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Iraj Afshar (8 October 1925 – 9 March 2011) ((ペルシア語:ایرج افشار)) was a bibliographer, historian, and an iconic figure in the field of Persian studies. He was a consulting editor of ''Encyclopædia Iranica'' at Columbia University and a full professor emeritus of University of Tehran.〔Yarshater, Ehsan. ("Iraj Afshar (1925-2011)" ). ''Encyclopædia Iranica''.〕 Iraj Afshar recorded the monuments of Yazd in his three-volume "yādegār-hāye Yazd (Monuments of Yazd)". () He was known as "the doyen of standard Persian language bibliographers". Afshar played a significant role in the development of the field of Iranology in Iran and throughout the world during the second half of the 20th century. He was the editor of ''Sokhan'', a prolific Iranology journal, under the responsibility of Parviz Natel-Khanlari and also the editor of ''rāhnamāye ketāb'' (Bibliography Guide), ''Mehr'', ''farhang-e Iranzamin'' (Culture of Iran) and ''Ayandeh''. He was the chief bibliographer of Persian books at Harvard University. Afshar was associated with UNESCO and taught at the University of Bern and University of Tehran. He was on the advisory council for the Iranian Studies Journal. == Biographical timeline == *1925: Birth in Tehran, Iran (Father: Dr. Mahmoud Afshar, Mother: Nosrat Barazandeh) *1933–1945: Attended Zoroastrian Shāpour Secondary School and Firouz-Bahrām High School in Tajrish, Tehran *1944–1946: Manager of Ayandeh Journal *1945: Received Diploma in Literature *1945: Marriage to Shayesteh Afsharieh *1945–1949: Attended University of Tehran majoring in Law, thesis: Minorities in Iran *1946–1955: Collaboration with ''jahān-e now'' (New World) Journal (Editor in Chief: Hossein Hejazi) *1950: Employed by Ministry of Culture and Education as educator at Sharif High School and Gharib High School *1951–1960: Librarian – Law Library of University of Tehran – with encouragement from Dr. Mohsen Sabah and Mohammad-Taqi Danesh-Pajouh *1952–1953: Editor-in-Chief of ''Mehr'' Journal (licensee: Majeed Movaqqar) *1952-2011: Founder and Managing Editor of ''farhang-e Irānzamin'' Journal (in association with Mohammad-Taqi Danesh-Pajouh, Manoucher Sotoudeh, Mostafa Mogharrabi, Abbas Zaryab Khoyee) *1963–1966: Publication of ''ketābhāy-e Iran'' (Books of Iran) (Annual bibliography) *1954–1956: Editor-in-Chief of ''Sokhan'' Journal (licensee: Dr. Parviz Natel-Khanlari) *1955–1961: Director ''ketābhāy-e māh'' (Books of the Month) Journal (Publication of Society of Publishers with cooperation of Franklin Publishing Corporation) *1956–1963: Acting Managing Director ''bongāh-e tarjomeh o nasher-e ketāb'' (Institute for Translation and Publishing of Books) *1956–1957: Attended UNESCO Educational and Practical Library Science training in Europe *1957–1958: Co-founder ''bāshgāh-e ketāb'' (Book Club) later named ''anjoman-e ketāb'' (Book Society) *1958–1969: Educator Library Science at ''dāneshsarāy-e ālee'' (Higher Education) division of University of Tehran *1958–1979: Managing Editor ''rāhnamāy-e ketāb'' Journal (licensee: Ehsan Yarshater) *1958–1979: Director ''anjoman-e ketāb'' (Book Society) *1961–1979: Founder ''nashriyeh noskhehāy-e khatti'' (Journal of Manuscripts), Central Library of University of Tehran (in collaboration with Mohammad-Taqi Danesh-Pajouh) *1961–1962: Director of the Library of ''dāneshsarāy-e āli'' *1962: Director National Library of Iran (founded Iranian Studies Branch, founded Bibliography of Iran and indexing of library's manuscripts with efforts of Abdollah Anvar) *1962: Return to teaching at ''dāneshsarā-e āli'' *1963–1964: Return to University of Tehran as Director of Center of Bibliographic Research and Indexing *1963: Indexing and Cataloging Harvard University printed Persian books *1963: Technical Manager of Library Sciences Literacy Committee (UNESCO National commission) *1964–1971: Director of Bureau of Publications and Cultural Relations (Later named Bureau of Publications and Library Relations) *1965–1979: Director of Central Library and Document Center, University of Tehran *1965–1973: Teaching at Iran Historical Social Divisions ''dāneshkadeh olum ejtemāee'' (Department of Social Sciences) University of Tehran *1966–1979: Founded ''ketābdāri'' Journal, a publication of University of Tehran Central Library *1969: Director National Book Center interrelated to UNESCO National Commission *1969–1979: Associate Professor, later Professor of History (Historical Documents and Native History) Department of Literature and Human Sciences, University of Tehran. (Manuscripts in Library Science) College of Educational Sciences *1969–1972: Director ''Iranshenāsi'' Journal, Publication of Department of Literature and Human Sciences, University of Tehran *1969–1979: Permanent Director of Congress of Iranian Studies *1979–1983: Established ''sāzemān-e ketāb'' (independently) *1979–1993: Published ''Ayandeh Journal'' from 5th volume for fifteen years *1983: Death of father (Dr. Mahmoud Afshar, PhD.) *1984: Established ''nāmvāreh-e Dr. Mahmoud Afshar'' published by Doctor Mahmoud Afshar Foundation. From 11th volume it was named ''pajouhesh-hāye Irāni'' (Iranian Studies/Research) *1989: Teaching at Bern University, Bern Switzerland *1996: Death of spouse (Shayesteh Afsharieh) *1998: Cataloging Persian manuscripts at Austrian National Library (Vienna) *2001: Established ''daftar-e tārikh'', publishing small documents and thesis from Doctor Mahmoud Afshar Foundation 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Iraj Afshar」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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