Author: Dr.M.R.Eftekharzadeh.
Born: 1954
Bio: **Mahmoud Reza Eftekharzadeh (in Persian :محمودرضا افتخارزاده ) (born 20 October 1954, in Birjand, South Khorasan Province) is an Iranian writer, researcher and translator.He has nearly 100 books, essays and articles about Iranology, Islamology & Iranian Mysticism.Some of them are textbooks. A lot of the works are translated from Arabic. He is a researcher in the history of ancient Persia & Iran after Islam. His important research in this area includes:1- Iran;Religion & Culture.2- Islam & Iran ;Religion & Nationality .3-Shoubiyyeh;The National Movement Resistance of Iran. He has more than 40 articles and critical studies about cultural, historical & civilizational background of Iran.[2] He is also an Islamologist and Reader in the history of Islam. In 1992 he wrote his Ph.D.(Doctor of philosophy in Islamic Studies) dissertation on: "Dissimulation in Imamite shiite from the first to the end of fifth century." In the same time he was accepted for (M.phil/ph.D)Degree in University of Manchester. He has translated original texts of Iranian Islamic mysticism such as: Al,mavqef va Al.mokhatabat (The legacy of The fourth century. by Al.Neffari. 354 AD), Manarat.al.Saerin by Najm.al.Din.al.Razi (Iranian sufi 654 AD), Al.Reayeh.le.Hoquqellah by Hareth.al.Mahasebi (243 AD) and Tartib.al.Soluk by Abulqasem.al.Qoshayri (450AD)......**(1)
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1.see :https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmoud_Reza_Eftekharzadeh.
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