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Jaleh Amouzgar

b. 1939

Iranian Iranologist and university professor

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Born 1939. Jaleh Amouzgar is an Iranian linguist, historian, writer, translator, academic staff and iranologist.

Jaleh Amouzgar (; born December 4, 1939) is an Iranologist, an expert of the Middle Persian language, and a university professor.

Life Amouzgar holds a Ph.D. from Sorbonne University in Iranistics (Iranian linguistics). She was as of 2010 chairman of the department of Ancient Iranian Culture and Languages at the Tehran University.

Amouzgar, in collaboration with Ahmad Tafazzoli, has contributed significantly to Ancient Iranian studies and the history of literature in ancient Iran. She has also associated with the Encyclopædia Iranica project at Columbia University.

She has been awarded the Chevalier of the Legion of Honor and Persian Cypress Award (an Iranian Cultural Heritage Prize) in 2016.

Works Zoroastrian myth of life Pahlavi language, literature and instructions Mythological history of Iran The first samples and the first man on legendary Iranian Shahriyar (translation) Le Cinquième Livre Du Denkard, Ahmad Tafazzuli (Translator), Peeters, 2001-01-01,

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University of Paris, University of Tehran
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University of Tehran
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Who is Jaleh Amouzgar?

Iranian Iranologist and university professor

When was Jaleh Amouzgar born?

Jaleh Amouzgar was born on 2 December 1939 in Khoy.

What is Jaleh Amouzgar's occupation?

Jaleh Amouzgar is a linguist, historian, writer, translator, academic staff and iranologist.

What nationality is Jaleh Amouzgar?

Jaleh Amouzgar is Iranian.

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· Wikipedia: Jaleh Amouzgar

· Wikidata: Q6126735

· DBpedia: Jaleh Amouzgar

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