Jalal Matini (born 1928) is a scholar of Persian literature

Persian literature

Persian literature spans two-and-a-half millennia, though much of the pre-Islamic material has been lost. Its sources have been within historical Persia including present-day Iran as well as regions of Central Asia where the Persian language has historically been the national language...

, particularly the epic Shahnameh

Shahnameh

The Shahnameh or Shah-nama is a long epic poem written by the Persian poet Ferdowsi between c.977 and 1010 AD and is the national epic of Iran and related societies...

 by Ferdowsi

Ferdowsi

Ferdowsi was a highly revered Persian poet. He was the author of the Shahnameh, the national epic of Iran and related societies.The Shahnameh was originally composed by Ferdowsi for the princes of the Samanid dynasty, who were responsible for a revival of Persian cultural traditions after the...

, and Iranian studies

Iranian Studies

Iranian studies , is an interdisciplinary field dealing with the study of history, literature, art and culture of the Iranian people. It is a part of the wider field of Oriental studies....

. He is also known for producing the critical edition of the Kush Nama

Kush Nama

Kush-Nama , is a Persian epic poem and part of a mythical history of Iran written by Ḥakim Iranshān b. Abu'l-Khay between the years 501-04/1108-11.-Manuscript and background:...

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Prior to the 1979 Iranian revolution, Matini was a professor and president of the Ferdowsi University of Mashhad (Iran). After emigrating to the United States, Matini taught Persian literature at the University of California, Berkeley

University of California, Berkeley

The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...

, and founded the journals "Iran-Nameh" and Iran-Shenasi.

English

Virtually all of Jalal Matini's work are in Persian

Persian language

Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...

but he has also written some English articles.

• J. Matini, "Kush-Nama" in Mahmoud Omidsalar (Author), A. Tafazzoli (Editor), Touraj Daryaee "The Spirit of Wisdom: Menog I Xrad : Essays in Memory of Ahmad Tafazzoli",Mazda Publishers (September 2003).
• J. Matini, "ĀFARĪN-NĀMA" in Encyclopædia Iranica http://www.iranica.com/articles/afarin-nama-a-poem-in-the-motaqareb-meter-by-the-4th-10th-century-poet-abu-sakur-balki-q
• J. Matini, "HEDĀYAT AL-MOTAʿALLEMIN FI’L-ṬEBB" in Encyclopædia Iranica http://www.iranica.com/articles/hedayat-al-motaallemin-fil-tebb
• J. Matini, "ʿAMĀRA MARVAZĪ" in Encyclopædia Iranica http://www.iranica.com/articles/amara-b
• J. Matini, "AFIFI, RAḤIM" in Encyclopædia Iranica http://www.iranica.com/articles/afifi
• J. Matini, "ADĪB NĪŠĀBURĪ" in Encyclopædia Iranica http://www.iranica.com/articles/adib-nisaburi-shaikh-abd-al-jawad-persian-litterateur-and-poet
• J. Matini, "ʿAMʿAQ BOḴARĀʾĪ" in Encyclopædia Iranica http://www.iranica.com/articles/amaq-bokarai-amir-al-soara-abul-najib-sehab-al-din-persian-poet-of-the-5th-6th-11th-12th-centuries
• J. Matini, "ḤABIB-ALLĀH ḴORĀSĀNI" in Encyclopædia Iranica http://www.iranica.com/articles/habib-allah-korasani
• J. Matini, "BAHMANYĀR AḤMAD" in Encyclopædia Iranica http://www.iranica.com/articles/bahmanyar-ahmad-scholar
• J. Matini, "FAYYĀŻ, ʿALĪ-AKBAR MAJĪDĪ" in Encyclopædia Iranica http://www.iranica.com/articles/fayyaz
• J. Matini, "FARROḴ, Sayyed MAḤMŪD" in Encyclopædia Iranica http://www.iranica.com/articles/farrok
• J. Matini, "AYĀZ, ABU’L-NAJM" in Encyclopædia Iranica http://www.iranica.com/articles/ayaz-abul-najm-b
• J. Matini, "ĀẔAR BĪGDELĪ" in Encyclopædia Iranica http://www.iranica.com/articles/azar-bigdeli-hajj-lotf-ali-big
• J. Matīnī, "ʿAWFĪ, SADĪD-AL-DĪN" in Encyclopædia Iranica http://www.iranica.com/articles/awfi-sadid-al-din
• J. Matini, "KUŠ-NĀMA" in Encyclopædia Iranica http://www.iranica.com/articles/kus-nama-part-of-a-mythical-history-of-iran
• J. Matīnī, M. Caton, "ʿĀREF QAZVĪNĪ" in Encyclopædia Iranica http://www.iranica.com/articles/aref-qazvini-poet

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