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Abolfazl Moshiri
University of Toronto
Occupation
Researcher
Contact
Discipline
Literature
Sub Areas
Persian
Mysticism/Sufi Studies
History Of Religion
Islamic Studies
Iranian Studies
Geographic Areas of Interest
Iran
Afghanistan
Central Asia
Turkey
Specialties
Persian Mystical Literature, Sufism, Mystical Sata
Languages
Persian (native)
Arabic (advanced)
Dari (fluent)
Ottoman (intermediate)
Pahlavi (elementary)
Turkish (elementary)
Education
PhD | 2021 | Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations | University of Toronto
MA | 2012 | Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations | University of Toronto
MA | 2009 | Political Science | University of Toronto
BA | 2008 | Political Science | York University
Abstracts
al-Hallaj and the Abbasid Golden Age of the Devil The Mythical Sun: The Legacy of Shams-i Tabrīzī in the Mevlevi Hagiographies