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Muhammad Dandamayev

1928 – 2017

Russian historian

Historian IranologistHistorian of classical antiquity
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Lived 1928 – 2017 (aged 88). Muhammad Dandamayev was a Russian historian, iranologist, historian of classical antiquity and cultural studies scholar.

Muhammad Abdulkadyrovich Dandamayev (; September 2, 1928 – August 28, 2017 ), Chief Researcher at the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IOM-RAS), was a historian who focused on the ancient Persian Empire, and the social institutions of Babylonia during the first millennium BCE.

Works Books Dandamayev, M. A. (1989). A political history of the Achaemenid empire. Leiden: Brill. . M. A. Dandamayev (1992). Iranians in Achaemenid Babylonia. Mazda Publishers in association with Bibliotheca Persica. 241 pages Muhammad A. Dandamayev, Vladimir G. Lukonin (2004) : The Culture and Social Institutions of Ancient Iran. Cambridge University Press. 480 pages. Muhammad A. Dandamayev, Marvin A. Powell, David B. Weisberg (2008). Slavery in Babylonia: From Nabopolassar to Alexander the Great (626-331 B.C.). Northern Illinois University Press. 836 pages. Dandamayev M.А. Mesopotamia and Iran in the 7th-4th Centuries B.C.: Social Institutions and Ideology [Месопотамия и Иран в VII—IV вв. до н.э.: Социальные институты и идеология]. St Petersburg: St. Petersburg State University Faculty of Philology and Arts 2007. 512 p. Dandamayev M.A. The Babylonian Scribes [Вавилонские писцы]. Moscow, Nauka GRVL Publishers 1983. Dandamayev M.A. The Slavery in Babylonia during the 7th to 8th Centuries BCE (626-331) [Рабство в Вавилонии VII - IV вв. до н.э. (626 - 331 гг.)]. Moscow: Nauka GRVL Publishers 1974. Азиатский музей - Ленинградское отделение Института востоковедения АН СССР / Редакционная коллегия: А.П.Базиянц, Д.Е.Бертельс (отв. секретарь), Б.Г.Гафуров, А.Н.Кононов (председатель), Е.И.Кычанов, И.М.Оранский, Ю.А.Петросян, Э.Н.Тёмкин, О.Л.Фишман, А.Б.Халидов, И.Ш.Шифман. М.: «Наука», 1972.

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Important facts

Birth century
Nationality
Education
Herzen University
Employers
Institute of Oriental Manuscripts of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Awards
USSR State Prize
Also known as
Mukhammad Abdulkadyrovich Dandamayev, Muhammad Abdulkadyrovich Dandamayev, Muhammad A. Dandamayev

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Muhammad Dandamayev's

Frequently asked questions

Who was Muhammad Dandamayev?

Russian historian (1928-2017)

When was Muhammad Dandamayev born?

Muhammad Dandamayev was born on 2 September 1928 in Laksky District.

When did Muhammad Dandamayev die?

Muhammad Dandamayev died on 28 August 2017 in Saint Petersburg.

What was Muhammad Dandamayev's occupation?

Muhammad Dandamayev was a historian, iranologist, historian of classical antiquity and cultural studies scholar.

What nationality was Muhammad Dandamayev?

Muhammad Dandamayev was Russian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Muhammad Dandamayev

· Wikidata: Q3896070

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