"For anyone like me of Iranian background, the problem of sectarianism and the occasional rejection of pluralism seems a central issue in the history of the Islamic Middle East. Consequently, in my research I was attracted to the history of the 10"
"essentially a New Yorker"
"still the best place for a walk."
""Oriental" porcelain"
Roy Parviz Mottahedeh, Gurney Professor of History, Emeritus, taught and served at Harvard for a distinguished career and died on July 30, 2024. He was born in New York in 1940 and regarded himself essentially a New Yorker, calling Central Park the best place for a walk. His family belonged to the Bahá'í faith and he attended Quaker schools, fostering sensitivity to religious pluralism. Regular weekend visits to the Metropolitan Museum of Art with his parents, collectors of "Oriental" porcelain, nurtured his interest in the Near East. He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard in 1960, spent a fellowship year in Persian-speaking Afghanistan, studied Arabic and Persian at Cambridge, and returned to Harvard as a graduate student.
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