Edmund Martin Herzig (born February 1958) is aBritish professor, historian, and author. He is currently theSoudavar Professor of Persian Studies, he is part of the faculty of Oriental studies at theUniversity of Oxford, and also has served (1988–2006) as a lecturer in Iranian studies at theUniversity of Manchester. His principal areas of research are the histories ofIran, theCaucasus,Armenia, and theArmenian people with an emphasis on theArmenians of Iran.

Herzig received his BA in Russian and Persian from theUniversity of Cambridge, while he received his DPhil in Oriental Studies at the University of Oxford. His graduation thesis was entitled 'The Armenian Merchants of New Julfa, Isfahan: A Study in Pre-Modern Asian Trade'.

• Herzig, Edmund (1991).The Armenian merchants of New Julfa, Isfahan: a study in pre-modern Asian trade (DPhil). University of Oxford.
• Herzig, Edmund (1995).Iran and the Former Soviet South (The Former Soviet South Project). Chatham House.ISBN 978-1899658046.
• Herzig, Edmund (1998).The New Caucasus: Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. Pinter Publishers Ltd.ISBN 978-1855675537.
• Herzig, Edmund; Kurkchiyan, Marina (2004).The Armenians: Past and Present in the Making of National Identity. Routledge.ISBN 978-1135798376.
• Herzig, Edmund; Stewart, Sarah (2011).Early Islamic Iran. I. B. Tauris.ISBN 978-1780760612.
• Floor, Willem; Herzig, Edmund, eds. (2012).Iran and the World in the Safavid Age. I.B.Tauris.ISBN 978-1780769905.

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• 1958 births
• 20th-century British historians
• 21st-century British historians
• Soudavar Professors of Persian Studies
• Fellows of Wadham College, Oxford
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• British Iranologists
• Armenian studies scholars
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