Clifford Edmund Bosworth
Bosworth in 2011
Born	29 December 1928 Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
Died	28 February 2015(2015-02-28) (aged 86) Yeovil, Somerset, England
Nationality	British
Academic background
Academic advisors	Vladimir Minorsky
Academic work
Institutions	University of Oxford
Main interests	Iranian studies,Islamic studies,Arabic studies,Turkish studies

Clifford Edmund BosworthFBA (29 December 1928 – 28 February 2015) was an English historian andOrientalist, specialising inArabic andIranian studies.

Bosworth was born on 29 December 1928 inSheffield,West Riding of Yorkshire (nowSouth Yorkshire). His father, Clifford Bosworth, clerked forBoard of Guardians before working forMinistry of Pensions and National Insurance. His mother was Gladys Constance Gregory. He received hisBachelor of Arts degree inmodern history fromSt John's College, Oxford, before achieving anMA inMiddle Eastern studies andPhD degrees from theUniversity of Edinburgh.^[1][2]

Before attending the University of Edinburgh, he worked for theDepartment of Agriculture for Scotland. There he met Annette Ellen Todd, and they were married inEdinburgh on 19 September 1957. The couple went on to have three daughters.^[1]

He held permanent posts at theUniversity of St Andrews, theUniversity of Manchester and the Center for the Humanities atPrinceton University. He was visiting professor at theUniversity of Exeter, where he held the post from 2004. Bosworth died on 28 February 2015 inYeovil,Somerset.^[1]

Bosworth was the author of hundreds of articles in academic journals and composite volumes. His other contributions included nearly 200 articles in theEncyclopaedia of Islam and some 100 articles in theEncyclopædia Iranica, as well as articles forEncyclopædia Britannica andEncyclopedia Americana. He was the chief editor of theEncyclopaedia of Islam and a consulting editor ofEncyclopædia Iranica.^[3]

• TheGhaznavids, their empire in Afghanistan and Eastern Iran 994–1040, Edinburgh University Press 1963, 2nd ed. Beirut 1973, repr. New Delhi 1992 (Persian tr.).
• The Islamic dynasties, a chronological and genealogical handbook, Edinburgh University Press 1967, revised ed. 1980 (Russian, Persian, Turkish, Arabic and French trs.).
• Sistan under the Arabs, from the Islamic conquest to the rise of theSaffarids (30-250/651-864), IsMEO, Rome 1968 (Persian tr.).
• The Book of curious and entertaining information, the Lata'if al-ma'arif ofTha'ālibī translated into English, Edinburgh University Press 1968.
• (Editor)Iran and Islam, in memory of the lateVladimir Minorsky, Edinburgh University Press 1971.
• (Editor, withJoseph Schacht)The legacy of Islam, new edition, Clarendon Press, Oxford 1974 (Arabic tr. Kuwait, 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 theBanu Umayya and theBanu Hashim" translated into English,Journal of Semitic Studies Monographs, 3, Manchester 1981.
• Medieval Arabic culture and administration,Variorum, Collected Studies Series, London 1982.
• (Editor, withCarole Hillenbrand)Qajar Iran, political, social and cultural change 1800–1925 [= Festschrift forL.P. Elwell-Sutton], Edinburgh University Press 1984.
• The History of al-Tabari. Vol. XXXII.The reunification of theAbbasid Caliphate. The caliphate ofal-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 ofMusa al-Hadi andHarun 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 ofal-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 ofNimruz (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 theBritish Academy 2001.
• Abu 'l-FadlBayhaqi'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.

• UNESCO Avicenna Silver Medal, 1998
• Dr Mahmud Afshar Foundation Prize for contributions to Iranian Studies, 2001
• Prize by the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance,Tehran, for contributions to Iranian historical studies, 2003
• Triennial Award, 2003

• Curriculum vitae
• Updated bibliography of C.E. Bosworth's works

• 1928 births
• 2015 deaths
• British historians
• Academics from Sheffield
• British Iranologists
• Fellows of the British Academy
• Alumni of the University of Edinburgh
• 20th-century British historians

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