Fereydun Vahman
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Fereydun Vahman (Persian: فریدون وهمان) is an Iranian author and philologist. He is Professor Emeritus at Copenhagen University and former Iranian Studies Fellow at Yale University.[1]
After the Islamic Revolution in Iran in 1979, he wrote several books in Danish, English and Persian supporting the rights of Baháʼís in Iran.[2]
Life
Vahman pioneered to Denmark as a part of the Bahá'í teaching plans. He became a member of the first Danish Bahá'í National Spiritual Assembly established in 1962.[3] Vahman holds a PhD in Iranian Philology from the University of Copenhagen.[4]
Publications
"Notes on the language and ethnography of the Zoroastrians of Yazd"
"Poetry of the Baxtiārīs: Love Poems, Wedding Songs, Lullabies, Laments Garnik S. Asatrian"
"Ardā Wirāz Nāmag: The Iranian 'Divina Commedia'"
"The Bab and the Babi Community of Iran'"
"175 Years of Persecution: A History of the Babis & Baha'is of Iran"
This book is the first to fully academically document the systematic persecution of the Bahà'ì faith since its inception in Iran. It provides a chronological timeline of the religion's plight. The book is banned in Iran.[5]
References
- ↑ https://iranianstudies.macmillan.yale.edu/fereydoun-vahman
- ↑ Vahman, Fereydun (2020). The Bab and the Babi community of Iran. London: Oneworld Academic. ISBN 978-1-78607-956-5.
- ↑ https://bahai-library.com/asia-pacific/Notes%20on%20Research/national_spiritual_assemblies.htm
- ↑ Warburg, Margit (December 2005). Bahá'í and Globalisation. Denmark: Aarhus University Press. p. 309. ISBN 8779348947.
- ↑ Vahman, Fereydun (2019). 175 years of persecution: a history of the Babis & Baha'is of Iran. London: Oneworld. ISBN 978-1-78607-586-4.
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