Hossein Mohyeddin Ghomshei (; born 4 January 1940) better known as Elahi Ghomshei, is an Iranian scholar, philosopher, author, and lecturer on literature, art, and mysticism. Life and education Ghomshei was born on 4 January 1940 in Tehran, Iran. He is the son of Mehdi Elahi Ghomshei, the famous translator of Quran into Persian. He received his PhD in Islamic Theology and Philosophy from the University of Tehran. Traditional education Arabic literature, grammar, logic, theosophy, jurisprudence, and Kalam: Tehran Seminary School Persian literature: especially Nezami, Rumi, Hafez, Saadi and Attar Islamic mysticism: especially Ibn-al-Arabi and Ibn-al-Farez Philosophy of the fine arts Academic work Lectureship Ghomshei was a lecturer at Tehran University and other universities and institutes (1968–2000) in the fields of: Philosophy Philosophy of the fine arts (aesthetics) Persian literature and mysticism Theology and Islamic mysticism English literature (emphasis on Shakespeare) Works of Rumi, Saadi, Hafez, Attar, Nezami, Ferdowsi, Shabestari. Other academic works Ghomshei has been: an international guest lecturer (partial list below) a domestic lecturer at various locations an author and translator (partial list below) the Director, National Library of Iran (1981-2) a culture and art adviser an editor International lecture sites (partial list) England Victoria & Albert Museum, London Dartington Hall, Devon Cambridge University Oxford University Temenos Academy, London University of Exeter SOAS, University of London Imperial College, University of London University College of London Scotland University of Glasgow United States of America University of California, Berkeley University of California, Los Angeles University of Southern California (USC) California State University, Long Beach University of George Town Harvard University Princeton University Stanford University Australia University of Melbourne Macquarie University, Sydney Monash University University of Queensland Canada University of British Columbia Simon Fraser University University of Toronto Austria Goethe Institute Vienna University France Versaille Palaces Germany Frankfurt Book Fair Awards Most popular TV personality, highest ever rating at 86% (1998-9) Books Selection from the Discourses of Rumi (Fihe-ma-Fih). 1987. Elmi-Farhangi Publications Co. Selection from the Conference of Birds (Mantiq-al-Tayr) by Attar. 1994. Elmi-Farhangi Publications Co. Divan Hafez (A Critical edition of Hafez's Collected Poems). 2003. Peik-e-Oloum Publication. Essays on Persian Mystical Literature. Poetics and Aesthetics. 1999. Rowzaneh Publications Co. Kimia ; Collected Essays, Translations and Introductions (Vol.1-5,8-12): 1998–2016. Rowzaneh Publications Co. Introduction to Golshan-e-Raz (Sheikh Mahmoud Shabestari). 1998. Elmi-Farhangi Publications Co. A Study of Islamic Texts in English Translation (University Textbook). 1992. SAMT Publication. Selection of Quotations and Poems by