Ali Sami Shirazi (1910–1989) (Alī Sāmī) was an Iranian teacher, archaeologist, and author in Iran. He was director of the Scientific Bureau of Persepolis from 1941 until 1961.[1] He led excavations at Persepolis for several seasons.[2] He also conducted excavations at Pasagardae.[3] He authored guidebooks on Shiraz and Persepolis.[4]

Sami worked under André Godard and later with Mohammad Taqi Mustafavi, director generals of the Iranian General Office of Archaeology.[5]

His book on Persepolis was translated by R. N. Sharp, an English reverend and "oriental" scholar who spent more tham 3 decades in Persia.[6]

Bibliography edit

  • Persepolis (Takht-i-Jamshid)[7][1]
  • Pasargadae, the oldest imperial capital of Iran (1956)[8]
  • Shiraz : the city of the poets Saʻadi and Háfez, the city of flowers and nightingales (1958)
  • Tamaddun-i Sāsānī (1963)[9]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Mousavi, Ali (April 19, 2012). Persepolis: Discovery and Afterlife of a World Wonder. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9781614510338 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ N.Y.), Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York; Muscarella, Oscar White (December 28, 1988). Bronze and Iron: Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Metropolitan Museum of Art. ISBN 9780870995255 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Codella, Kim Christopher (December 28, 2007). Achaemenid Monumental Gateways at Pasargadae, Susa and Persepolis. University of California, Berkeley. ISBN 9780549528258 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Vincent, David St (1992). Iran: A Travel Survival Kit. ISBN 9780864421364.
  5. ^ Soheil, Mehr Azar (December 7, 2018). The Concept of Monument in Achaemenid Empire. Routledge. ISBN 9781351677691 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ "The New Yorker". 1956.
  7. ^ "Persepolis – Ali Sami (1954) (1st ed) – GOHD Books".
  8. ^ Sāmī, ʻAlī (December 28, 1956). Pasargadae, the oldest imperial capital of Iran. Musavi Print. Office. OCLC 4058160 – via Open WorldCat.
  9. ^ Tamaddun-i Sāsānī. December 28, 1963. OCLC 23563418 – via Open WorldCat.