Abol Ghassem of Tous: The Epic Journey of Abol Ghassem Bakhtiar, M. D.

by Laleh Bakhtiar, Lailee Bakhtiar

Overview

Abol Ghassem Bakhtiar, M. D., a Bakhtiyari from the village of Borujen in Chahar Mahal, Iran (Persia), was a man of great character who struggled to obtain knowledge, who loved science and poetry, a man solid as a rock, a spiritual warrior of high moral character. His life bore witness to one's ability to accept the farr, often seen as the divine right of kings to rule, and transform it into the divine right of each individual to rule over himself. While living all of his life under the rule of a monarch, he himself concentrated on transforming the concept of the farr into a personal democracy. He completed his medical training in the United States at the age of 55, returning to Iran in 1931, as the first Iranian to be an American trained physician. He returned to Iran with an American wife, Helen Jeffreys. Helen, 22, when she married Abol Ghassem, was the first American to marry an Iranian in the United States and move to Iran. Her story is told in Helen of Tus: Her Odyssey from Idaho to Iran. Abol Ghassem died at the age of 99.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940012869753
Publisher:	Kazi Publications, Incorporated
Publication date:	06/21/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	356
File size:	470 KB

About the Author

Laleh Bakhtiar, Ph. D. is the translator of "The Sublime Quran". American novelist Dave Eggers said he relied on "The Sublime Quran" translation as part of the research for his best selling book "Zeitoun" and recommended it on Oprah.com as a translation that is "beautiful and accessible." Laleh Bakhtiar, has been featured in the "NY Times", "Chicago Tribune", "London Times" and has been a keynote speaker or lecturer at major conferences around the world including The Aspen Institute. She has spoken up against Domestic violence against Muslim Women at conferences in NY, Chicago and Atlanta and shared the stage with notable human rights activist such as Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi. Laleh Bakhtiar has a BA in History from Chatham College, Pittsburgh, PA, MA in Philosophy, MA in Counseling Psychology and Ph.D. in Educational Psychology and is also a Nationally Certified Counselor and Licensed Professional Psychotherapist in the State of Illinois. She is co-author of "A Sense of Unity: The Sufi Tradition in Persian Architecture" (University of Chicago Press) and author of "SUFI Expressions of the Mystic Quest" (Thames and Hudson, London), three volumes of "God�s Will Be Done on Moral Healing" and some fifteen other books on various aspects of Islam including being the first American woman to produce a critical translation of the Quran (the above mentioned "Sublime Quran". She has also translated over twenty-five books on Islam and the Islamic movement into English. Through the works on psychology she has become the leading authority on Spiritual Chivalry (futuwwah, javanmardi) and the Sufi origins of the Enneagram. She directs her work towards Muslim women and youth who, once they learn of this model of spiritual chivalry become more positive oriented towards their faith and family. She is presently Director of the Institute of Traditional Psychology and Scholar in Residence at Kazi Publications. She taught Islam at the University of Chicago and has a computer based training program on the internet at www.sufienneagram.com