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unusual facts about Persian history



Samuel M. Jordan

On 21 April 2005, the microtechnology pioneer Fariborz Maseeh (founder of IntelliSense) and the Massiah Foundation pledged $2 million to create an innovative interdisciplinary research center at UC Irvine named "The Dr. Samuel M. Jordan Center for Persian Studies and Culture" that will bring together scholars in Persian history, language, culture, art and literature.


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Kirknewton, Northumberland

Ann Katharine Swynford Lambton PhD FBA OBE (8 February 1912 – 19 July 2008), usually known as A.K.S. Lambton and locally as Nancy Lambton, was a British historian and leading figure on medieval and early modern Persian history, Persian language, Islamic political theory, and Persian social organisation.

Minorsky

Vladimir Minorsky (1877 – 1966), a Russian Orientalist who studied Kurdish and Persian history, geography, literature, and culture.