Mohammad-Amin Riahi (1923-2009) (Persian: محمدامین ریاحی) was a prominent Iranian literary scholar, historian and writer. Apart from being one of the authors of Dehkhoda Dictionary and Encyclopædia Iranica, he was the author and editor of several well-known scholarly books.
Biography
Mohammad-Amin Riahi was born on June 1, 1923 in Khoy (West Azerbaijan). He received his PHD on Persian literature from the University of Tehran under the guidance of Badiozzaman Forouzanfar. Riahi is best known for his scholarly works on Shahnameh and Ferdowsi, and for producing critical editions of some of the major classical Persian texts. Among his distinguished positions, Riahi was the vice-chairman of the Iranian Academy of Literature and Arts, president of the Shahnameh Foundation, and Minister of Education before the 1979 revolution. Mohammad-Amin Riahi passed away on May 15, 2009[1].
Selected Bibliography
Editing
- Jahan-Nameh, Mohammad-ibn-Najib Bakran (1963)
- Meftah-al-Moamelat, Mohammad-ibn-Ayub Tabari (1970)
- Mersad-al-ebad Najm-al-din Razi (1973)
- Alamaraye Naderi, Mohammad-Kazem Marvi (1983)
- Nozhat-al-majalis, Jamal Khalil Sharvani (1996)
Authoring
- Kesa'i Marvazi (1988)
- Poetry and thoughts of Hafiz (1988)
- Persian language and literature in Ottoman territory (1990)
- A History of Khoy (1993)
- Early sources of Ferdowsi and Shahnameh (1993)
- Ferdowsi (1996)
References
- ^ "Literary Scholar Riahi Dies". Iran Daily. 2009-5-17.
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