Badiozzaman Forouzanfar
Badiozzaman Forouzanfar or Badi’ozzamān Forūzānfar (also Romanized as “Badiʿ al-Zamān Furūzānfar”) (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 Rumi (Molana Jalaleddin Balkhi) and his works. He was a distinguished professor of literature at Tehran University….. more
He was a distinguished professor of literature at Tehran University. Critical edition of Diwan e Shams (in 10 volumes) by Forouzanfar is the best edition of the book available to date. The first critical edition of Fihi ma fihi has been also done by B. Forouzanfar, which is now well known in the West thanks to the selective translation of A. J. Arberry…. more
Tehran, May 5, IRNA – One of the reasons for the greatness of Badiozzaman Forouzanfar’s prototype is that he has mastered many of the great Persian scholars, masters, authors, and scholars of the Persian language and literature, and a significant number of contemporary Persian literary scholars have succeeded in his discipleship. To call him “Master of Masters.”… more
An Article about Badiozzaman Forouzanfar…. more