William C. Chittick is a renowned Islamologist.

Born in Connecticut, he completed a Ph.D. in Persian literature at Tehran University in 1974. He then taught comparative religion in the humanities department at Tehran's Aryamehr Technical University and left Iran just before the revolution in 1979. Jump to: navigation, search State nickname: The Constitution State Other U.S. States Capital Hartford Largest city Bridgeport Governor M. Jodi Rell (R) Senators Chris Dodd (D) Joe Lieberman (D) Official language(s) English Area 14,371 km² (48th)  - Land 12,559 km²  - Water 1,809 km² (12. ... Persian can refer to: the Western name for Iranian (see Iran/Persia naming controversy) the Persian Empire the Persians the Persian language the Persian (cat) breed the Persian melon the Persian lamb the Persian rug (or carpet) the Persian type of Pokémon character See also Persia (disambiguation page) List... The University of Tehran (دانشگاه تهران in Persian), also known as Tehran University, is the oldest and largest university of Iran. ... Tehrans Sharif University of Technology ranks among the best technical schools in the world. ...

He has also served as assistant editor of Encyclopaedia Iranica, and is currently professor of religious studies at the State University of New York, Stony Brook. Encyclopædia Iranica is a project in Columbia Universitys Center for Iranian studies, to create an English language encyclopedia about Iran and Persia. ... Stony Brook University Stony Brook University (SBU) or the University at Stony Brook (USB), or the State University of New York at Stony Brook (SUNYSB), located in Stony Brook, New York, USA, is one of the premier public universities in the United States with more than 21,000 students enrolled. ...

Professor Chittick is author and translator of twenty books and over one hundred articles on Islamic thought, Sufism, and Shi'ism. Jump to: navigation, search Sufism (Arabic تصوف tasÌ£awwuf) is a school of esoteric philosophy in Islam, which is based on the pursuit of spiritual truth as a definite goal to attain. ... Shiʻa Islam (Arabic شيعى follower; English has traditionally used Shiite) makes up the second largest sect of believers in Islam, constituting about 30%–35% of all Muslim. ...

He has had collaborations with Sayyed Hosein Nasr, and Allameh Tabatabaei on several important projects. Professor Seyyed Hossein Nasr, who recently won the Templeton Award for teaching the best course in Islam in America. ...