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CENTER FOR IRANIAN STUDIES NEWSLETTER Vol. 15, No. 1 MEALAC-Columbia University-New York Spring 2003

ENCYCLOPÆDIA IRANICA Mahmoud Khayami Fascicles 5 and 6 of Volume XI Published; Heads The Persian Fascicle 1 of Volume XII in Press Heritage Foundation The fifth and sixth fascicles of highly informative on the numer- In the April meet- Volume XI of Encyclopædia ous Iranian influences on , ing of the Board of Iranica were published in the Win- from items of vocabulary to events the Persian Heri- ter and Spring of 2003. These fas- in the biography of the Prophet tage Foundation, cicles feature over 120 articles on (e.g. his heavenly journey, or various aspects of Persian culture and me’raj), acts of worship (e.g. five daily which was incor- history, including three major series of prayers), and customs (e.g. the belief in porated in 1984 as articles on specific subjects: three en- religious benefit through using a tooth- a not-for-profit tries on Hadith; fourteen entries on pick, or mesvak). foundation to pro- ; and nine entries on Hamadan. mote Persian culture and assist schol- With the publication of these fascicles, HAFEZ ars of Iranian studies in their work, the Volume XI of the Encyclopædia has Board elected Mr. Mahmoud Khayami, been completed, and its bound volume Fascicle five also features 14 ma- the renowned financier, philanthropist, will be distributed in the early Summer. jor entries on Hafez. The series opens and art collector as its new Chairman with an overview by the Editor, who of the Board and President. HADITH sums up the essence of Hafez’s poetry and positions and critically examines Fascicle five features the remain- and challenges some of the long-held The Persian Heritage Foundation ing three articles, in a series of five, on assumptions and often-repeated inter- has been most active in the field of re- various aspects of Hadith: These entries Continued on page 2 Continued on page 11 focus on HADITH IN ISMAILISM by I. Poonawala; HADITH IN by H. Miami Benefit Gala Raises Algar; and the much-neglected topic of HADITH AS INFLUENCED BY IRANIAN IDEAS Over $340,000 for the Endowment AND PRACTICES by S. Shaked. Professor On Saturday, February 8, 2003, in rehabilitation medicine, and Dr. Shaked’s contribution, in particular, is a Gala benefit dinner and auction or- Parvin Ganjei-Azar, Professor of Pa- ganized by Friends of the thology at the University of Miami. Encyclopædia Iranica (EIr.) was held Shohreh Aghdashloo, the well- at the elegant Sheraton Bal Harbour known actress and personality, Beach Resort in Miami Beach, was the Mistress of Ceremony. Florida. The Executive Committee con- The theme of the Gala 2003 was sisted of Karim Atash, Ahmad to honor modern Iranian-American Tavakoly (audio-visual), Mitra women who have distinguished them- Heyat (design), Shahrzad Khosravi selves in various fields of human en- (sponsorship), Mahallati (auc- deavor and to celebrate their strong tion), Jila Rezaie, Dr. Ebrahim presence in social, cultural, and po- Mostoufi, and members of Persian litical arenas, and the inspiration they Village, i.e., the Anasseri family: have provided by their accomplish- Babak, Siamak, Siavash and Shiva ments and excellence. Eight women (Gala Journal/public relations). were honored in the fields of human rights, fiction, journalism, science, Members of the Gala Commit- cultural activity, medicine, poetry, and tees included: Sara Anasseri, Hasti visual arts. and Armin Azar, Dr. Reza Azar, Lia Berton, Aydin Bonabi, Alicia The Gala was organized by a Cabrera, Fereshteh and Parisa Daee, group of dedicated supporters of Willette Davis, Sedi, Parham, and Encyclopaedia Iranica who worked Samin Eftekhari, Sohrab Farshadi, tirelessly over nine months to ensure Dr. Minoo Golkar, Zoya its success. The event was Co-chaired Hajianpour, Sheri Kamali- HAJI VASHANGTON, first Iranian ambassador to Washington, 1888-89 by Dr. Nasser Eftekhari, a specialist Continued on page 6 CISNewsletter 2

Continued from page 1 risy and deception on the part of the pretations of Hafez’s poems. He dis- religious figures made him turn to at- tinguishes three main themes in his po- tacking with unparalleled wit and verve etry: love; the satire of the hypocritical the hidden unbelief of the whole gang. pretenders of virtue among the Sufis and Rends and qalandars designate no oth- the representatives of formal religion; ers than debauchees and the derelicts and the praise of wine and the exalta- of the society who frequent taverns and tion of the rends, the wine-sellers, and places of disrepute (kharabat). In his other social outcasts. The praise of the jibes against the hypocrites, Hafez debauchees and derelicts and holding places rends, qalandars, and wine-sell- them up as paragons of virtue is used ers on a pedestal and presents them in as an effective jibe against the hypo- contrast to the pretentious hypocrites as crites and the people whom he desig- symbols of sincerity and virtue. Noth- nates as shaiks (religious elders), moftis ing mystical here. To read anything but (clerics who issue religious rulings), infamous outcasts of the society in judges, mohtasebs (officials charged rends and tavern-keepers is to miss with policing public morals), waezes Hafez’s point as well as his biting hu- Hamadan in the 19th century, from (preachers), hafezes (memorizers and mor. The Editor emphasizes that the the entry HAMADAN HISTORY reciters of the Koran), faqihs (scholars language of Hafez is a transparent one of religious law), zaheds (ascetics, but in the best tradition of Persian poetry. by A. Eshragh; HISTORY, ISLAMIC PE- in Hafez’s , practitioners of sham Hafez says what he means. It is only RIOD, by P. Azkai; MONUMENTS, by A. piety), -e jamaats (leaders of pub- the mystical tendencies in some of his Mousavi and EIr; JEWISH COMMUNITY, lic prayer), and Sufis (practitioners of readers that imposes fancy metaphysi- by H. Sarshar; and JEWISH DIALECT, by Islamic mysticism). cal and mystical interpretations of D. Stilo; for pre-Islamic history see Hafez. Otherwise wine, rend, and . The mocking satire of the group shahed mean exactly what they do. It certainly is not a lyrical theme, but is his abhorrence of the Sufis of his time HISTORY, PRE-ISLAMIC Hafez’s passionate opposition to hypoc- that makes a sage and an inspired phi- losopher of the pir-e moghan, an eld- Eight entries deal with pre-Islamic erly Zoroastrian tavern-keeper. Even history: HAFT TEPE, the Elamite archaeo- his frequent praise of wine and drunk- logical site in Khuzestan province, by enness is meant to be a thorn in the side E. Negahban; HAFTAVAN TEPE, a large of the hypocrites who pawn their prayer settlement mound in the basin, rugs in order to buy the forbidden wine. , by C. Burney; two entries on the HAJIABAD INSCRIPTIONS, bilingual The major entry on Hafez’s poetic inscriptions of on the wall of arts is written by J. T. P. de Bruijn. Hajiabad cave near : one on Several other scholars discuss the vari- the INSCRIPTIONS, by P. Gignoux, and ous aspects of his poetry. one on the TEXTS, by EIr; HALICARNASSUS, the ancient town of Other entries are: HAFEZ’S LIFE AND Caria, once the seat of a kingdom tribu- TIMES, by B. Khorramshahi and EIr; tary to Persia, by B. Genito; HAFEZ’S POETIC ART, by J.T.P. de HAMARAKARA, an Old Iranian title at- Bruijn; LEXICAL STRUCTURE OF HAFEZ’S tested in various sources of Achaemenid GHAZALS, by M. Correale; MANU- and later times, by M. Dandamayev; SCRIPTS OF HAFEZ, by J. Meisami; PRINTED EDITIONS OF THE DIVAN OF HAFEZ, by B. Khorramshahi and EIr; HAFEZ AND RENDI and HAFEZ AND MU- SIC, both by F. Lewis; TRANSLATIONS OF HAFEZ IN ENGLISH, by P. Loloi; TRANS- LATIONS OF HAFEZ IN GERMAN, by H. Tafazoli; HAFEZ AND THE VISUAL ARTS, by P. Soucek; and HAFEZ’S TOMB (Hafeziya), by K. Kamali Sarvestani. HAFEZ AND will be treated in the Supplement; for FAL-E HAFEZ see FAL- NAMAHA and DIVINATION.

HAMADAN These fascicles feature a major se- ries of nine entries on Hamadan: GEOG- RAPHY, by P. Azkai and EIr; POPULA- TION, by H. Zanjani; HISTORICAL GEOG- From the entry Tomb of , from the entry HAFEZ AND THE VISUAL ARTS RAPHY, by X. de Planhol; URBAN PLAN, HAMADAN MONUMENTS 3 CISNewsletter

and Culture: HAFT, on the significance Shaikh Mahmud, the charismatic cleric of the haft in Persian culture and his- and founder of the Hojjatiya Associa- tory, HAFT KESHVAR, meaning seven re- tion, by M. Sadri; HALABI, the Imami gions, the usual geographical division jurist and theologian, by E. Kohlberg; of the world in Iranian tradition, HALAL O HARAM, Islamic legal terms IN ANCIENT , the first of two entries meaning “permissible” and “prohib- on , and HAFTVAD (Haftwad), on ited,” by D. al-Sajdi; HAERI, Shaikh the hero of a legend associated with the Abd-al-Karim, founder of an institution rise of the Sasanian , all by S. of religious knowledge (Hawza-ye Shahbazi; HAFTORANG, the circumpo- elmiya) in , by H. Algar; two lar constellation of Ursa Major, and schools of Sunni jurisprudence, HAFT AMAHRASPAND YAST, the second HANAFITE MADHAB, named after Abu hymn of the Avestan corpus, both by Hanifa Noman b. Tabet, and HANBALITE A. Panaino; HAFTANBOXT, the legend- MADHAB, named after Ahmad b. Hanbal, ary warlord in southern Persia, by M. both by M. Swartz; and HAKAMI, Mirza Shaki; HAFTA, or “Week,” by EIr; Ali-, the 19th-20th century phi- HAMESTAGAN, a word in Pahlavi litera- losopher and theosopher, by M. ture designating the stage between para- Khalaji. dise and hell, by P. Gignoux; HAM.VAINTI, the Zoroastrian divinity ISMAILISM AND MYSTICISM H AJJI BABA OF ISPAHAN “Victory,” by B. Schlerath; HAMAZOR, a Zoroastrian-Persian adjective mean- Three entries are concerned with HALLOCK, the Elamitologist and ing “of the same strength,” and Ismailism: b. al- Assyriologist, by C. Jones and M. Ashath an Ismaili da’i and founder of Stolper; and HADRIAN, the Roman em- the Ismaili movement in Iraq, by W. peror (117-38), by E. Badian. Madelung; HAMID-AL-DIN KERMANI, prominent Ismaili da’i, accomplished MEDIEVAL TO QAJAR HISTORY theologian and philosopher, and HAKEM BE-AMR-ALLAH, Abu Ali Mansur, sixth Medieval Islamic and Qajar history Fatimid caliph and sixteenth Ismaili are treated in thirteen entries: HAMD-AL- Imam, both by F. Daftary. LAH MOSTAWFI, historian and geographer of the Ilkhanid period, by C. Melville; The fascicles also present four en- HAFEZ-E A BRU, the Timurid historian, by tries on topics related to mysticism: M. Subtelny and C. Melville; HANWAY, HAKIM AL-TERMEDI, Abu Abd-Allah Jonas, the 18th century English mer- Mohammad b. Ali, on the 9th-10th cen- chant who traveled to Persia and wrote tury mystic author, by B. Radtke; an account of his journey, by E. Tucker; HALLAJ, the controversial mystic from two entries dealing with Hajeb, an ad- , by J. Mojaddedi; HAMADANI, ministrative and later military office: Sayyed Ali, the Sufi author and HAJEB IN THE MEDIEVAL ISLAMIC PERIOD, preacher, by P. Azkai; and by C. Bosworth, and HAJEB IN THE HAGIOGRAPHIC LITERATURE, the bio- SAFAVID AND QAJAR PERIODS, by R. Matthee; HARDINGE, Sir Arthur Henry, and HARDINGE, Lord Charles, British diplomats, both by D. Wright; HAJJI HAJJ SAYYAH BABA OF ISPAHAN, the hero of the popu- lar early 19th-century English novel, by HAMKALAM, a Zoroastrian-Persian ad- A. Amanat; HAJI BABA AFSHAR, one of jective meaning “of the same word,” the first Persian students to study in both authored jointly by M. Boyce and , and HAJI PIRZADA, the Persian F. Kotwal; two entries on HAOMA, the traveler, both by A. Vanzan; HAJJ Avestan name for a plant, and its divin- SAYYAH, Mirza MOHAMMAD ALI ity: BOTANY, by D. Taillieu, and RITU- MAHALLATI, the first Iranian-American, ALS, by M. Boyce; HADOXT NASK, the a world traveler, constitutionalist and sixth of the seven Gathic nasks, by J. human rights activist, by A. ; Kellens; and HAMUN IN LITERATURE AND HAJI VASHANGTON, epithet for Persia’s MYTHOLOGY, the second of two entries first ambassador to the United States, on Lake Hamun in , by G. Gnoli. by H. Kamaly; and HAKIMI, Ebrahim, the 19th-20th century Persian states- ISLAM AND SHIISM man, by A. Milani and EIr. There are seven entries dealing PRE-ISLAMIC RELIGION & CULTURE with Islam and Shiism: HAMZA B. AZARAK, the Kharijite rebel in Sistan These fascicles feature sixteen en- and Khorasan during early Abbasid ALABI tries on topics of Pre-Islamic Religion times, by C. E. Bosworth; H , The martyrdom of HALLAJ in CISNewsletter 4 graphical genre devoted to individuals OTHER ENTRIES seen as “holy men,” by J. Paul. Another twelve entries include two JUDEO-PERSIAN on science, two on , two on architecture, three on the press, and There are four entries on Judeo- three on tribal communities: HAFEZ Persian figures: HAMAN, chief courtier ESFAHANI, Mawlana Mohammad, a of King Ahasuerus according to the 15th-16th century engineer, by P. Book of Esther, by S. Shaked; HAIM, Mohebbi; HAMED b. AL-KHEZR AL- Solayman, the 20th century lexicogra- KHOJANDI, Abu Mahmud, a mathemati- pher, HAIM, Moreh Hakam, the eminent cian and astronomer of the late 10th Jewish scholar, and HAIM, Semuel, the century, by D. Pingree; HALIL RUD, a journalist and Majles deputy, all by A. river in the Jiroft and Kahnuj districts Netzer. of Province, by M. H. Ganji; HAMUN GEOGRAPHY, the second of two entries on lake Hamun in Sistan, by E. Ehlers; HAIFA, the port city in north- Twelve entries treat topics of Per- western Israel and location of the shrine sian literature: HAFT KHAN, the title of of the Bab, by H. Amanat; -E two famous stories in the Shah-nama, WAKL, a historical monument in ANG E FRASIAB by O. M. Davidson; H - A , HAFT SIN built by Karim Khan Zand, by K. Afsar; the cave where Afrasiab, fugitive king HAQIQAT, meaning “truth,” the name of of , spent his last days in the Shah- six different Persian-language newspa- nama, by S. Shahbazi; two entries on ter “S,” a component of New Year’s Day pers or periodicals, and HAJI BABA, the HAMZA-NAMA, the popular prose ro- rituals, by S. Shahbazi; HAJI FIRUZ, the title of a satirical and politically oriented mance: an overview, by W. Hanaway most famous traditional folk entertainer, newspaper, both by N. Parvin; HAQIQAT, Jr., and HAMZA-NAMA IN THE SUBCONTI- by M. Omidsalar; and HALWA, a ge- the name of several newspapers in Tajik NENT, by F. Pritchett; HAFT PEYKAR, neric term applied to various sweet Persian, by H. Borjian; and HAMAYD, Nezami of Ganja’s 12th century roman- dishes and fruits, and HALIM, a Persian an Arab tribe of Khuzestan, HAMAVAND, tic epic, and HANZALA BADGHISI, one of dish traditionally made for breakfast a Kurdish tribe of northeastern Iraq, and the earliest known Persian poets, both with lamb and wheat, both by E. Elahi. HAJI ALILU, a Turkic tribe of Persian by F. de Blois; HAMMER-PURGSTALL, Azerbaijan, all by P. Oberling. Joseph Freiherr, the prolific Austrian PERSIAN PRESENCE Orientalist, and HAJW, a Persian term IN NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES denoting satire, humorous writing, or light verse, both by J. T. P. de Bruijn; Eight entries deal with the Persian HAMGAR, MAJD-E, Majd-al-Din b. presence in neighboring countries. T. Ahmad, important poet of the 13th cen- Yazici contributes four on the Persian tury, by D. Safa; HAMIDI SHIRAZI, presence in the : HAFEZ- Mehdi, literary critic, translator, jour- E , Hafez-al-Din Mohammad b. nalist, and university professor, by J. Ahmad b. Adel Celebi, an author and M. Shirazi; HALAT, Abu’l-qasem, poet, religious scholar; HALIMI, LOTF-ALLAH writer, translator, songwriter, and b. Abi Yusof, an Ottoman poet and lexi- scholar, by H. Ettehad; and HAJI AQA, cographer of Persian origin; HAMZA Sadeq Hedayat’s satirical novella, by F. NIGARI, a Sufi and poet from Azerbaijan Farzaneh. who lived in Ottoman Empire and HAMEDI ESFAHANI, a poet of Persian ori- PERSIAN MUSIC gin at the court of the Ottoman Sultan Mohammad Fateh. There are three entries on Persian mu- sic: HAFT KHOSRAVANI, the seven musi- There are three entries on the Per- cal modes attributed to Barbad, the leg- sian presence in the Sub-: endary court musician, by A. HAMDARD ISLAMICUS, an English-lan- Youssefzadeh; HAL, an abstract term in guage quarterly for Islamic Studies, and music, by J. During; founded in in 1978, by A. Z. and HAJIANI, a term in Persian classical Khan; HAMID QALANDAR, author of the music, by B. Nettl. obiter dicta of Cheshti shaikh Nasir-al- Din Mahmud Cherag-e Dehli, by K. FOLKLORE & PERSIAN CUISINE Nizami; and HANSAVI, Shaikh Jamal-al- Din Ahmad, 12th-13th century mystic, Folklore and Persian cuisine are poet, and author, by S. H. Qasemi. treated in five entries: HANIBAL, Ali, Russian-born Persian scholar and D. DeWeese contributes an entry founder of the first anthropology jour- on a Persian in Central : HAKIM A TA, 16th C. clock design by the engineer nal in Persia, by A. Boloukbashi; HAFT the early 13th century Central Asian HAFEZ ESFAHANI SIN, seven items beginning with the let- Sufi. 5 CISNewsletter

GALA SPONSORS The Encyclopaedia Iranica Foundation wishes to thank and acknowledge the generosity of the following sponsors of Gala 2003:

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SUPPORT FOR Sponsors Taghinia-Milani, Ms. Leila (Heller) Adamiyatt, Mr. & Mrs. Saman Yeganegi, Mr. & Mrs. Parviz ENCYCLOPÆDIA IRANICA Amirsaleh Foundation Friends of Iranica in Dubai Friends Friends of Iranica in Montreal Bayevsky, Prof. Solomon The Encyclopædia Iranica is a project Friends of Iranica in Paris Broumand, Mr. & Mrs. Hormoz of Columbia University carried out by Rezzadeh, Dr. Rudy Darki, Dr. & Mrs. Abdul H. its Center for Iranian Studies. Par- Soltani Oriental Rugs (Y. Azad) Edison International (Employee tially supported by the National En- Match Program) dowment for the Humanities, the ex- 2000 Club Eghbali, Dr. Hassan ecution of the project is being made Bekhrad, Ms. Fereshteh Emami, Dr. Hossein possible by donations from institutions Haerian, Dr. Andre and individuals who value a compre- 1000 Club Haerian, Mr. Mohammad hensive, meticulous and reliable Alemi, Mr. Ali Jalali, Mr. Mohammad Reza record of Persian culture and history. Bolurfrushan, Mr. Abbas Khosravi, Ms. Shahrzad Shawn Danesh, Mr. H. Dan Ladjevardi, Mr. Ghassem We appeal to all such institutions and Hooshmand, Mr. & Mrs. Hooshang Ladjevardi, Dr. Habib individuals to assist the project by Houshmand, Mr. Mark (Manouchehr) Mortezai, Mr. & Mrs. Morteza their donations. We acknowledge with Kashani-Akhavan, Mr. A. Parang, Dr. Pirouz thanks the donations by the following Kashfi, Dr. Ali Rezai, Dr. Parto individuals for the period of Novem- Khosrowshahi, Dr. Nasrollah Sarabi, Ms. Andisheh ber 25, 2002-April 15, 2003. Mahdavian, Dr. Jalal (O’Mead Fndtn) Sharifian, Mr. Mehdi Masoumzadeh, Mr. Morteza Zekavat, Dr. Hassan Patron Mirzai, Dr. M. A. (O’Mead Fndtn) Zomorrodian, Dr. Shahnaz Erfani Khayami, Mr. Mahmoud Pahlavan, Dr. Kambiz Sobhani, Mr. Mouhebat Benefactors Vaseghi, Dr. Mehdi Ghahary, Dr. Akbar Iran Heritage Foundation Supporters Khosrowshahi, Mrs. Nezhat Fathie, Dr. Kazem Nazem Family Foundation Nour Foundation CISNewsletter 6 Miami Benefit Gala Raises Over $340,000

Continued from page 1 Khosravi, Homa Maleki, Pari welcome to the audience on behalf Mr. Auction Raises $60 K Marciano, Dr. Marjan Mirzabeigi, Ali Mahmoud Khayami, her father and Moztarzadeh, Heidi Nadjafi, Dr. the Chairman of the Board of Trustees Morteza Nadjafi, Jaleh Nadji, Panthea of Encyclopædia Iranica Foundation, Namvar, Abbas Sadeghi, Tahereh who was traveling and was unable to Shah, Dr. Lina Samimy, Sheri attend, and Mr. Khosrow B. Semnani, Toufanian, Bianca Valme. the Foundation’s Vice-Chair. At the opening of the Award ceremony Simin Behhahani recited one of her poems. Ms. Aghdashloo then presented the awards to the honorees (see p. 7). Each honoree responded with a brief note of thanks.

After dinner the Live Auction was conducted by Christie’s Lee Koonce Ogundiran. Upon completion of the Dr. Ganjei-Azar Dr. Eftekhari Live Auction items, Dr. Ganjei re- quested Simin Behbahani to kindly add one of her poems to the Live Auction. Dina Amin, Assistant Director of Instead, Mrs. Behbahani graciously the Center for Iranian Studies at Colum- donated one of her recent books pub- Auctioned photo by Shirin Neshat bia University, ably handled the admin- lished in Iran entitled Yeki Mathalan istrative aspects of the Gala. Daniela Inke. This was the most memorable and M. Cellini from That’s Amore Special touching event of the evening. The book The 2003 Gala’s auction was a Events and Glenda Chorny from was sold for $5,000.00. great success due to the efforts of many Sheraton Bal Harbour Beach Resort dedicated Committee Members and helped with local organization. Yasmin Following the volunteer presenters. The event raised Samimy from S2D2 Design, Ray Live Auction, Dr. $60,000.00 from over 75 lots donated Dehbozorgi from Minuteman Press, Eftekhari ex- by a number of individuals and organi- Mitra Heyat from Heyat Hospitality pressed the appre- zations from Florida and around the Group, and Karim Atash were key par- ciation of the country. ticipants in the design of the beautiful Friends of invitation cards, the sophisticated deco- Encyclopaedia ration of the Ballrooms and auction dis- The live auction commenced after Iranica in South a fabulous dinner and included 8 lots plays, and the magnificent audiovisual Ms. Shohreh Florida to the par- system at the event. Aghdashloo ticipants in the Mi- of exciting items including an antique ami Gala. The Award ceremony was Iranian “Berno” rifle with Royal The Co-chairs were ably supported concluded by Professor Yarshater’s Crown, an original photograph by also by a number of loyal friends of EIr, acknowledgements and closing re- Shirin Neshat, an original oil painting including Dr. Shirin Semnani, Mrs. marks. by Nasser Ovissi, two Persian carpets, Homa Sarshar, and Mr. Shan Fazeli, and a beautiful South Sea Pearl ring the organizers of the 2002 LA Benefit Music was provided by the melo- from the estate of the late Mrs. Gala. dies of the well-known violinist Sooren Yarshater. Alexander and guitarist and pianist The evening commenced with an Sergei, who had replaced Armen, who The silent auction lots were hand- elegant cocktail reception at the was not able to attend. somely displayed in the Reception Hall Sheraton Bal Harbour Grand Ballroom and were open for competitive bidding Foyer. Over 75 auction items were At the end of the evening each during the evening. They included ex- beautifully exhibited by Gala Commit- guest took home as a souvenir a copy quisite Persian jewelry, a designer made tee members directed by Mitra Heyat. of the Gala Journal, tastefully prepared ladies dress by Fay Zandi, Hermes Items for live auction consisted of eight with excellent editorial skills and artis- scarf and tie, weekend packages at dif- lots, all donated by various individuals tic flair by Mrs. Jila Rezaie, Mr. and organizations and collected by Gala ferent Miami hotels and resorts, airfare Hassan Massoumi and members of ticket to Europe, an original artwork by Committee members. During the cock- Persian Village. tail reception, Sergei, the fine guitarist Iran Issa Khan, box tickets to a Mi- ami Heat Basketball game, Persian tap- from California, played soft melodies. In summary, the 2003 Miami Gala was an eloquent testimony to the dedi- estry work, books of interests, original Welcoming remarks were deliv- cation of the many friends and support- pictures by Aryana Farshad and ered by Dr. Parvin Ganjei-Azar. Ms. ers of EIr who worked hard for a very Fariba Azimi, and paintings by very Shahrzad Khayami extended further successful fundraising event. talented Iranian artists. 7 CISNewsletter

Parsipour’s magical realist novel Tuba significant contributions to the field of Gala Honors Eight and the Meaning of Night was shown atmospheric science. She joined NASA Distinguished Women to great acclaim. Ms. Neshat is the win- as a Physical Scientist in the Atmo- ner of numerous awards and has been spheric Physics Branch where she is included in many prestigious interna- currently a Senior Physical Scientist. Eight outstanding women in hu- tional exhibitions and film festivals. She has published a number of research man rights, poetry, visual arts, fiction, She has received critical acclaim in pub- papers in prestigious science journals. journalism, science, cultural activity, lications such as The New York Times, In the cover story of the Proceedings of and medicine were honored during this Le Monde, The Los Angeles Times, Art the National Academy of Science (2002, year’s Gala Benefit Dinner in Miami. In America, Art Forum, and Art News, No.99), Dr. Tabazadeh presented for the among others. first time the results of her research on Mahnaz Afkhami, the correlation between volcanic activ- active in the field of The recipient of the ity and the ozone hole. Her most recent women’s rights, “FICTION AWARD” work on the connection between ozone was the recipient of was the outstand- depletion and global warming is chal- “HUMAN RIGHTS ing novelist, lenging widely held views in strato- AWARD.” A former Shahrnush Parsi- spheric science. Minister of State Pur. Her first for Women’s Af- novel, Sag va fairs and Secretary Zemestan-e Boland Dr. Monir Taha, a General of Women’s Organization of (The Dog and the noted songwriter, Iran, she has served as Founding Presi- Long Winter) was published in 1974 poet, and writer, dent of Women’s Learning Partnership when she was twenty-eight. Her novel was the recipient of (WLP) and Executive Director of the Tuba va Ma’na-ye Shab (Tuba and the “The Cultural Ac- Foundation for Iranian Studies in the Meaning of Night, 1988) is generally tivity Award.” She United States. Among Ms. Afkhami’s regarded as one of the first novels writ- established the publications are In the Eye of the Storm: ten in Persian in the magical realist Roudaki Cultural Women in Post-revolutionary Iran style, and has been translated into En- Foundation in (Syracuse University Press, 1994), glish, German, Italian, and Swedish. 1988 with the aim of promoting Persian Women in Exile (University Press of Zanan Bedun-e Mardan (Women With- culture in Vancouver, Canada. In 1994, Virginia, 1994), and Muslim Women out Men, 1989) has been translated into she established an annual award named and the Politics of Participation (Syra- English, Swedish, Spanish, Italian and after to be given to out- cuse University Press, 1997). Malayan. “Tooba” a recently released standing Persian scholars, writers, po- film by Shirin Neshat, is an abstract ad- ets or artists. Several volumes of Ms. Simin Behbahani, aptation of the novella. Taha’s poetry have been published from the foremost figure 1953-1996 and her songs were per- in modern Persian Journalist, writer, formed in the Golha-ye Rangarang ra- literature and the speaker and media dio programs by such vocalists as most outstanding personality, Homa Banan and Marzieh. In 1990 she com- contemporary poet Sarshar was the posed the lyrics and music of of the Persian lan- recipient of “Jour- “Sarzamin-e man” for an ensemble; it guage, was hon- nalism Award.” has been performed several times by the ored with “THE PO- From 1964 to 1971 Vivaldi Chamber Choir of Vancouver. ETRY A WARD.” As the “voice of freedom she worked for rising against repression,” Behbahani Zan-e Ruz weekly was nominated for the Nobel Prize in magazine. From 1971 to 1978 she was An internationally Literature in 1997. She was also editor and columnist for Keyhan news- recognized expert awarded a Human Rights Watch paper. She worked as co-producer, in Gynecologic and Hellman-Hammet grant in 1998, and writer, and talk-show host at National Breast pathology the Carl von Ossietzky Medal in 1999. Iranian Radio and Television (1972-78), and the author of Simin Behbahani was honored in 2002 Omid-e Iran Radio and Television nearly 150 publica- at the Encyclopaedia Iranica’s Los An- (1982 to 1990), and Jaam-e Jam Tele- tions, Dr. Fattaneh geles Gala Benefit Dinner for the un- vision (since 1998). She has published Tavassoli was the paralleled beauty of her poetry and her a number of books, including Dar recipient of “The lifelong devotion to freedom and social kucheh paskucheh ha-ye ghorbat in Medicine Award.” Her 1992 textbook justice, but could not attend the Gala 1993 and Sha’ban Ja’fari in 2001. She (reprinted in 1999), Pathology of the due to travel restrictions. has founded the Center for Iranian Jew- Breast, soon became the standard work ish Oral History in Los Angeles in 1995, on the topic. She also served at the edi- An internationally and served as a member of the Board tor of the World Health Organization’s acclaimed and uni- of Trustees of the Encyclopædia Iranica book (2003) on classification of Tumors versally recog- Foundation from 1993-97. of the Breast and Female Genital Tract. nized visual artist She serves on the editorial boards of and filmmaker, “THE SCIENCE several journals including Modern Pa- Shirin Neshat had AWARD” was pre- thology, Human Pathology, Interna- received “THE VI- sented to Dr. tional Journal of Surgical Pathology, SUAL ARTS AWARD” Azadeh International Journal of Gynecologic at the Los Angeles Tabazadeh whose Pathology, Annals of Diagnostic Pa- Gala in 2002. She graciously attended outstanding re- thology and the Breast Journal. the Miami Gala, where one of her re- search and discov- cent short works, “Tuba,” inspired by eries have made CISNewsletter 8

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY SEMINARS Weekly Program on Encyclopaedia Iranica ON IRANIAN STUDIES by Radio France Internationale Matthee Discusses his drinking parties betokened royal favor and disfavor. That Western visi- Since April 2000 the Persian ser- The Ambiguities of Wine tors might not just be included in these vice of Radio France Internationale assemblies but were even allowed to (RFI) has begun broadcasting on a On February 1, share the shah’s own cup betrays the weekly schedule a series of programs 2003, Professor emphatically secular make-up of a court comprehensively outlining the complex Rudi Matthee of that was not just willing to transgress chronological progression of the Iranian the University of the general Islamic ban on drinking but civilization, culture and history. In a Q Delaware began the more specifically Shi’i one on ritual &A format, covering the whole history this year’s Iranian purity as well. Seminars series of Iran from ancient to modern times, with a lecture en- Prof. Matthee noted that as much including profiles of famous Iranian in- titled, “The Ambi- as alcohol permeated early modern Ira- tellectuals scientists, historians and po- guities of Wine: nian society, wine-drinking retained its ets, various scholars, many affiliated The Safavid Period: Between Excess dubious status as a custom at variance with the Encyclopaedia are interviewed. and Abstention.” with religious prescriptions. Alcohol re- The interviews provide the listeners mained socially unintegrated. Wine was with the most recent developments in Professor Matthee began his talk a social lubricant, but its ultimate fate the academic research on the various by observing that Iran is likely to have was simultaneous furtive embrace and aspects of Iran’s history and culture. The been the world’s earliest area of public disavowal. Little of this was vis- scholars highlight the articles in the viticulture, and Iranian history could be ible in early Safavid times, when wine published volumes of the written as the history of razm va bazm was consumed in a quasi-ecstatic fash- (fighting and feasting), in both of which ion by a cult-like group—the Encyclopaedia Iranica, providing a wine played a role. warriors who formed the military main- wealth of information on questions stay of Safavid power. Over time, as the raised in interviews. The approach has He then proceeded to explain how Safavid state and society moved toward had the welcome result of persuading the advent of Islam formally made wine greater conformity to professed ortho- the audience to further explore the drinking illicit, but in fact did little to doxy, if not actual orthopraxis, the ap- Encyclopaedia Iranica itself, and has interrupt its long tradition in Iran. Fa- proach to alcohol began to change. Of deepened their appreciation of their own mously celebrated in Sufi poetry, wine crucial importance in this transforma- culture and heritage. Audience feedback also remained central to court culture, tion is Shah Tahmasb’s famous repen- has been enthusiastic and supportive. its status reinforced by an influx of tance—his decision to give up wine. mostly from Central Aside from striking a blow at the hard- Asia with a reputation for hard drink- drinking Qizilbash, this decision The series titled Negahi be ing. marked a phase in the loss of the shah’s Daneshname-ye Iranica (A Look at the divine pretensions that had begun with Encyclopaedia Iranica), started with an In the Safavid period wine re- his defeat against the Ottomans in 1514, account of the migration of the Aryans mained part of a shared cultural idiom and symbolized a switch in the shah’s from the Northern of Iran, the in the eastern half of the . image from incarnation of the divine to Iranian culture and identity, and the Alcohol consumption by the elite recalls that of trustee of the imam, guarantor development of a culture rich in cus- the pre-Islamic razm va bazm tradition of orthopraxis. Later shahs continued toms and religious traditions. In the first of hard fighting and hard drinking as to drink, but they no longer drank in an forty programs of the series, as appeared the expected pursuits of warriors. Con- ambiance that validated drinking. Shorn in detail in the Fall 2000 issue of this suming alcohol in large quantities also of its orgiastic dimension, drinking Newsletter, the earlier centuries of our had a spiritual, even sacral dimension might remain a source of raucous fun, reminiscent of the ancient libation rite. but guilt was never far from the surface. history that saw the rise of several dy- The king was supposed to drink, both This development culminated during nasties and ended with the fall of the as a sign of his stature as a “big man,” the reign of the pious Sultan Husayn. were discussed by in- and as a demonstration that he occupied Following a highly publicized yet short- ternationally acclaimed scholars of the his own autonomous moral space—be- lived ban, wine was still consumed at field. So far more than one hundred fifty yond the strictures of Islam. Wine more- the court, but, having lost its public vis- programs have been aired in the series, over served to mark the boundaries of ibility, it was now relegated to the pri- which is designed, produced and hosted inclusion and exclusion. Who was and vacy of the palace. by Mr. Farzad Djavadi, of the French who was not invited to join the shah in 9 CISNewsletter

Radio Broadcast in Persian. Among the CHRISTOPHER BRUNNER REJOINS topics covered are: the rise of the THE NCYCLOPAEDIA RANICA ; the powerful Achaemenid Em- E I pire; the history of Parthian and Sasa- Christopher J. Brunner, who was also his Encyclopaedia Iranica entries nian Empires, the advent and develop- the first Assistant Editor of the deal with seals and other pre-Islamic ment of ; the radical Encyclopaedia Iranica and contributed topics, such as the text changes that transformed Persian lan- to the startup of the Encyclopaedia Draxt i asurig (The Assyrian Tree), guage & alphabet after the advent of project in mid-1970’s, has rejoined the “Abarsen,” “Abdagases,” “Adurfraz- Islam; the Iranian politico-religious project as Associate Editor. gird,” “Ahlomog,” “Ahunwar,” “Airya- movements under the Umayyads; Abu man,” etc. Moslem & the rise of the Abbasid Ca- Dr. Brunner received his B.A. in liphate; Iran and the Abbasids; founda- the Department of Near Eastern Lan- In the early 1980’s, Dr. Brunner de- tion of semi-independent states in Iran guages & Literatures, University of veloped an interest in Japanese lan- and the present-day ; the Michigan, in 1966 and earned his doc- guage and literature and as torate in pre-Islamic Iranian studies at well as specializing in the design and significance of Greater Khorasan in the the Department of Oriental Studies, development of computer software to development of Persian identity; the University of Pennsylvania, in 1971. which he devoted his professional car- share of the Iranians in the Islamic civi- He taught pre-Islamic rier. lization and culture; the rise of Persian and religions at Columbia University in poetry and the first poets; the flower- the 1970s and, then he joined the Recalling his competent editing ing of Persian poetry; Persian court po- Encyclopaedia Iranica project as its and his knowledge of Middle Persian etry; Ferdowsi and the Persian national sole Assistant Editor. He spent 1973- and Parthian and other Iranian lan- epic; the origins and the development 74 in Afghanistan, and later he tutored guages, the Director of the project of the Persian ghazal; Persian histori- also in Pashto. His dissertation, A Syn- sought his return to the Encyclopaedia ography, the case of Balami and tax of Western Middle Iranian, a work after he retired from the computer com- of serious scholarship, was published pany. Beyhaqi; the emergence and doctrine of in the Persian Studies Series of the Cen- the Ismailis; the life and works of Naser- ter for Iranian Studies by the Caravan The Center is extremely pleased e Khosrow; Khayyam the poet, scien- Books (Delmar, NY, 1977). In1978 his that his editorial skills and his knowl- tist and philosopher; Persian scientists Sasanian Stamp Seals in the Metropoli- edge of Iranian languages have become and philosophers like Khwarazmi, Razi, tan Museum of Art was published by again available to the Encyclopaedia Ebn-e Sina, Farabi and others; Sana’i the Museum. His journal articles and Iranica and welcomes his return. and the beginning of religious poetry; the life and works of Nezami; Sufism; Armenian Association of FRIENDS OF IRANICA Sufi prose works, Persian mystic poetry, the life and works of Attar; the Mongol The first meeting of the Arme- the photograph (see below) the fol- nian Association of Friends of invasion; the ideas and beliefs of , lowing members were present in the Encyclopædia Iranica met on Octo- meeting: Dr. Gurgen Melikian, Dr. his Mathnavi and his lyric poetry and ber 25, 2002 at the Caucasian Centre Anush Stamboltian, Dr. Tork the wide reception of his teaching, and for Iranian Studies and elected Prof. Dalalian, Knarik Bakhshinian, the popularity of his poetry in the United Garnik Asatrian as Chairman, Dr. Gagik Sarkissian, Mushegh As- States in recent years; Pre- Vahe Boyajian-Surenian as Secre- atrian, Rzgan Lazgian, Mohammad and architecture-Achaemenid, Parthian tary, and Dr. Victoria Arakelova as Malek Mohammadi and Bella and Sasanian Empires; Persian art and Treasurer of the Association. In ad- Hovsepian. dition to those who were present in architecture in the first Islamic centu- ries up to the end of Saljuq period.

In addition to scholars whose names appeared in the previous issue, mention should be made of Jalal Matini, Mohammad Ali Amirmoezzi, Hamid Dabashi, Amin Banani, Pavaneh Purshai’ati, Mas’ud Mir Shahi, Sharaf-al-Din Khorasani, Sadeq Ziba , Javad Tabatabai, Standing (from left to right): Keyvan Najmabadi, Naser Kanani, Hasmik Biyanjian, Dr. Vahe Boyajian-Surenian, Dr. Victoria Arakelova, Lusya Farhad Daftary, Djalal Khaleghi- Ghazarian, Anahit Aghajanian, Dr. Vardan Voskanian, Dr. Samvel Karabekian, Motlagh, Abbas Milani, Franklin Prof. Dr. Garnik Asatrian, Abdolhamid Sadeqi-nia. Lewis, Nasrin Khazaii, Mohammad Sitting (from left): Ekaterina Khachatrain, Dr. Arora Kumari Santoush, Dr. Raisa Amirbekyan, Dr. Continued on page 11 Laura Shekhoyan, Hasmik Kyrakosian (in Persian - Gargusian). CISNewsletter 10

Franz Rosenthal The range of his scholarship cov- Annemarie Schimmel ered a vast area, from A Grammar of (1914-2003) Biblical Aramaic, to a monograph on (1922-2003) Humor in Early Islam, to Muslim Con- cept of Freedom, to the Classical Heri- tage in Islam, to Gambling in Islam.

Franz Rosenthal was born in Ber- lin and studied Classics and Oriental languages and civilizations at the Uni- versity of Berlin, from which he re- ceived a PhD in 1935. After teaching for a year in Florence, Italy, and after the political situation worsened in Ger- many with the rise of the Nazis, he left for Sweden with the assistance of the With Franz Rosenthal’s passing Semitist and Iranist H. S. Nyberg. In Annemarie Schimmel, Professor we have lost a great scholar and an ir- 1943 he became a U.S. citizen, and was of Indo-Muslim Culture Emerita at replaceable colleague. In the words of inducted into the U.S Army, where he Harvard Universty, died in Bonn on 26 his colleague, B. R. Foster, Professor served during WWII. After the war, he January 2003, at the age of 80. A pro- of Near Eastern Languages and Civili- returned to academia and in 1948 took lific scholar of Islam who earned much zations at Yale University, “Rosenthal up teaching at the University of Penn- respect in the Muslim world as well as was among the last of a distinguished sylvania. In 1956, he was appointed the in the West, she was widely regarded generation of scholars exiled from his Louis M. Rabinowitz Professor of homeland by Nazism. At the time of Semitic Languages at Yale, a Sterling as the doyenne of the study of Sufism his arrival in the United States, there Professor in 1967, and Emeritus in and popular Islam in Persia and South were few professional Arabists in 1985. He was elected member of many Asia. American universities. The growth of academies, including the American a dynamic American discipline of Ara- Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Born in Erfurt in central Germany bic and Islamic studies, with high schol- Medieval Academy of America, the on 7 April 1922, Schimmel began to arly standards, was strongly stimulated Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei study Arabic at the age of 15, and earned by his precept, example and prodigious (Rome), and the British Academy. Sev- a doctorate in Islamic languages and scholarly output.” eral universities offered him honorary civilizations from the University of degrees, including the University of Berlin in 1941, when she was just 19 Franz Rosenthal had close ties with Haifa, Hebrew University in Jerusalem, the Center for Iranian Studies at Colum- University of Tuebingen, and our own years old. This was followed by a sec- bia. He was a member of the Editorial Columbia University (1999). As Pro- ond doctorate in the history of religions Board of the Tabari Translation Project fessor Foster remarked, “Rosenthal was from the University of Marburg ten and helped the formulation and execu- unpretentious in his manner, self-effac- years later, after she had already taken tion of the guidelines for it. He himself ing and devoted to scholarship…. He up the position of assistant professor of translated the first and the thirty-eighth was noteworthy for his integrity of char- Islamic Studies at that institution (1946- volumes of the annotated translation. acter, inspiring guidance of serious stu- 54). She taught History of Religions in The first volume contains the most de- dents, generosity with his knowledge Turkish at Ankara University between tailed biography of the great historian and scholarly resources, and his dry and 1954 and 1959, before taking up the and exegete, al-Tabari, with such thor- sometimes cutting humor. He never position of associate professor in Ara- oughness that it has become a model of married and most of his extended fam- bic and Islamic Studies at the Univer- biographical writing. He was also a ily, including his older brother, Günther, contributor to the Encyclopaedia perished in Nazi concentration camps.” sity of Bonn. She moved to Harvard Iranica. With his passing, we have lost University in 1967 to take up the posi- the doyen of Islamic historians. His At Columbia, Professor J. C. tion of lecturer in Indo-Muslim Culture, interests and his scholarship, however, Hurewitz, a former Director of the before being appointed, in 1970, to the extended far beyond history. He was Institute and I were per- chair endowed by the entrepre- an outstanding philologist of Semitic haps his closest friends, and it was fol- neur A. K. Ozai Durrani (the inventor languages, a social historian, an lowing our proposal that he was hon- of Minute Rice), as the first Professor Arabicist, and an Aramaic scholar. His ored in 1999 with an Honoris Causal of Indo-Muslim Culture. She held this monumental translation of Ibn doctorate. We both talked to him on chair until her retirement in 1992, after Khaldun’s Muqaddima is probably his the phone during his last few days, when which she returned to Germany and best-known work. It has assisted a large his voice had waned weak due to se- number of sociologists, historians, and vere illness. Yet he never complained. accepted an honorary professorship at people interested in the vicissitude of He was a great scholar and a loyal the University of Bonn. The Annemarie world history. His A History of Islamic friend; he is deeply missed. Schimmel Chair for Indo-Muslim Cul- Historiography (1959) is the first of its ture was instituted there in 1997 on her kind and has become a classic. (Ehsan Yarshater) 75th birthday. 11 CISNewsletter

Schimmel published over 100 PersianHeritageFoundation, plans to promote educational and cul- works, often in several editions, and in- Continuedfrompage1 tural causes — from providing suitable cluding both academic and popular reading material for Persian children writings. She was fluent in Persian, Ara- search and academic publication as well and youth to cultivating a taste for Per- bic, Turkish, Urdu, Pashto and Sindhi as translation of Persian texts. Among sian art among the Persians and others as well as several European languages. its financial undertakings may be men- to assisting cultural and educational so- Her most famous works on Sufism were tioned the publication of the unique cieties in the States elsewhere. related to the Sufi poets of Persia and critical edition of the by Dr. , among whom Rumi was Djalal Khaleghi of Hamburg Univer- We congratulate the Persian Heri- clearly her favorite. Two of her most sity; providing matching funds for the tage Foundation for its brilliant fore- important monographs were published 40 volume annotated translation of sight and excellent choice. by Bibliotheca Persica in association Tabari’s universal History and the an- with the Center for Iranian Studies, notated translation of Tarikh-e Beyhaqi, namely The Triumphal sun. A study of both of which have been supported by the works of Jalaladdin Rumi as part of the National Endowment for the Hu- the Persian Studies Series (No.8), and RadioFranceInternationale, manities; and preparing a 14-volume Continuedfrompage9 A Two-Colored Brocade. The Imagery History of Persian Literature to update of Persian Poetry as part of the Colum- previous worthy attempts in this field, bia Lectures on Iranian Studies Series Estelami, Peter Chelkowski, Houra all of which figures among the pro- (No. 5). The latter was in fact based on Yavari, Touraj Daryaee, Kamyar Abdi, lectures that she delivered at the invita- grams of the Center for Iranian Stud- and Layla Diba. tion of the Center for Iranian Studies. ies, Columbia University. In the last Professor Schimmel also served as a few years it also undertook, in conjunc- The provisional list of future top- member of the editorial board for the tion with the Center for Iranian Stud- ics, discussing myriad aspects of this fourteen-volume A history of Persian ies, the publication of several series of variegated civilization and its rich past literature, which was published in as- books including the “Persian Heritage in pre-modern times are listed below: sociation with the Center for Iranian Series” which consists of translations Studies and the Persian Heritage Foun- of Persian classics into western lan- 1) Persian Art and Architecture under dation, and she was a valued contribu- guages and Japanese; the “Persian Stud- the tor to Encyclopaedia Iranica, to which ies Series” which consists of various 2) The flourishing of the Persian ghazal many of her former students have also monographs on Iranian studies; the 3) Sa’di, his life and time, as well as become frequent contributors. “Modern Persian Literature Series” de- his Golestan, and lyric poetry voted to the translation of contempo- 4) The life and times and the poetry of Schimmel was the first female rary Persian writing; the “Columbia president of the International Associa- Hafez Lectures on Iranian Studies”; the “Per- 5) Judeo-Persian culture and literature tion of the Study of Religion (1980); a sian Art Series” and the “Persian Text member of the American Academy of 6) Persian ghazal after Hafez Series” earlier published by Bibliotheca 7) The life and times and works of Arts and Sciences; and a recipient of Persica. the Grosses Bundesverdientskreuz 8)The rise of Safavids 9) The spread of Shi’ism under the (1989) and Friedenspreis des Deutsche The Persian Heritage Foundation Buchhandels (1995), among many other Safavids and its socio-political impacts has also recently published several vol- honors. 10) Persian culture in and Otto- umes resulting from some lecture se- man In Pakistan, Schimmel was revered ries at UCLA, , 11) Persian literature under the almost like a Sufi saint, though she was and Harvard University. The Founda- Safavids, Sabk-e Hendi a Lutheran Christian. One of the numer- tion also raised funds for a biennial book 12) The post-Safavid dynasties ous awards that she received during her award in the memory of Saidi-Sirjani 13) The career was the “Helal-e emtiyaz,” as well as a memorial fund for Latifeh 14) Literary renaissance and the advent Pakistan’s highest civil honor, and a Yarshater for a similar award. of modernity in Iran major boulevard in has even 15) The Constitutional Revolution been named after her. Schimmel visited Mr. Khayami, who has helped Iran shortly before her death, where a many organizations and institutions It should be mentioned that as part book about her life and scholarship had dedicated to serve the cause of Persian of its concerted effort to broaden the ap- recently been published, entitled culture to get on their feet, is well peal of its programming, the RFI trans- Afsana-khwan-e erfan (, 2002). known for his support of educational mits its programs via short wave sig- In the last year of her life Schimmel also enterprises and advancement of literacy. nals which are distributed worldwide saw the publication of her own German He recently completed the building of and also via the Internet. autobiography, which is entitled eight remarkably well-designed and Morgenland und Abendland : mein well-equipped high-schools in west-östliches Leben (Munich, 2002). , his hometown. He has many CISNewsletter 12

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