Vladimir Minorsky
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Vladimir Fëdorovich Minorsky (Russian: Владимир Фёдорович Минорский; other name: Russian: Похоронен Pokhoronen; February 6, 1877, Korchev, Tver - March 25, 1966, Cambridge) was a famous Russian Jewish Iranologist.
He left Russia during the 1917 Revolution and in 1932 began teaching Persian language at the University of London, reaching professorship status in 1937. He is considered as one of the most prominent Iranologists ever by many people. His writings number over 200, a prolific author.
Academic titles he received include that of Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy (1943), Honorary Member of the Societe Asiatique of Paris (1946), and Doctor honoris causa of the University of Brussels (1948). One of the most important Kurdish manuscripts he obtained was The Forqan ol-Akhbar written by Hajj Nematollah in 1910 (Etudes sur les Ahl-I Haqq, I. Toumari=Ahl-I Haqq, in: Revue de L’Histoire des Religions, tome XCVII, No. 1, Janvier 1928, pp. 90-105.)
His ashes were buried in Leningrad in 1969.
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- Bosworth, C. E., Iran and Islam: in memory of the late Vladimir Minorsky. 1971. ISBN 0-85224-200-X
- Dr. Vladimir Minorsky, The Encyclopaedia of Islam, article, Ahl-I Hakk
- Dr. Vladimir Minorsky, Notes sur la secte des Ahl-I Haqq, (Deuxieme partie), in Revue du Monde Musulman, Volumes XLIV-XLV, 1921, 205-302.
- Dr. Vladimir Minorsky, The Guran, in: Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume, XI, 1943-1946, PP. 75-103.
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