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| Department of Persian Introduction
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Introduction
Chairperson: Dr. Shehla Saleem Noori
The Department of Persian, one of the constituent departments of the University of Karachi, was established in 1955 at the old Campus and moved along with other departments to the ilew Campus in January 1960. Presently it is located on the 1st Floor of Phase I of the Faculty of Arts building.
The department of Persian was established with a view to provide facilities for advanced studies and research in the field of Persian Language and literature with particular emphasis to the - literature produced in the Pak-India Subcontinent during the last nine centuries, and to familiarize the younger generation of this country with history, language and literature of Iran.
Professor Dr. Ghulam Sarwar was the first and founder Head of the Department. He and his colleagues Prof. Dr. Abid Ali Khan and Prof. Dr. S. Muti-ul-Imam after rendering brilliant services to the Department, retired respectively in 1970, 1978 and 1979.