克利福德·埃德蒙德·博斯沃思
克利福德·埃德蒙德·博斯沃思(英語:Clifford Edmund Bosworth;1928年12月29日-2015年2月18日)FBA,是一位英國歷史學家、東方學學者,專攻阿拉伯學、伊朗學。
克利福德·埃德蒙德·博斯沃思 Clifford Edmund Bosworth | |
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出生 | 1928年12月29日 英格蘭約克郡謝菲爾德 |
逝世 | 2015年2月28日 英格蘭薩默賽特郡約維爾 | (86歲)
國籍 | 英國 |
學術背景 | |
學術導師 | 弗拉基米爾·米諾爾斯基 |
學術工作 | |
研究機構 | 牛津大學 |
主要領域 | 伊朗學、伊斯蘭學、阿拉伯學、突厥學 |
生平
編輯博斯沃思1928年12月29日生於英格蘭謝菲爾德。他的父親克利福德·博斯沃思曾在監護委員會和養老金與國家保險部工作;母親名叫格拉迪斯·康斯坦斯·格雷戈里(Gladys Constance Gregory)。他在牛津大學聖約翰學院獲現代史文學學士學位,在愛丁堡大學獲中東學文學碩士與研究博士學位[1][2]。
進入愛丁堡大學前,他先在蘇格蘭農業部(Department of Agriculture for Scotland)工作,在那裡認識了安妮特·艾倫·托德(Annettee Ellen Todd),兩人於1957年9月19日結婚,後生有三女[1]。
他在聖安德魯大學、曼徹斯特大學、普林斯頓大學人文學中心(Center for the Humanities)有長期教職,2004年後並任埃克塞特大學客座教授。2015年2月26日,他在薩默賽特郡約維爾去世[1]。
貢獻
編輯博斯沃思在學術期刊上發表過上百篇論文,出版十幾本專著。另外,他任伊斯蘭百科全書的主編,擔任伊朗百科全書的諮詢編輯,並撰寫其中的部分文章(伊斯蘭百科全書200餘篇,伊朗百科全書100餘篇),並為大英百科全書和大美百科全書撰寫部分文章[3]。
著作
編輯- The Ghaznavids, their empire in Afghanistan and Eastern Iran 994–1040, Edinburgh University Press 1963, 2nd ed. Beirut 1973, repr. New Delhi 1992 (有波斯語譯本)
- The Islamic dynasties, a chronological and genealogical handbook, Edinburgh University Press 1967, revised ed. 1980 (有俄語、波斯語、土耳其語、阿拉伯語、法語、漢語譯本)
- Sistan under the Arabs, from the Islamic conquest to the rise of the Saffarids (30-250/651-864), IsMEO, Rome 1968 (有波斯語譯本)
- The Book of curious and entertaining information, the Lata'if al-ma'arif of Tha'ālibī translated into English, Edinburgh University Press 1968.
- (Editor) Iran and Islam, in memory of the late Vladimir Minorsky, Edinburgh University Press 1971.
- (Editor, with Joseph Schacht) The legacy of Islam, new edition, Clarendon Press, Oxford 1974 (有阿拉伯語譯本,1998)
- The mediaeval Islamic underworld, the Banu Sasan in Arabic society and literature, 2 vols., Brill, Leiden 1976.
- The medieval history of Iran, Afghanistan and Central Asia, Variorum, Collected Studies Series, London 1977.
- The later Ghaznavids, splendour and decay: the dynasty in Afghanistan and northern India 1040–1186, Edinburgh University Press 1977, repr. New Delhi 1992 (Persian tr.)
- Al-Maqrizi's "Book of contention and strife concerning the relations between the Banu Umayya and the Banu Hashim" translated into English, Journal of Semitic Studies Monographs, 3, Manchester 1981.
- Medieval Arabic culture and administration, Variorum, Collected Studies Series, London 1982.
- (Editor, with Carole Hillenbrand) Qajar Iran, political, social and cultural change 1800–1925 [= Festschrift for L.P. Elwell-Sutton], Edinburgh University Press 1984.
- The History of al-Tabari. Vol. XXXII. The reunification of the Abbasid Caliphate. The caliphate of al-Ma'mun A.D. 812-833/A.H. 198–213, translated and annotated by C.E. Bosworth, SUNY Press, Albany 1987.
- The History of al-Tabari. Vol. XXX. The Abbasid Caliphate in equilibrium. The caliphates of Musa al-Hadi and Harun al-Rashid A.D. 785-809/A.H. 169–193, translated and annotated by C.E.Bosworth, SUNY Press, Albany 1989.
- Baha' al-Din al-Amili and his literary anthologies, Journal of Semitic Studies Monographs 10, Manchester 1989.
- The History of al-Tabari. Vol. XXXIII. Storm and stress along the northern frontiers of the Abbasid Caliphate. The caliphate of al-Mu'tas'im A.D. 833-842/A.H. 218–227, translated and annotated by C.E. Bosworth, SUNY Press, Albany 1991.(Editor, with M.E.J. Richardson) Richard Bell, A commentary on the Qur'an, University of Manchester (Journal of Semitic Studies) 1991, 2 vols.
- The History of the Saffarids of Sistan and the Maliks of Nimruz (247/861 to 949/1452-3), Columbia Lectures on Iranian Studies no. 7, Costa Mesa, Calif. and New York 1994.
- The Arabs, Byzantium and Iran. Studies in early Islamic history and culture, Variorum, Collected Studies Series, Ashgate Publishing, Aldershot 1996.
- The New Islamic dynasties. A chronological and genealogical manual, Edinburgh University Press 1996.
- (Editor, with Muhammad Asim, and contributor) The UNESCO history of civilizations of Central Asia, Vol. IV, The age of achievement. A.D. 750 to the end of the fifteenth century. Part 1, The historical, social and economic setting, Paris 1998. Part 2, The literary, cultural, artistic and scientific achievements, Paris 2000.
- The History of al-Tabari. Vol. V. The Sasanids, the Byzantines, the Lakhmids and Yemen, translated and annotated by C.E. Bosworth, SUNY Press, Albany 1999.(Editor, and contributor of four chapters)
- A century of British orientalists 1902–2001 [= Centennial Volume of the Oriental and African Studies Section of the British Academy], Oxford University Press for the British Academy 2001.
- Abu 'l-Fadl Bayhaqi's Tarkh-i Mas'udi translated into English with a historical, geographical and linguistic commentary, to appear in the Persian Heritage Series, Columbia University, 3 volumes, New York, 2006; An intrepid Scot: William Lithgow of Lanark's travels in the Ottoman Empire and Mediterranean lands 1609–21, Aldershot 2006.
獲獎
編輯- 聯合國教科文組織阿維森納銀獎(1998)
- 馬哈茂德·阿夫沙爾博士獎(Dr Mahmud Afshar Foundation Prize,2001)
- 伊朗文化和伊斯蘭指導部獎(2003)
- 三年獎(Triennial Award,2003)
來源
編輯- ^ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Netton, Ian Richard. Bosworth, (Clifford) Edmund(1928–2015). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 10 January 2019 [31 March 2020]. doi:10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.111800. (原始內容存檔於2021-06-06).
- ^ Bosworth, Clifford Edmund. The transition from Ghaznavid to Seljuq rule in the Islamic East. 1961 [2021-06-05]. (原始內容存檔於2021-06-05) (英語).
- ^ Notice: Clifford Edmund Bosworth, 1928–2015. British Institute of Persian Studies. [10 March 2015]. (原始內容存檔於2015-03-11).