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Birth Name:

Alireza Shapour Shahbazi

Male

Birth Date:

Fri, Sep 04, 1942

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Shiraz, Fars, Iran

Age:

81

Zodiac Sign:

Virgo

Astrology Data:

Sun

11°

Vir

11'

About Alireza Shapour Shahbazi

Alireza Shapour Shahbazi (4 September 1942 Shiraz - 15 July 2006 Walla Walla, Washington) (Persian: علیرضا شاپور شهبازی) was a prominent Persian archaeologist, Iranologist and a world expert on Achaemenid archaeology. Shahbazi got a BA degree in and an MA degree in East Asian archaeology from SOAS. Shahbazi had a doctorate degree in Achaemenid archaeology from University of London. Alireza Shapour Shahbazi was a lecturer in Achaemenid archaeology and Iranology at Harvard University. He was also a full professor of archaeology at Shiraz University and founded at Persepolis the Institute of Achaemenid Research in 1974. After the Islamic revolution, he moved to the US, firstly teaching at Columbia University and then later becoming a full professor of history in Eastern Oregon University.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• (in Persian) Prof Alireza Shahbazi died in 2006 and buried in Shiraz next to Hafez

• (in Persian) Prof Alireza Shahbazi's research works offered a detailed picture of Ancient Persian heritage to the world archeologists

• (in Persian) The father of Perspolis: in the memory of the most prominent Achaemenid archeologist

• The passing of A. Shapur Shahbazi[permanent dead link] at Encyclopædia Iranica, where many of his articles are available on-line.

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