克利福德·埃德蒙德·博斯沃思

克利福德·埃德蒙德·博斯沃思（英语：Clifford Edmund Bosworth；1928年12月29日-2015年2月18日）英国学术院院士，是一位英国历史学家、东方学学者，专攻阿拉伯学、伊朗学。

## 生平

博斯沃思1928年12月29日生于英格兰谢菲尔德。他的父亲克利福德·博斯沃思曾在监护委员会和养老金与国家保险部工作；母亲名叫格拉迪斯·康斯坦斯·格雷戈里（Gladys Constance Gregory）。他在牛津大学圣约翰学院获现代史文学学士学位，在爱丁堡大学获中东学文学硕士与研究博士学位。

进入爱丁堡大学前，他先在苏格兰农业部（Department of Agriculture for Scotland）工作，在那里认识了安妮特·艾伦·托德（Annettee Ellen Todd），两人于1957年9月19日结婚,后生有三女。

他在圣安德鲁大学、曼彻斯特大学、普林斯顿大学人文学中心（Center for the Humanities）有长期教职，2004年后并任埃克塞特大学客座教授。2015年2月26日，他在萨默赛特郡约维尔去世。

## 贡献

博斯沃思在学术期刊上发表过上百篇论文，出版十几本专著。另外，他任伊斯兰百科全书的主编，担任伊朗百科全书的咨询编辑，并撰写其中的部分文章（伊斯兰百科全书200余篇，伊朗百科全书100余篇），并为大英百科全书和大美百科全书撰写部分文章。

## 著作

- The Ghaznavids, their empire in Afghanistan and Eastern Iran 994–1040, Edinburgh University Press 1963, 2nd ed. Beirut 1973, repr. New Delhi 1992 （有波斯语译本）
- The Islamic dynasties, a chronological and genealogical handbook, Edinburgh University Press 1967, revised ed. 1980 （有俄语、波斯语、土耳其语、阿拉伯语、法语、汉语译本）
- Sistan under the Arabs, from the Islamic conquest to the rise of the Saffarids (30-250/651-864), IsMEO, Rome 1968 （有波斯语译本）
- The Book of curious and entertaining information, the Lata'if al-ma'arif of Tha'ālibī translated into English, Edinburgh University Press 1968.
- (Editor) Iran and Islam, in memory of the late Vladimir Minorsky, Edinburgh University Press 1971.
- (Editor, with Joseph Schacht) The legacy of Islam, new edition, Clarendon Press, Oxford 1974 （有阿拉伯语译本，1998）
- The mediaeval Islamic underworld, the Banu Sasan in Arabic society and literature, 2 vols., Brill, Leiden 1976.
- The medieval history of Iran, Afghanistan and Central Asia, Variorum, Collected Studies Series, London 1977.
- The later Ghaznavids, splendour and decay: the dynasty in Afghanistan and northern India 1040–1186, Edinburgh University Press 1977, repr. New Delhi 1992 (Persian tr.)
- Al-Maqrizi's "Book of contention and strife concerning the relations between the Banu Umayya and the Banu Hashim" translated into English, Journal of Semitic Studies Monographs, 3, Manchester 1981.
- Medieval Arabic culture and administration, Variorum, Collected Studies Series, London 1982.
- (Editor, with Carole Hillenbrand) Qajar Iran, political, social and cultural change 1800–1925 = Festschrift for L.P. Elwell-Sutton, Edinburgh University Press 1984.
- The History of al-Tabari. Vol. XXXII. The reunification of the Abbasid Caliphate. The caliphate of al-Ma'mun A.D. 812-833/A.H. 198–213, translated and annotated by C.E. Bosworth, SUNY Press, Albany 1987.
- The History of al-Tabari. Vol. XXX. The Abbasid Caliphate in equilibrium. The caliphates of Musa al-Hadi and Harun al-Rashid A.D. 785-809/A.H. 169–193, translated and annotated by C.E.Bosworth, SUNY Press, Albany 1989.
- Baha' al-Din al-Amili and his literary anthologies, Journal of Semitic Studies Monographs 10, Manchester 1989.
- The History of al-Tabari. Vol. XXXIII. Storm and stress along the northern frontiers of the Abbasid Caliphate. The caliphate of al-Mu'tas'im A.D. 833-842/A.H. 218–227, translated and annotated by C.E. Bosworth, SUNY Press, Albany 1991.(Editor, with M.E.J. Richardson) Richard Bell, A commentary on the Qur'an, University of Manchester (Journal of Semitic Studies) 1991, 2 vols.
- The History of the Saffarids of Sistan and the Maliks of Nimruz (247/861 to 949/1452-3), Columbia Lectures on Iranian Studies no. 7, Costa Mesa, Calif. and New York 1994.
- The Arabs, Byzantium and Iran. Studies in early Islamic history and culture, Variorum, Collected Studies Series, Ashgate Publishing, Aldershot 1996.
- The New Islamic dynasties. A chronological and genealogical manual, Edinburgh University Press 1996.
- (Editor, with Muhammad Asim, and contributor) The UNESCO history of civilizations of Central Asia, Vol. IV, The age of achievement. A.D. 750 to the end of the fifteenth century. Part 1, The historical, social and economic setting, Paris 1998. Part 2, The literary, cultural, artistic and scientific achievements, Paris 2000.
- The History of al-Tabari. Vol. V. The Sasanids, the Byzantines, the Lakhmids and Yemen, translated and annotated by C.E. Bosworth, SUNY Press, Albany 1999.(Editor, and contributor of four chapters)
- A century of British orientalists 1902–2001 = Centennial Volume of the Oriental and African Studies Section of the British Academy, Oxford University Press for the British Academy 2001.
- Abu 'l-Fadl Bayhaqi's Tarkh-i Mas'udi translated into English with a historical, geographical and linguistic commentary, to appear in the Persian Heritage Series, Columbia University, 3 volumes, New York, 2006; An intrepid Scot: William Lithgow of Lanark's travels in the Ottoman Empire and Mediterranean lands 1609–21, Aldershot 2006.

## 获奖

- 联合国教科文组织阿维森纳银奖（1998）
- 马哈茂德·阿夫沙尔博士奖（Dr Mahmud Afshar Foundation Prize，2001）
- 伊朗文化和伊斯兰指导部奖（2003）
- 三年奖（Triennial Award，2003）

## 基本资料

- 日语原文：克利福德·埃德蒙德·博斯沃思、Clifford Edmund Bosworth
- 出生日期：1928年12月29日
- 出生地：英格兰约克郡谢菲尔德
- 逝世地：英格兰萨默赛特郡约维尔
- 国籍：英国
- 主要领域：伊朗学、伊斯兰学、阿拉伯学、突厥学
- 研究机构：牛津大学
- academic_advisors：弗拉基米尔·米诺尔斯基