Central library and documents center of University of Tehran is the biggest academic library in Iran. It was built in 1350.
Central library and documents center of University of Tehran is the biggest academic library in Iran. It was built in 1350.
It has 9 stories and 22000 square meters area, its construction material is armed concrete. Its design is based on modern architecture. [1]
Among manuscripts there is Khamsa of Nizami, Shahnameh, Vendidad, Zakhireye Khwarazmshahi, Book of Roads and Kingdoms, the oldest manuscript being a copy of مجمل اللغه from Ibn Faris. [2]
In 2020, the library published 41000 doctorate, and masters dissertations, [3] Digital library includes 12000 manuscripts for free download. [4]
University of Tehran has 60 libraries. Council of administration has five subcommittees. Every researcher, students from other universities, are allowed to use this library's resources. It is a member of Iranian national committee of world memory, Content national consortium, and International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions. [5]
Majid Gheisari is an Iranian writer and novelist. He was born on December 1966 in Tehran. He has won the International Eurasia Award from Russia for the premier novel in 2018.
Abdolmohammad Ayati was an Iranian author, translator and researcher in the field of philosophy, history and Persian and Arabic literature. He was born on 5 May 1926 in Borujerd, Borujerd County, Lorestan Province, Iran and died on 11 September 2013 in Tehran, Iran. He was selected at the second Iran's Book of the Year Awards for Arabic to Persian translation of the book History of Arabic Language Literature.
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