11 Facts About Hamid Algar

Hamid Algar was born on 1940 and is a British-American Professor Emeritus of Persian studies at the Faculty of Near Eastern Studies, University of California, Berkeley.

Hamid Algar writes on Persian and Arabic literature and contemporary history of Iran, Turkey, the Balkans and Afghanistan.

Hamid Algar, who was born in England, later converted to Sunni Islam and later chose to follow Shia Islam.

Hamid Algar has translated books written by contemporary political Shiite theologians, like Ruhollah Khomeini's book Velayat-e Faqih and books written by Ali Shariati, Murteza Mutahhari and Mahmoud Taleqani.

Hamid Algar met with Khomeini in exile in Paris and on brief occasions in Iran after the revolution there in 1979.

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Hamid Algar translated selected writings and speeches of Khomeini for Islam and Revolution, and gave his own account, The Roots of the Islamic Revolution in Iran.

Hamid Algar received his formal training in Islamic studies at Cambridge University.

Hamid Algar is the author of more than 100 articles in the Encyclopedia Iranica.

Hamid Algar is described as "a seasoned scholar who knows his Islamic theology and modern Middle Eastern history".

Hamid Algar criticizes the Saudi regime for supporting them as he believes the Wahhabism fed into movements such as the Taliban.

Hamid Algar caused a public incident in April 1998, during an on-campus commemoration of the Armenian genocide organized by the Armenian Students' Association, when he allegedly said that Armenian genocide never happened and made other controversial remarks.