Alireza Shapour Shahbazi

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Alireza Shapour Shahbazi (1941-2006 Shiraz) (Persian: علیرضا شاپور شهبازی‎ ) was a prominent Persian archeologist, Iranologist and a world expert on Achaemenid archeology.

Alireza Shahbazi got a BA degree in and a MA degree in East Asian archeology from University of London. Shahbazi had a doctorate degree in Achaemenid archeology from University of London.

Alireza Shapour Shahbazi was a lecturer in Achaemenid archeology and Iranology at Harvard University. He was also a full professor of Archeology at Shiraz University and founded Achaemenid research Foundation in 1973.

Shahbazi wrote numerous classic books and seminal articles on archeology (Achaemenid, Sassanid and Islamic) in Persian, English, German and French. He died in 2006.

[edit] See also

• Iranology
• Achaemenid Empire

Other notable Iranologists:

• Abdolhossein Zarrinkoub
• Richard Nelson Frye
• Ehsan Yarshater
• Ahmad Tafazzoli
• Mehrdad Bahar

[edit] External links

• (Persian) Prof Alireza Shahbazi passed away in 2006 and buried in Shiraz next to Hafez
• (Persian) Prof Alireza Shahbazi's research works offered a detailed picture of Ancient Persian heritage to the world archeologists
• (Persian) The father of Perspolis: in the memory of the most prominent Achaemenid archeologist
• The passing of A. Shapur Shahbazi at Encyclopeida Iranica, where many of his articles are available on-line.