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Iraj Afshar recorded the monuments of Yazd in his three-volume "yādegār-hāye Yazd (Monuments of Yazd)". [1] He was known as "the doyen of standard Persian language bibliographers". Afshar played a significant role in the development of the field of Iranology in Iran and throughout the world during the second half of the 20th century. He was the editor of Sokhan, a prolific Iranology journal, under the responsibility of Parviz Natel-Khanlari and also the editor of rāhnamāye ketāb (Bibliography Guide), Mehr, farhang-e Iranzamin (Culture of Iran) and Ayandeh.
He was on the advisory council for the Iranian Studies Journal.
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Biographical timeline
1925: Birth in Tehran, Iran (Father: Dr. Mahmoud Afshar, Mother: Nosrat Barazandeh)
1933–1945: Attended Zoroastrian Shāpour Secondary School and Firouz-Bahrām High School in Tajrish, Tehran
1944–1946: Manager of Ayandeh Journal
1945: Received Diploma in Literature
1945: Marriage to Shayesteh Afsharieh
1945–1949: Attended University of Tehran majoring in Law, thesis: Minorities in Iran
1946–1955: Collaboration with jahān-e now (New World) Journal (Editor in Chief: Hossein Hejazi)
1950: Employed by Ministry of Culture and Education as educator at Sharif High School and Gharib High School
1951–1960: Librarian – Law Library of University of Tehran – with encouragement from Dr. Mohsen Sabah and Mohammad-Taqi Danesh-Pajouh
1952–1953: Editor-in-Chief of Mehr Journal (licensee: Majeed Movaqqar)
1952-2011: Founder and Managing Editor of farhang-e Irānzamin Journal (in association with Mohammad-Taqi Danesh-Pajouh, Manoucher Sotoudeh, Mostafa Mogharrabi, Abbas Zaryab Khoyee)
1963–1966: Publication of ketābhāy-e Iran (Books of Iran) (Annual bibliography)
1954–1956: Editor-in-Chief of Sokhan Journal (licensee: Dr. Parviz Natel-Khanlari)
1955–1961: Director ketābhāy-e māh (Books of the Month) Journal (Publication of Society of Publishers with cooperation of Franklin Publishing Corporation)
1956–1963: Acting Managing Director bongāh-e tarjomeh o nasher-e ketāb (Institute for Translation and Publishing of Books)
1956–1957: Attended UNESCO Educational and Practical Library Science training in Europe
1957–1958: Co-founder bāshgāh-e ketāb (Book Club) later named anjoman-e ketāb (Book Society)
1958–1969: Educator Library Science at dāneshsarāy-e ālee (Higher Education) division of University of Tehran
1958–1979: Director anjoman-e ketāb (Book Society)
1961–1979: Founder nashriyeh noskhehāy-e khatti (Journal of Manuscripts), Central Library of University of Tehran (in collaboration with Mohammad-Taqi Danesh-Pajouh)
1961–1962: Director of the Library of dāneshsarāy-e āli
1962: Director National Library of Iran (founded Iranian Studies Branch, founded Bibliography of Iran and indexing of library's manuscripts with efforts of Abdollah Anvar)
1962: Return to teaching at dāneshsarā-e āli
1963–1964: Return to University of Tehran as Director of Center of Bibliographic Research and Indexing
1963: Indexing and Cataloging Harvard University printed Persian books
1963: Technical Manager of Library Sciences Literacy Committee (UNESCO National commission)
1964–1971: Director of Bureau of Publications and Cultural Relations (Later named Bureau of Publications and Library Relations)
1965–1979: Director of Central Library and Document Center, University of Tehran
1965–1973: Teaching at Iran Historical Social Divisions dāneshkadeh olum ejtemāee (Department of Social Sciences) University of Tehran
1966–1979: Founded ketābdāri Journal, a publication of University of Tehran Central Library
1969: Director National Book Center interrelated to UNESCO National Commission
1969–1979: Associate Professor, later Professor of History (Historical Documents and Native History) Department of Literature and Human Sciences, University of Tehran. (Manuscripts in Library Science) College of Educational Sciences
1969–1972: Director Iranshenāsi Journal, Publication of Department of Literature and Human Sciences, University of Tehran
1969–1979: Permanent Director of Congress of Iranian Studies
1979–1983: Established sāzemān-e ketāb (independently)
1979–1993: Published Ayandeh Journal from 5th volume for fifteen years
1983: Death of father (Dr. Mahmoud Afshar, PhD.)
1984: Established nāmvāreh-e Dr. Mahmoud Afshar published by Doctor Mahmoud Afshar Foundation. From 11th volume it was named pajouhesh-hāye Irāni (Iranian Studies/Research)
1989: Teaching at Bern University, Bern Switzerland
1996: Death of spouse (Shayesteh Afsharieh)
1998: Cataloging Persian manuscripts at Austrian National Library (Vienna)
2001: Established daftar-e tārikh, publishing small documents and thesis from Doctor Mahmoud Afshar Foundation
Memberships
1951: Society of Iranian Studies (President Ebrahim Pourdavoud and Secretary Dr. Mohammad Moien)
1955–1978: Founding Member Iranian Society of Philosophy and Human Sciences affiliated with UNESCO national committee
1958: Ministry of Foreign Relation's Library Council
1959: Committee to establish countrywide archiving representing UNESCO national committee
1962: University of Tehran Central Library council
1962: Executive Council "Institute of research in literature and Iranian languages council" (Ministry of Culture and Art)
1964–1978: Board to select book (Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Culture and Art)
1965: Executive Board (Center for Research and introduction of Iranian Civilization and Culture)
1965: Board of Founders Iranian Society of History of Science and Medicine
1972–1976: Council of Tehran Public Libraries
1972–1978: Book of the Year Award Committee
1972–1976: Iran Librarian Society
1974–1978: Executive Board "History Society" affiliated with "Language and Literature Cultural Center" Also the secretary of the Cultural Center
1974: Board of Trusties "Mojtaba Minavi Endowment Library" and Shahnameh Foundation
1976: Board of Trusties "Sayeed Mohammad-Ali Jamalzadeh Publish works" consigned to University of Tehran
1977: Selected guardian "Mohammad Fateh Endowment Dormitory" University of Tehran
1977–1978: Board of Trusties "Iran Cultural Foundation"
1977–1978: Supreme Council of "Iran National Documents"
1979–1982: Board of Founders National Monuments Society
1979: Europe Iranian Studies Society
1983: Council of Custodians Doctor Mahmud Afshar Foundation (Selected Custodian)
1989: Honorary Member Institute of Central and West Asian Studies, Karachi
1990: Board of Experts al-Furqān, Islamic Heritage Foundation
