Soudavar Professor of Persian Studies explained

The Masoumeh and Fereydoon Soudavar Professorship of Persian Studies is a Chair at the University of Oxford, England, associated with the Faculty of Oriental Studies and Wadham College. The Chair was inaugurated in 1990.^{[1] [2]}

List of Soudavar Professors of Persian Studies

The holders of the Chair have been:

• Reza Sheikholeslami, 1990–2006
• Edmund Herzig, 2006–^[3]

References

• Web site: Soudavar Professor Of Persian Studies. Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford. 31 January 2012.

Notes and References

1. Ali Banuazizi (2019). Ali Reza Sheikholeslami 1941–2018. Review of Middle East Studies 53 (1): 111–112
2. https://www.orinst.ox.ac.uk/history-faculty-1 History of the Faculty
3. https://www.orinst.ox.ac.uk/people/edmund-herzig Edmund Herzig