About

Hazhir Teimourian, MA (Phil.), FRAS, was born in Kurdish western Iran in 1940 and studied classical Persian and Arabic before coming to London to study science. Here he fell under the influence of the Anglophone analytical philosophers and drifted into broadcasting in the Persion-language section of the World Service of the BBC. In 1980, he began writing for The Times on Middle Eastern politics and history and remained with the newspaper for 16 years. He also became a regular contributor on Middle Eastern and international affairs to a host of broadcasters on both sides of the Atlantic, as well as in Australia. Teimourian’s biography of Omar Khayyām, the eleventh century poet, thinker and astronomer, was praised by the press and has been translated into Spanish, Russian and Persian. A new impression is now available both in eBook and print formats. There are also two new books forthcominhg in 2023: One is an autobiography that has been lavishly praised in advance of publicatin by a number of British national figures, including Sir Anthjony Kenny, formerly President of the British Acadedmy, Felipe Fernandez-Armersto, the historian and Kinght Grnd Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso the Wise, Jonathan Keates, the just-retired chairman of the Venice in Peril Fund, and Sonia Land, former chief of Harper Collins. The other book investigates the place of the sacred in our lives. Called Utima: In Search of God in a Godless Universe, it argues that religon is bigger than God, as defined itherto, that we need a sacred centre to our lives to be happy and to be better citizens.