The World Award for Book of the Year of Islamic Republic of Iran announced that Prof. Alexander Knysh is one of recipients of the "2019 I.R. Iran World Award for Book of the Year" in the field of  Islamic Studies, for his book, Sufism: A New History of Islamic Mysticism, published by Princeton University Press. Traveling to Iran to receive his award,He was honored at a ceremony which took place in Tehran, Vahdat Hall, on Tuesday, February 5, 2019, in the presence of the President of Iran, Hassan Rouhani.

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