Qazvini, Mohammad (Encyclopaedia Iranica entry)

Qazvini, Mohammad, the Encyclopaedia Iranica entry by Mahmoud Omidsalar published in 2016, is a scholarly reference article on Mohammad Qazvini, the influential early twentieth century Iranian philologist whose critical editions of classical Persian texts, including work on the Shahnameh, established much of the modern textual basis for Persian literary studies. Omidsalar is himself a specialist in Persian epic and folklore and an editor of Encyclopaedia Iranica, giving the entry direct disciplinary authority within the same field Qazvini worked in. Its strength is that Encyclopaedia Iranica entries undergo the project's own scholarly editorial review and are written by named specialists rather than anonymous contributors, a standard closer to an academic reference than a general encyclopedia. Its limit is the reference article format itself, a compressed biographical overview rather than a full length study, so a claim needing detailed engagement with Qazvini's specific textual arguments benefits from his own original scholarship alongside this summary.