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About: Hamid Algar

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Hamid Algar (born 1940) is a British-American Professor Emeritus of Persian studies at the Faculty of Near Eastern Studies, University of California, Berkeley. He writes on Persian and Arabic literature and contemporary history of Iran, Turkey, the Balkans and Afghanistan. He served on the UC Berkeley faculty for 45 years (from 1965 to 2010). Algar remains an active scholar and his research has concentrated on the Islamic history of the Perso-Turkish world, with particular emphasis on Iranian Shi'ism during the past two centuries and the Naqshbandi Sufi order. Algar is a Shia Muslim.

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  • Hamid Algar (* 1940 in England) ist ein angloamerikanischer Islamwissenschaftler und Professor Emeritus of Persian and Islamic Studies an der Faculty of Near Eastern Studies der University of California, Berkeley, wo er von 1965 bis 2010 lehrte, und er ist Übersetzer von arabischen, türkischen und persischen Büchern, darunter eine Lebensbeschreibung Khomeinis. (de)
  • Hamid Algar (born 1940) is a British-American Professor Emeritus of Persian studies at the Faculty of Near Eastern Studies, University of California, Berkeley. He writes on Persian and Arabic literature and contemporary history of Iran, Turkey, the Balkans and Afghanistan. He served on the UC Berkeley faculty for 45 years (from 1965 to 2010). Algar remains an active scholar and his research has concentrated on the Islamic history of the Perso-Turkish world, with particular emphasis on Iranian Shi'ism during the past two centuries and the Naqshbandi Sufi order. Algar is a Shia Muslim. Algar, who was born in England, later converted to Sunni Islam and later chose to follow Shia Islam. He has also translated books written by contemporary political Shiite theologians, like Ruhollah Khomeini's book Velayat-e Faqih and books written by Ali Shariati, Murteza Mutahhari and Mahmoud Taleqani. For his enthusiastic promotion of Khomeinism as well as his heroic admiration for Ayatollah Khomeini, National Review dubbed him as "Khomeini’s Favorite American". Furthermore, Algar is a denier of the Armenian genocide. (en)
  • Hamid Algar (in persiano حامد الگار‎; Inghilterra, 1940) è un iranista britannico, poi cittadino statunitense. Professor Emeritus di Iranistica (Persian studies) nella Facoltà di Studi sul Vicino Oriente della University of California, Berkeley. Scrittore prolifico di Letteratura araba e persiana e di Storia contemporanea dell'Iran, Turchia, Balcani e Afghanistan. Ha operato per 45 anni nella Università della California, Berkeley (dal 1965 al 2010). Algar rimane uno studioso attivo e le sue ricerche sono concentrate sulla storia del mondo turco-persiano islamica, con particolare enfasi riservata allo sciismo iranico negli ultimi due secoli e l'ordine sufi della Naqshbandiyya. (it)
  • Hamid Algar, född 1940, är en brittisk amerikansk professor emeritus i persiska studier i Fakulteten för Mellanösternstudier, University of California, Berkeley. Algar, som föddes i England, konverterade senare till islam och valde sedan den shiitiska skolan. Han har även översatt böcker från samtida politiska shiitiska teologer, såsom Ruhollah Khomeinis bok Velayat-e Faqih och böcker från Ali Shariati, Morteza Motahhari och Seyyed Mahmoud Taleqani. (sv)
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  • Hamid Algar (* 1940 in England) ist ein angloamerikanischer Islamwissenschaftler und Professor Emeritus of Persian and Islamic Studies an der Faculty of Near Eastern Studies der University of California, Berkeley, wo er von 1965 bis 2010 lehrte, und er ist Übersetzer von arabischen, türkischen und persischen Büchern, darunter eine Lebensbeschreibung Khomeinis. (de)
  • Hamid Algar (in persiano حامد الگار‎; Inghilterra, 1940) è un iranista britannico, poi cittadino statunitense. Professor Emeritus di Iranistica (Persian studies) nella Facoltà di Studi sul Vicino Oriente della University of California, Berkeley. Scrittore prolifico di Letteratura araba e persiana e di Storia contemporanea dell'Iran, Turchia, Balcani e Afghanistan. Ha operato per 45 anni nella Università della California, Berkeley (dal 1965 al 2010). Algar rimane uno studioso attivo e le sue ricerche sono concentrate sulla storia del mondo turco-persiano islamica, con particolare enfasi riservata allo sciismo iranico negli ultimi due secoli e l'ordine sufi della Naqshbandiyya. (it)
  • Hamid Algar, född 1940, är en brittisk amerikansk professor emeritus i persiska studier i Fakulteten för Mellanösternstudier, University of California, Berkeley. Algar, som föddes i England, konverterade senare till islam och valde sedan den shiitiska skolan. Han har även översatt böcker från samtida politiska shiitiska teologer, såsom Ruhollah Khomeinis bok Velayat-e Faqih och böcker från Ali Shariati, Morteza Motahhari och Seyyed Mahmoud Taleqani. (sv)
  • Hamid Algar (born 1940) is a British-American Professor Emeritus of Persian studies at the Faculty of Near Eastern Studies, University of California, Berkeley. He writes on Persian and Arabic literature and contemporary history of Iran, Turkey, the Balkans and Afghanistan. He served on the UC Berkeley faculty for 45 years (from 1965 to 2010). Algar remains an active scholar and his research has concentrated on the Islamic history of the Perso-Turkish world, with particular emphasis on Iranian Shi'ism during the past two centuries and the Naqshbandi Sufi order. Algar is a Shia Muslim. (en)
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