Fereydun Adamiyat

Fereydun Adamiyat or Fereidoon Adamiyat (Tehran 1920 - March 29, 2008) (PerB|فریدون آدمیت) was a leading social historian of contemporary Iran and particularly the Qajar era. He was the son of Abbasquli Adamiyat, a pioneer of the Iranian Constitutional Revolution. Fereydun Adamiyat received his B.A. from the University of Tehran and his Ph.D. in diplomatic history from the London School of Economics [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/arts/story/2008/03/080329_mf_adamiat.shtml BBC article after his death] ] [ [http://masoudbehnoud.com/2008/03/blog-post_6973.html مجموعه مقالات: در رثای فریدون آدمیت ] ] . He is known for his original works on various aspects of the social and political history of Persia, most of them dealing with the ideological foundations of the Iranian Constitutional Revolution. Believing firmly in history's "Rational Movement" (PerB|حرکت عقلی, harekat-e aqli), Adamiyat saw no conflict between normative judgement and claims to objectivity. [ [http://www.iisg.nl/research/iranhistoriography-abstracts.php Historiography and Political Culture in Twentieth Century Iran - abstracts ] ]

Although predominantly published in Persian, he is often cited by Western scholars. His most famous book was "Amir Kabir and Iran" (Persian: Amir-Kabir va Iran) (One of several re-publications: Tehran, Kharazmi Publishing, 1354/1975).

Adamiyat was also a diplomat, serving as Iran's ambassador to the Netherlands and India. He also worked for the United Nations in various capacities.

References

* Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa, by the Gale Group, Inc.