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Yazd’s contribution to the development of Iranian
culture has been considerable and the list of Yazd’s
luminaries in the country’s history runs long.
Among them we can mention: Abolfazl Rashidoddin Meibodi,
author of a famous exegesis of Quran (12th century AD),
Sharafoddin Ali Yazdi, author of “Zafar-nameh” (died
in 1441 AD), Qazi Kamaleddin Hossein Meibodi, author of
“Jame Gitinama” in Philosophy (15th century AD), Amir
Rokneddin Mohammad ebn Nezam Hosseini, the great thinker
of the 13th century AD, Molla Abdollah Bahabadi, a reknown
jurisprudent (16th century AD) and Farrokhi Yazdi, born in
1885, founder of the daily “Toofan” (Typhoon), and one
of the most outspoken political activists and poets in
Iranian contemporary history.
Farrokhi’s struggles against the Pahlavi Dynasty’s
oppressive measures and the tortures and imprisonments he
had to bear are very famous. He was killed in prison in
1939.
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