Ferdowsi University of Mashad - Famous Alumni

Famous Alumni

• Ali-Akbar Fayyaz, founder of the School of Letters and Humanities, professor in the Department of Persian Language and Literature between 1950 and 1972, a renowned historian of early Islam and literary critic
• Gholam-Hussein Yusufi, professor in the Department of Persian Language and Literature at FUM, celebrated contemporary writer and literary critic
• Lotfollah Mofakham-Payan, musician and professor of geography at FUM, one of the founding-fathers of modern geographical education in Iran
• Ali Shariati, assistant professor in the Department of History at FUM between 1966 and 1971, globally renowned leftist-Islamic writer and lecturer, and the ideological father of the 1979 revolution
• Cyrus Sahami, The President of the FUM between 1979 and 1980, holder of the doctorat d'état in geography from Sorbonne, a leading professor of rural and human geography in Iran
• Fateme Amini, a student of Persian language and literature at FUM in late 1960s, and one of the first female members of Islamic-Leftist guerrilla Organization of People's Mojahedin in early 1970s who died under torture in royal political police headquarters in Tehran to become the first female martyr of the Islamic-Leftist guerrillas
• Gholam-Reza Galavi, a student of history at FUM in late 1960s, and one of the founding members of Marxist-Leninist guerrilla organization of People's Fadaiyan who was executed by a royal fire squad in Tehran in 1971.
• Bahman Azhang, a student of history at FUM in late 1960s, and one of the founding members of Marxist-Leninist guerrilla organization of People's Fadaiyan who was executed by a royal fire squad in Tehran in 1971.
• Said Aryan, a student of history at FUM in late 1960s, and one of the founding members of Marxist-Leninist guerrilla organization of People's Fadaiyan who was executed by a royal fire squad in Tehran in 1971.
• Abdul-Hadi Hairi, professor in the Department of History at FUM between 1980 and 1993, globally renowned historian of the Iranian Constitutional Revolution of 1906 and a prolific contributor to scholarly journals and publications in the field of Middle Eastern Studies
• Ulrich Marzolph, student of Persian Language and Literature at FUM in 1970s, and now Professor of Islamic Studies at the Georg-August-University in Göttingen, Germany
• Mohammad Mokhtari, graduate of the Department of Persian Language and Literature, a renowned poet, novelist, and literary critic, and a leading member of the Iranian P.E.N. in 1980s and 1990s who was assassinated by elements from the Ministry of Intelligence of the Islamic Republic in 1999 as a victim of what was later labeled in Iranian political jargon "chain murders"
• Mohammad-Hoseyn Papoli-Yazdi, holder of the doctorat d'état in geography from Sorbonne, professor emeritus of Taribyat Modarres University, and one of the leading experts on Iranian rural geography
• Mohammad Reza Shafiei-Kadkani, graduate of the School of Letters and Humanities at FUM, professor of Persian Language and Literature at the University of Tehran, celebrated contemporary poet and literary critic
• Abdulaziz Sachedina, graduate of history from FUM, currently professor of religious studies at the University of Virginia
• Amir Khajepour, professor in mechanical engineering at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
• Abolfazl Monadi, instructor in the School of Mathematics and Statistics at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada