Saeed Nafisi

Saeed Nafisi (also Naficy) (8 June 1896 - November 13, 1966) was an Iranian scholar, fiction writer and poet. He was a prolific writer in Persian. June 8 is the 159th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (160th in leap years), with 206 days remaining. ... Year 1896 (MDCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar). ... November 13 is the 317th day of the year (318th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 48 days remaining. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ...

Nafisi was born in Tehran, where he conducted numerous research projects on Iranian culture, literature and poetry. He published many seminal articles on Iran, Persian literary texts and Sufism and his works have been translated into more than 20 languages worldwide. He died in a Russian hospital in Tehran. This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Sufism is a mystic tradition that is practised by some muslims and some non-muslims and encompasses a diverse range of beliefs and practices dedicated to divine love and the cultivation of the heart. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

Saeed Nafisi's relatives include Moadeb Naficy, the guardian and doctor of the Shah of Iran (Reza Pahlavi); and Moadeb's son Habib Naficy, a senior statesman, founder of Iran's labor laws, U.S.-Iran Attache, and founder of multiple technical universities in Tehran.

Nafisi taught in Tehran University, Kabul University, Cairo University and San José State University. The University of Tehran (دانشگاه تهران in Persian), also known as Tehran University, is the oldest and largest university of Iran. ... Kabul University (Pashto: دکابل پوهنتون, Persian: دانشگاه کابل) is located in Kabul, Afghanistan. ... Cairo University, the biggest in Africa Cairo University (formerly Egyptian University) is an institute of higher education located in Giza, Egypt. ... San José State University, commonly shortened to San José State and SJSU, is the founding campus of what became the California State University system. ...

External links

• The Mystic Poetry of the Sufis - (excerpt from Nafisi, S., The Aryan Path, June 1950) republished in Theosophy World June 2004.

See also

• Persian literature
• Iranology