Jalal Matini (; 1928 â 19 January 2025) was an Iranian scholar of Persian literature, particularly renowned for his expertise on the epic Shahnameh by Ferdowsi, and contemporary Iranian studies. He is also known for producing the critical edition of the Kush Nama.
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 and at Harvard University, and founded the journals Iran-Nameh, and Iran-Shenasi. He died on 19 January 2025, at the age of 96.
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Virtually all of Jalal Matini's work are in Persian 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, "ÃÂFARêN-NÃÂMA" in Encyclopædia Iranica http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/afarin-nama-a-poem-in-the-motaqareb-meter-by-the-4th-10th-century-poet-abu-sakur-balki-q
- J. Matini, "HEDÃÂYAT AL-MOTAÿALLEMIN FIâÂÂL-ṬEBB" in Encyclopædia Iranica http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/hedayat-al-motaallemin-fil-tebb
- J. Matini, "ÿAMÃÂRA MARVAZê" in Encyclopædia Iranica http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/amara-b
- J. Matini, "AFIFI, RAḤIM" in Encyclopædia Iranica http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/afifi
- J. Matini, "ADêB NêÃ
 ÃÂBURê" in Encyclopædia Iranica http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/adib-nisaburi-shaikh-abd-al-jawad-persian-litterateur-and-poet
- J. Matini, "ÿAMÿAQ BOḴARÃÂþê" in Encyclopædia Iranica http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/amaq-bokarai-amir-al-soara-abul-najib-sehab-al-din-persian-poet-of-the-5th-6th-11th-12th-centuries
- J. Matini, "ḤABIB-ALLÃÂH ḴORÃÂSÃÂNI" in Encyclopædia Iranica http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/habib-allah-korasani
- J. Matini, "BAHMANYÃÂR AḤMAD" in Encyclopædia Iranica http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/bahmanyar-ahmad-scholar
- J. Matini, "FAYYÃÂÃ
», ÿALê-AKBAR MAJêDê" in Encyclopædia Iranica http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/fayyaz
- J. Matini, "FARROḴ, Sayyed MAḤMÃ
ªD" in Encyclopædia Iranica http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/farrok
- J. Matini, "AYÃÂZ, ABUâÂÂL-NAJM" in Encyclopædia Iranica http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/ayaz-abul-najm-b
- J. Matini, "ÃÂáºÂAR BêGDELê" in Encyclopædia Iranica http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/azar-bigdeli-hajj-lotf-ali-big
- J. Matënë, "ÿAWFê, SADêD-AL-DêN" in Encyclopædia Iranica http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/awfi-sadid-al-din
- J. Matini, "KUÃ
 -NÃÂMA" in Encyclopædia Iranica http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/kus-nama-part-of-a-mythical-history-of-iran
- J. Matënë, M. Caton, "ÿÃÂREF QAZVêNê" in Encyclopædia Iranica http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/aref-qazvini-poet
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