Abbas Zaryab
{{Infobox writer
| name = Abbas Zaryab
| image = AbbasZaryab_IrajAfsharResearchTrove.jpg
| caption =
| birth_name = Abbas Khoyi
| birth_date = August 13, 1919
| birth_place = Khoy, Iran
|death_date = {{Death date and age|1995|02|03|1919|08|13}}
| education = University of Tehran, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
| occupation = littérateur, historian, translator
| nationality = Iranian
| language = Persian, German, English
| awards =
}}
Abbas Zaryab or 'Abbās Zaryāb ({{langx|fa|عباس زریاب}}; full name: Abbas (Zaryab) Khoyi {{lang|fa|عباس (زریاب) خویی}}; August 13, 1919 – February 3, 1995) was a historian,William C. Chittick, [http://www.sacredweb.com/online_articles/ "The Goal of Islamic philosophy: Reflection of the Works of Afdal al-Din Kashani"] in the Journal of Sacred Web. pg 19: "The distinguished Iranian Historian, Abbas Zaryab. translator, literature Professor[http://www.aftab.ir/lifestyle/view.php?id=109979 'Abbas Zaryab Biography in Persian] and Iranologist. He was the author of several books, including a life of Muhammad,{{cite news |title=Book on Prophet in Bosnian Language |url=http://www.iran-daily.com/1385/2689/html/panorama.htm#s181854 |work=Iran Daily |date=October 21, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070710075729/http://www.iran-daily.com/1385/2689/html/panorama.htm |archive-date=July 10, 2007 |access-date=August 4, 2008}} and articles in The Persian Encyclopedia (published in Iran), Western peer reviewed Journals as well as Iranica.
Biography
Abbas was born in Khoy, West Azerbaijan in Iran. From an early age, he showed an exceptional talent and memory, becoming distinguished among his classmates. Through a distinguished academic achievement, he was given a free scholarship to Germany. He obtained his doctorate from Mainz University in Germany from the history department. His Ph.D. thesis covered the topic of Timur's successor according to the book: Tarikh-e-Kabir Ja'fari. He had mastery over the Persian language, Azerbaijani language, Arabic language and European languages such as German, English and French.{{cn|date=January 2025}}
Among the distinguished rank he held, was the head of the library of congress in Iran and the head of the literature department at Tehran University. At the invitation of the eminent Iranologist, Professor Walter Bruno Henning, he taught Persian language and literature in University of California, Berkeley between 1962 and 1964. But he came back to Iran, due to his love for his homeland and took a position at Tehran University. He died in 1995.
His works are quoted in Western publications and by Western scholars including Franklin Lewis,{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/hafez-vii-viii|author=Franklin Lewis|title=HAFEZ viii. HAFEZ AND RENDI|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Iranica|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111228115715/http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/hafez-vii-viii|archive-date=December 28, 2011}} Charles Melville,Charles Melville, "HISTORIOGRAPHY iv. MONGOL PERIOD" in Encyclopædia Iranica G. Michael Wickens, Juan Cole, Kamran Ekbal,G. Michael Wickens, Juan Cole, Kamran Ekbal, "BROWNE, EDWARD GRANVILLE" in Encyclopædia Iranica Lutz Richter-Bernburg,Lutz Richter-Bernburg, "GONDĒŠĀPUR" in Encyclopædia Iranica Josef van Ess,Josef van Ess, EBN RĀVANDĪ, ABU'l-ḤOSAYN AḤMAD in Encyclopædia Iranica H. R. Roemer,H. R. Roemer, "BĀYSONḠOR, ḠĪĀṮ-AL-DĪN" in Encyclopædia Iranica etc.{{Cite web|url=https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&q=%22%27abbas+zaryab%22&as_sdt=80000000000000&as_ylo=&as_vis=0|title = Google Scholar}}
Books and articles
=Non-Persian languages=
Some selected writing of his in non-Persian languages.
- 'A. Zaryāb, ĀḠĀJĪ BOḴĀRĪ in Encyclopædia Iranica{{Cite web |last=Foundation |first=Encyclopaedia Iranica |title=Welcome to Encyclopaedia Iranica |url=https://iranicaonline.org/articles/agaji-bokari-samanid-amir-and-poet- |access-date=2024-12-10 |website=iranicaonline.org |language=en-US}}
- 'A. Zaryab ĀḠĀJĪ, in Encyclopædia Iranica{{Cite web |last=Foundation |first=Encyclopaedia Iranica |title=Welcome to Encyclopaedia Iranica |url=https://iranicaonline.org/articles/agaji-title-of-a-court-official-in-the-administrations-of-the-ghaznavids-and-saljuqs |access-date=2024-12-10 |website=iranicaonline.org |language=en-US}}
- 'A. Zaryab BOKAYR B. MĀHĀN in Encyclopædia Iranica{{Cite web |last=Foundation |first=Encyclopaedia Iranica |title=Welcome to Encyclopaedia Iranica |url=https://iranicaonline.org/articles/bokayr-b |access-date=2024-12-10 |website=iranicaonline.org |language=en-US}}
- Charles Melville and 'A. Zaryab Chobanids in Encyclopædia Iranica
- 'A. Zaryab EDUCATION v. THE MADRASA IN SHI'ITE PERSIA in Encyclopædia Iranica{{Cite web |last=Foundation |first=Encyclopaedia Iranica |title=Welcome to Encyclopaedia Iranica |url=https://iranicaonline.org/articles/education-v-the-madrasa-in-shiite-persia |access-date=2024-12-10 |website=iranicaonline.org |language=en-US}}
- 'A. Zaryab IRAQ ii iii. FROM THE MONGOLS TO THE SAFAVIDS in Encyclopædia Iranica{{Cite web |last=Foundation |first=Encyclopaedia Iranica |title=Welcome to Encyclopaedia Iranica |url=https://iranicaonline.org/articles/iraq-iii-mongols-to-safavids |access-date=2024-12-10 |website=iranicaonline.org |language=en-US}}
- "Bukayr B. Maham Marvazi", Encyclopædia Iranica, vol. IV, London 1990, p. 332.
- Zaryāb Ḵo'ī, "Ebn-e Rāvandī" in DMBE III, pp. 531–39
- 'A. Zaryab, Der Bericht über die Nachfolger Timurs aus dem Ta'rīḫ-i kabīr des Ğa'farī ibn Muḥammad al-Ḥusainī, Ph.D. thesis, Mainz, 1960.
- 'A. Zaryab,. Fakhr Razi und die Frage des Seins. Spektrum Iran. Bonn. 1988 1/3: 14–24.
- "Ein Wiederaufgefundnes Werk Abu Hayyan al-Tanhidis", A Lpccust's Leg, London 1962, pp. 246–250.
- 'A. Zaryab, "Struggle of Religious sects in the Ilkhanid Court" La Persianel Medioevo, Roma, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, 1971, pp. 465–466.
=Persian=
Zaryab Khoi had over 100+ publications in Persian.{{cite web|url=http://www.encyclopaediaislamica.com/zaryab.php |title=بنیاد دایرة المعارف اسلامی - دانشنامه جهان اسلام |access-date=2007-09-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070911204503/http://www.encyclopaediaislamica.com/zaryab.php |archive-date=2007-09-11 }}
References
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External links
- [https://archive.org/details/NezamiWasNotTurkish An article on Nezami Ganjavi : Abbas Zaryab Khoi,"Nezami Ganjavi Tork Naboodeh ast" (Nezami Ganjavi was not Turkish) in Ayandeh Magazine, Esfand Maah (February–March), 1324 (1945), pages 780–781. (Iran)]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070911204503/http://www.encyclopaediaislamica.com/zaryab.php وبگاه بنياد دائره المعارف اسلامی]
- [http://www.iptra.ir/vdcgakwz99w.html وبگاه كانون ایرانی پژوهشگران فلسفه و حكمت]
- [http://aftab.ir/lifestyle/view.php?id=109979 Dr. Abbas Zaryab Khoi in Persian]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070911204503/http://www.encyclopaediaislamica.com/zaryab.php in Persian]
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