyeh, Ferdows County, Persia
Died May 6, 1970(1970-05-06) (aged 65)
Tehran, Iran
Nationality Iranian
Occupation Scholar
Known for Scholar of Persian literature, Iranian linguistics and culture, and an expert on Molana (Rumi) and his works

Badi'ozzamān Foruzānfar (12 July 1904[1] in Boshrooyeh in Ferdows County – 6 May 1970 in Tehran) (Persian: بدیع‌الزمان فروزانفر‎, born Ziyaa' Boshrooye-i ضياء بشرويه‌ای) was a scholar of Persian literature, Iranian linguistics and culture, and an expert on Molana Jalaleddin Balkhi (Rumi) and his works. He was a distinguished professor of literature at Tehran University.

The critical edition of Diwan e Shams (in 10 volumes) by Forouzanfar is the best edition of the book available to date.[2][3] The first critical edition of Fihi ma fihi was also done by B. Forouzanfar, which is now well known in the West thanks to the selective translation of A. J. Arberry.

He was born to a Kurdish family. He was also a first cousin (maternal) of another famous Iranian scholar of literature, Professor Mohammad Parvin Gonabadi.

Notable students

Notes

  1. ↑ There is conflicting information as to the date of birth of Foruzānfar. The year 1276/1897 is given in a special issue of the academic magazine of the University of Teheran in his memory: Anduhğarawi Hossein. "Ostād-e ostādān", p. 1 in: Magalle-ye Daneškade-ye Adabiyāt wa 'Olum-e Ensāni. Be yād-e ostād Badi'ozzamān Foruzānfar. Sāl-e 22, šomāre-ye 1 (89). Tehrān, 1354 (1975): publication of the University of Tehrān, [530] pag. varia. The exact date: 14.07.1276=4.09.1897 on: fa.wikipedia. But "ca. 1903" on: http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/foruzanfar. It is not clear, where this date of 12.07.1904 comes from.
  2. ↑ Amazon.co.uk: Rumi: Whispers of the Beloved: Books: Jelaluddin Rumi
  3. ↑ Iransaga - Jalal al-Din Rumi's Works

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