Abdolhossein Zarrinkoob

Abdolhossein Zarrinkoub was a scholar and professor of Iranian literature, history of literature, Persian culture and history.
He was born in Borujerd, Iran, received his PhD from Tehran University in 1955 under the supervision of Badiozzaman Forouzanfar, and held faculty positions at universities such as Oxford University, Sorbonne and Princeton University.

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.

"", Iranian studies III, 1970, p. 137-220Nizami, a Lifelong Quest for a Utopia, 1977, Rome.

Literary criticism and comparative literature

Zarrinkoob wrote a book called "Naqd-e Adabi" covering comparative literature and Persian literary criticism.

Rumi and Erfan

Zarrinkoub also wrote about the Persian poet Molana Jalaleddin Balkhi and his works. Zarrinkoub's "Serr-e Ney", "Pelleh-Pelleh ta Molaqat-e Khuda" and "Bahr dar Koozeh" are critiques and comparative analyses of Rumi's Masnavi.
Zarrinkoub's research works on Hafez 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" on Islamic history and Ruzegaran, which covers the 3,000-year history of Iran since the Aryans migrated to the Iranian plateau.