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Persian Literature, A Bio-Bibliographical Survey
Volume II: Mathematics; Weights, and Measures; Astronomy, and Astrology; Geography; Medicine; Encyclopaedias, and Miscellanies; Arts and Crafts, Science, Occult Arts
Series: - Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East, Volume: 149.2
- Persian Literature: A Bio-Bibliographical Survey, Volume: 149.2
Author:
Charles Ambrose Storey (1888-1968) was appointed Professor of Arabic at the Anglo-Mohammedan Oriental College (now the Muslim University) of Aligarh, India, in 1914, and accepted Sir Thomas Adams Professorship of Arabic at Cambridge University in 1933.
François de Blois has published widely on Semitic and Iranian languages and on the history of religions in the Near East in pre-modern times. He served as Professor of Iranian Studies at Hamburg University from 2002 to 2003. Currently he is a research fellow at University College London where he is engaged in a major project on al-Biruniâs Chronology and other Arabic texts on non-Islamic calendars. He is also a teaching fellow for Aramaic and Middle Iranian languages at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. He has been a frequent contributor to the Encyclopaedia of Islam.
François de Blois has published widely on Semitic and Iranian languages and on the history of religions in the Near East in pre-modern times. He served as Professor of Iranian Studies at Hamburg University from 2002 to 2003. Currently he is a research fellow at University College London where he is engaged in a major project on al-Biruniâs Chronology and other Arabic texts on non-Islamic calendars. He is also a teaching fellow for Aramaic and Middle Iranian languages at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. He has been a frequent contributor to the Encyclopaedia of Islam.
Anyone interested in Persian and Iranian studies, and in Middle East studies in general.