Jafar Shahidi
| Seyed Jafar Shahidi Persian: سیدجعفر شهیدی |
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| Born | March 21, 1919 Borujerd, Iran |
| Died | January 13, 2008 Tehran, Iran |
| Nationality | Iranian |
| Alma mater | University of Tehran |
| Occupation | Distinguished professor and scholar of Persian Literature and Islamic history and theology, President and Editor-in-Chief of Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, Founder of the International Center for Persian Studies |
| Children | Dr. Hossein Shahidi (d. 2014), Dr. Hassan Shahidi, Dr. Mohsen Shahidi, Dr. Shokoufeh Shahidi, Ehsan Shahidi (d.-) |
Jafar Shahidi known as Seyed Jafar Shahidi (Persian: سیدجعفر شهیدی) (March 21, 1919 in Borujerd, Iran – January 13, 2008 in Tehran) was a distinguished scholar of the Persian language and literature and a renowned historian of Islam. Born in Boroujerd, Iran, Shahidi dedicated his life to Persian studies, acting as the director of the Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute and International Centre for Persian language, serving as the Dean of the Faculty of Literature and Humanities at the University of Tehran (UT) and mastering the fields of jurisprudence and Islamic history. As a member of the Faculty of Literature and Humanities at the University of Tehran, Shahidi specialized in the study of Persian language and literature as well as Islamic theology, jurisprudence, and history.
Shahidi was a prominent disciple of Ali Akbar Dehkhoda and Badiozzaman Forouzanfar. He served as a seminary in Qom and Najaf under notable figures such as Tabatabaei, Seyed Hossein Boroujerdi, S. Khoi A. under whom he attained his degree in ijtihad. He is most notable for his works on the Dehkhoda encyclopedic dictionary of the Persian language and his research in Islamic history and religion.
In his later years, he served as the President of the Dehkhoda Institute and founder of the International Center for Persian Studies.
Seyed Jafar Shahidi was born in the town of Boroujerd, Iran. His father, Mohammad Sajjadi was a leading Iranian scholar who died shortly after the birth of his son. Spending the first few years of his education in his hometown, Shahidi continued his academics in the capital city of Tehran.
In 1941, he moved to the town of Najaf, Iraq to pursue his studies in the field of Islamic jurisprudence and successfully surpassed the highest levels of education to receive the title of mujtahid. From there onward, Shahidi moved to Qom, Iran where he was mentored by the leading scholars, most notably Ayatollah Boroujerdi. Falling ill, Shahidi resorted to the translation of Arabic in Iran alongside Doctor Sanjabi (the then Minister of Culture). He later received an offer to teach at the Abu Muslem school.
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