Abdul Majid Arfaei
Abdul Majid Arfaei | |
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عبدالمجید ارفعی | |
| Born | 1 September 1939 Bandar Abbas, Hormozgan Province, Iran |
| Died | 25 February 2026 (aged 86) Tehran, Iran |
| Other names | Hakha |
| Known for | Researcher, author, elamitologist |
| Spouse | Mah Sima Fattahi[1] |
Abdul Majid Arfaei or Abdul Majid Arfaee (Persian: عبدالمجید ارفعی; 1 September 1939 – 25 February 2026) was an Iranian researcher and elamitologist. He finished translating 647 tablets,[2] related to the era of Darius the Great, which were read by Richard Hallock. The works are included in the first volume of the series.[3]
Arfaei, Elamologist and Assyriologist, was a professor of the University of Chicago. The late professor, who had read the bulk of the Persepolis Elamite tablets, died in 1980. Arfaei, the renowned expert of Elamite, Avestan and Pahlavi languages, was the founder of the Inscriptions Hall of Iran's National Museum and wrote a number of books on Iranian history. The Iranian expert also translated more than 2,500 Persepolis inscriptions, which are housed at the University of Chicago. In Iran, the Cyrus Cylinder was translated into Persian, by Arfaei for the first time.[4]
Arfaei died on 25 February 2026, at the age of 86.[5][6]
References
- ^ آخرین وضعیت سلامتی عبدالمجید ارفعی در بیمارستان
- ^ www.isna.ir https://www.isna.ir/news/1404120603559/%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%AC%D9%85-%D9%85%D9%86%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%B1-%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B4-%D8%AF%D8%B1%DA%AF%D8%B0%D8%B4%D8%AA. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "پرفسور عبدالمجید ارفعی درگذشت/ نخستین مترجم ایرانی منشور کورش". خبرگزاری ایلنا (in Persian). 25 February 2026. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
- ^ "IBNA – Abd- Al Majid Arfaee; the first translator of Cyrus Cylinder in Persian". Ibna.ir. 20 September 2010. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
- ^ First Iranian translator of Cyrus Cylinder, Prof. Abdolmajid Arfaei passes away
- ^ admin. "عبدالمجید ارفعی درگذشت | Rouzahang" (in Persian). Retrieved 25 February 2026.