Roy Mottahedeh

Roy Mottahedeh

Roy Parviz Mottahedeh (born July 3, 1940 in New York City) is a professor of pre-modern social and intellectual history of the Islamic Middle East at Harvard University and expert on Iranian culture.

Mottahedeh received two degrees from Harvard - a B.A. in 1960 and a Ph.D. in 1970. He received a MacArthur Fellowship in 1982. He has written two books, "Loyalty and Leadership in an Early Islamic Society" and "The Mantle of the Prophet: Religion and Politics in Iran".

Mottahedeh is the son of philanthropist and Mottahedeh & Company co-founder Mildred Mottahedeh.

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* [http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~history/facultyPage.cgi?id=30 Faculty page at Harvard University]


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