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In the present article, the extensive literary works of the famous representative of the Moscow School of Middle Era Oriental Studies, the prominent Azerbaijani orientalist Qazanfar Aliyev, has generally been analyzed and biography is briefly mentioned. In particular, his role in the regular research, publication, and promotion of the valuable literary works of his professor, Yevgeny Eduardovich Bertels, the great Russian orientalist, became clear after his death in 1957 in the Soviet Union. Objectively, the services of the famous expert on Nizami, Q[azanfar] Aliyev, in the study of the poetic works of the Azerbaijani genius poet Nizami Ganjavi (1141-1209 AD) during the former Soviet Union are assessed and Aliyev's role in the study of Nizami and study of Nizami's work on the literature of the whole the Near and Middle East are proudly reiterated. Then, his research on Persian literature in India during the Middle Ages is examined in detail, a significant part of which is related to the study of India in the former Soviet era. Extensive contributions of the Azerbaijani researcher in the study of the literature of the Central Asian nations are also presented, and the value of his works and his own special research on the literary heritage of the Turkmens in the Ancient and the Middle Ages are discussed in detail. Qazanfar Aliyev, the prominent orientalist, is also remembered for his works in translating and publishing valuable and poetic works of the East from Persian to Russian.

Edward Granville Browne, the British Orientalist, wrote several books in the field of Iranian studies, among which reference can be made to his A Literary History of Persia. This work which had been written under the influence of great European Orientalists and their methods was later used as a model for the writers of books on history of literature. This paper discusses the role of Edward Granville Browne in Iranian studies. In the view of literary scholarly and researchers, his attempts as an Orientalists and lover of Iranian culture are praiseworthy. His comprehensive view of Iranology, on the one hand, and his reliance on historical narratives and documents, on the other hand, have given rise to various views regarding his works; some people criticize him, while some others admire him. In this study, which has been conducted following the library method, the writer initially introduces Browne briefly and, then, investigates his role in Iranian studies with an emphasis on his A Literary History of Persia in order to determine his status in the view of literary scholars. The findings of the study demonstrate that, among the Orientalists who dealt with Iran, Browne had a great share in introducing Iran and Iranian literature to Europeans. They also indicate that, after the publication of this book, Iranian researchers abandoned their methods of purely narrative and biographical historiography in their literary studies and adopted the method that Browne had employed in the composition of A Literary History of Persia.

Not only Shiites but also Sunnis and many non-Muslim scholars and orientalists admit that Imam Ali enjoys a superior scientific status. Non-Muslim scholars and orientalists view Imam Ali's scientific status from two prospective. On the one hand, many of them present a positive view, and have explain his remarkable scientific achievements in Qur’an commentary, jurisprudence (fiqh), judgment, Arabic literature and rhetoric, etc. evaluated his scientific works and praised him, basing their argument on authentic sources and a scholarly look. On the other hand, few of them, having evil intention and relying on unauthentic sources cast doubts as to his scientific status in some fields and attribute failure to some inabilities to him. Using a documentary approach, the present paper sheds light on Imam Ali's scientific life from the view of non-Muslim thinkers and orientalists.