# Clifford Edmund Bosworth > Source: https://turkipedia.org/tr/wiki/Clifford_Edmund_Bosworth > Last updated: 2026-10-05 > License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Credit "Turkipedia contributors" and link to the source. > Based on: Clifford Edmund Bosworth, https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford_Edmund_Bosworth (CC-BY-SA-4.0) ![2011'de Bosworth](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/C.E.Bosworth_Cambridge_20.9.2011.jpg/1280px-C.E.Bosworth_Cambridge_20.9.2011.jpg) *2011'de Bosworth (Tynchtyk Chorotegin, CC-BY-SA-3.0)* - **Doğum yeri:** Sheffield, Yorkshire, Birleşik Krallık - **Ölüm yeri:** Yeovil, Somerset, Birleşik Krallık - **Milliyet:** İngiliz - **Alma mater:** Oxford Üniversitesi - **Akademik danışmanları:** Vladimir Minorsky - **Ana ilgi alanları:** Türkoloji, İranoloji, İslam bilimi, Arapoloji **Clifford Edmund Bosworth** [FBA](https://turkipedia.org/tr/wiki/%C4%B0ngiliz_Akademisi) (29 Aralık 1928 – 28 Şubat 2015), İngiliz tarihçi ve [oryantalistti](https://turkipedia.org/tr/wiki/Oryantalizm). ## Yaşamı Bosworth 29 Aralık 1928'de [Sheffield](https://turkipedia.org/tr/wiki/Sheffield), [Güney Yorkshire](https://turkipedia.org/tr/wiki/G%C3%BCney_Yorkshire)'da doğdu. Babası Clifford Bosworth, [Emeklilik ve Ulusal Sigorta Bakanlığı](https://turkipedia.org/tr/wiki/Emeklilik_ve_Ulusal_Sigorta_Bakanl%C4%B1%C4%9F%C4%B1)'nda çalışmadan önce [Koruyucular Kurulu](https://turkipedia.org/tr/wiki/Koruyucular_Kurulu)nda katipti. Annesinin adı Gladys Constance Gregory idi. Orta Doğu çalışmaları alanında yüksek lisans ve [Edinburgh Üniversitesi](https://turkipedia.org/tr/wiki/Edinburgh_%C3%9Cniversitesi)'nden [doktora](https://turkipedia.org/tr/wiki/Doktora) dereceleri almadan önce, [Oxford Üniversitesi](https://turkipedia.org/tr/wiki/Oxford_%C3%9Cniversitesi)'nden [modern tarih](https://turkipedia.org/tr/wiki/%C4%B0nsanl%C4%B1k_tarihi) alanında [Bachelor of Arts](https://turkipedia.org/tr/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts) lisans derecesini aldı.[^1][^2] Edinburgh Üniversitesi'ne gitmeden önce [İskoçya Tarım Bakanlığı](https://turkipedia.org/tr/wiki/%C4%B0sko%C3%A7ya_Tar%C4%B1m_Bakanl%C4%B1%C4%9F%C4%B1)'nda çalıştı. Burada Annettee Ellen Todd ile tanıştı ve 19 Eylül 1957'de onunla evlendi. Çiftin üç kız çocuğu oldu.[^3] [Saint Andrews Üniversitesi](https://turkipedia.org/tr/wiki/St_Andrews_%C3%9Cniversitesi), [Manchester Üniversitesi](https://turkipedia.org/tr/wiki/Manchester_%C3%9Cniversitesi) ve [Princeton Üniversitesi](https://turkipedia.org/tr/wiki/Princeton_%C3%9Cniversitesi) Beşeri Bilimler Merkezi'nde görevlerde bulundu. 2004'ten ölümüne kadar [Exeter Üniversitesi](https://turkipedia.org/tr/wiki/Exeter_%C3%9Cniversitesi)'nde misafir öğretim üyesiydi. 28 Şubat 2015'te [Yeovil](https://turkipedia.org/tr/wiki/Yeovil), [Somerset](https://turkipedia.org/tr/wiki/Somerset)'de öldü.[^4] ## Çalışmaları Bosworth, akademik dergilerde ve karma ciltlerde yüzlerce makalenin yazarıydı. Diğer katkıları arasında [İslam Ansiklopedisi](https://turkipedia.org/tr/wiki/TDV_%C4%B0sl%C3%A2m_Ansiklopedisi)'ndeki yaklaşık 200 makale ve [Encyclopædia Iranica](https://turkipedia.org/tr/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Iranica)'daki yaklaşık 100 makalenin yanı sıra [Encyclopædia Britannica](https://turkipedia.org/tr/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica) ve [Encyclopædia Americana](https://turkipedia.org/tr/wiki/Encyclopedia_Americana) için yazdığı makaleler vardı. İslam Ansiklopedisi'nin baş editörü ve Encyclopædia Iranica'nın danışman editörüydü.[^5] ## Bibliyografya - *The *[*Ghaznavids*](https://turkipedia.org/tr/wiki/Gazneliler)*, their empire in Afghanistan and Eastern Iran 994–1040*, Edinburgh University Press 1963, 2nd ed. Beirut 1973, repr. New Delhi 1992 (Persian tr.). - *The Islamic dynasties, a chronological and genealogical handbook*, Edinburgh University Press 1967, revised ed. 1980 (Russian, Persian, Turkish, Arabic and French trs.). - [*Sistan*](https://turkipedia.org/tr/wiki/Sistan)* under the Arabs, from the Islamic conquest to the rise of the *[*Saffarids*](https://turkipedia.org/tr/wiki/Saff%C3%A2r%C3%AEler)* (30-250/651-864)*, IsMEO, Rome 1968 (Persian tr.). - *The Book of curious and entertaining information, the Lata'if al-ma'arif of *[*Tha'ālibī*](https://turkipedia.org/tr/wiki/Tha%27%C4%81lib%C4%AB)* translated into English*, Edinburgh University Press 1968. - (Editor) *Iran and Islam*, in memory of the late [Vladimir Minorsky](https://turkipedia.org/tr/wiki/Vladimir_Minorski), Edinburgh University Press 1971. - (Editor, with [Joseph Schacht](https://turkipedia.org/tr/wiki/Joseph_Schacht)) *The legacy of Islam*, new edition, Clarendon Press, Oxford 1974 (Arabic tr. Kuwait, 1998). - *The mediaeval Islamic underworld, the Banu Sasan in Arabic society and literature*, 2 vols., Brill, Leiden 1976. - *The medieval history of Iran, Afghanistan and Central Asia*, Variorum, Collected Studies Series, London 1977. - *The later Ghaznavids, splendour and decay: the dynasty in Afghanistan and northern India 1040–1186*, Edinburgh University Press 1977, repr. New Delhi 1992 (Persian tr.) - [*Al-Maqrizi*](https://turkipedia.org/tr/wiki/Makr%C3%AEz%C3%AE)*'s "Book of contention and strife concerning the relations between the *[*Banu Umayya*](https://turkipedia.org/tr/wiki/Emev%C3%AE_halifeler_listesi)* and the *[*Banu Hashim*](https://turkipedia.org/tr/wiki/Ben%C3%AE_Ha%C5%9Fim)*" translated into English*, [Journal of Semitic Studies](https://turkipedia.org/tr/wiki/Journal_of_Semitic_Studies) Monographs, 3, Manchester 1981. - *Medieval Arabic culture and administration*, [Variorum](https://turkipedia.org/tr/wiki/Variorum), Collected Studies Series, London 1982. - (Editor, with [Carole Hillenbrand](https://turkipedia.org/tr/wiki/Carole_Hillenbrand)) *Qajar Iran, political, social and cultural change 1800–1925* \[= Festschrift for [L.P. Elwell-Sutton](https://turkipedia.org/tr/wiki/L.P._Elwell-Sutton)\], Edinburgh University Press 1984. - *The History of al-Tabari*. Vol. XXXII. *The reunification of the *[*Abbasid Caliphate*](https://turkipedia.org/tr/wiki/Abb%C3%A2s%C3%AEler)*. The caliphate of *[*al-Ma'mun*](https://turkipedia.org/tr/wiki/Mem%C3%BBn)* A.D. 812-833/A.H. 198–213*, translated and annotated by C.E. Bosworth, SUNY Press, Albany 1987. - *The History of al-Tabari*. Vol. XXX. *The Abbasid Caliphate in equilibrium. The caliphates of *[*Musa al-Hadi*](https://turkipedia.org/tr/wiki/H%C3%A2d%C3%AE)* and *[*Harun al-Rashid*](https://turkipedia.org/tr/wiki/Harun_Re%C5%9Fid)* A.D. 785-809/A.H. 169–193*, translated and annotated by C.E.Bosworth, SUNY Press, Albany 1989. - [*Baha' al-Din al-Amili*](https://turkipedia.org/tr/wiki/Bah%C3%A2eddin_Amil%C3%AE)* and his literary anthologies*, Journal of Semitic Studies Monographs 10, Manchester 1989. - *The History of *[*al-Tabari*](https://turkipedia.org/tr/wiki/Taber%C3%AE). Vol. XXXIII. *Storm and stress along the northern frontiers of the Abbasid Caliphate. The caliphate of al-Mu'tas'im A.D. 833-842/A.H. 218–227*, translated and annotated by C.E. Bosworth, SUNY Press, Albany 1991.(editor, with M.E.J. Richardson) [Richard Bell](https://turkipedia.org/tr/wiki/Richard_Bell_%28Arabist%29), A commentary on the Qur'an, [University of Manchester](https://turkipedia.org/tr/wiki/Manchester_%C3%9Cniversitesi) (Journal of Semitic Studies) 1991, 2 vols. - *The History of the Saffarids of Sistan and the Maliks of *[*Nimruz*](https://turkipedia.org/tr/wiki/Nimruz)* (247/861 to 949/1452-3)*, Columbia Lectures on Iranian Studies no. 7, Costa Mesa, Calif. and New York 1994. - *The Arabs, Byzantium and Iran. Studies in early Islamic history and culture*, Variorum, Collected Studies Series, Ashgate Publishing, Aldershot 1996. - *The New Islamic dynasties. A chronological and genealogical manual*, Edinburgh University Press 1996. - (Editor, with Muhammad Asim, and contributor) *The UNESCO history of civilizations of Central Asia, Vol. IV, The age of achievement. A.D. 750 to the end of the fifteenth century*. *Part 1, The historical, social and economic setting*, Paris 1998. *Part 2, The literary, cultural, artistic and scientific achievements*, Paris 2000. - *The History of al-Tabari*. Vol. V. *The Sasanids, the Byzantines, the Lakhmids and Yemen*, translated and annotated by C.E. Bosworth, SUNY Press, Albany 1999 (editor, and contributor of four chapters) - *A century of British orientalists 1902–2001* \[= Centennial Volume of the Oriental and African Studies Section of the British Academy\], Oxford University Press for the [British Academy](https://turkipedia.org/tr/wiki/%C4%B0ngiliz_Akademisi) 2001. - *Abu 'l-Fadl *[*Bayhaqi*](https://turkipedia.org/tr/wiki/Muhammed_b._H%C3%BCseyin_el-Beyhaki)*'s Tarkh-i Mas'udi translated into English with a historical, geographical and linguistic commentary*, to appear in the Persian Heritage Series, Columbia University, 3 volumes, New York, 2006; *An intrepid Scot: *[*William Lithgow*](https://turkipedia.org/tr/wiki/William_Lithgow_%28traveller_and_author%29)* of Lanark's travels in the Ottoman Empire and Mediterranean lands 1609–21*, Aldershot 2006. ## Dış bağlantılar - [''Curriculum vitae''](https://web.archive.org/web/20080528163603/http://www.huss.ex.ac.uk/iais/downloads/cv_edmunds.doc) - [Updated bibliography of C.E. Bosworth's works](https://journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/alusur/article/download/7050/3784/12808) [^1]: Netton, Ian Richard. Bosworth, (Clifford) Edmund(1928–2015). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 10 Ocak 2019. [^2]: Bosworth, Clifford Edmund. The transition from Ghaznavid to Seljuq rule in the Islamic East. 1961. [^3]: Netton, Ian Richard. Bosworth, (Clifford) Edmund(1928–2015). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 10 Ocak 2019. [^4]: Netton, Ian Richard. Bosworth, (Clifford) Edmund(1928–2015). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 10 Ocak 2019. [^5]: Notice: Clifford Edmund Bosworth, 1928–2015. British Institute of Persian Studies.