Nazirzada Kirmani

Nazirzada Kirmani, Ahmad (1913 or 1916-1976), son of Muhammad Nazir. A writer, poet, university professor, and journalist born in Kerman. Having received his preliminary education from his father and at the schools in his hometown and Tehran, he studied literature and modern sciences at Dar al-Funun, though he also studied traditional sciences, like Arabic, jurisprudence, and philosophy. He found government employment in 1942 and proceeded successfully. He studied political science at the Faculty of Law, University of Tehran and also received a BA from the Faculty of Theology, another BA in Educational Sciences from the Treachers’ Training College, and a PhD in Persian Literature following defending his thesis on the biographical accounts and the works of ‘Imad al-Din ‘Ali Faqih Kirmani. He was sent by the University of Tehran to Paris and having written his thesis entitled ‘Study of the Ja’fari School’ under the supervision of Marc-Henri Deroche, he obtained his PhD in sociology of religion from Sorbonne. He taught at the University of Tehran from 1956. He represented Iran at the Islamic Conference (al-Mu’tamar al-Islamiyya) in 1962. He contributed numerous articles to the newspapers and journals appearing in Iran and abroad. He served as the deputy director of the Iran-i Imruz journal for a while and published the Shahrashub newspaper. He also held government offices, such as the mayor of Tehran, finance supervor of Kerman, inspector of the governor general’s office in Kerman, and the deputy governorship of Tehran. A diabetic, he lost his sight and finally died of heart arrest. His works include: Awaz-ha-yi Jawani; Akhtar; Bar Faraz-i Siyhun; Dukhtar-i Shamgah; Raqs bih sih Khanjar; Sham-i Shum; Afat-i Qarn; Diwan of poetry.

Asar-afarinan (6/ 13); Sukhanwaran-i Nami-yi Mu’asir-i Iran (6/ 3592-3596).