Iran Holds Conference On Persian Manuscripts In Subcontinent

Tehran, July 12, IRNA - Iran’s Miras Maktoub Research Center held a conference on Persian manuscripts and printed texts in the subcontinent of India, here on Wednesday. Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini as well as Senior Parliament Member Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel attended the conference. A part of the conference was dedicated to paying tribute to the Pakistani Persian language expert, Arif Noushahi. A book was also unveiled about Noushahi’s contributions to the Persian language education in South Asia. The 57-year-old Noushahi specializes in Persian literature and has completed his Ph.D. in Persian language and literature at the University of Tehran in 1993. He is currently the head of the Persian Language Department of Gordon College, Rawalpindi. Catalog of the Persian Manuscripts in the National Museum of Pakistan, Catalog of the Persian Manuscripts in Anjuman Taraqqi Urdu in Karachi and Catalog of the Urdu Manuscripts in Ganj Bakhsh Library of Islamabad are among Naushahi’s better known works./end