Chronology: Chronology: Date 1988-03-11

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1988 11 Mar 198-	The passing of Italian orientalist, scholar and linguist Alessandro Bausani. As an orientalist he made contributions in several fields: Persian Literature, Islam, linguistics, the history of Islamic science, Urdu, Indonesian, and other Islamic literatures. He was a polyglot having studied all the main European languages plus Basque, Arabic, Turkish, Persian as well as Latin and Greek. He accepted the Faith in 1949 and served as a member of the local and national assemblies in Italy. He was a speaker much in demand at all sorts of Bahá'í gatherings in Italy and beyond. A number of his written contributions about the Bahá'í teachings were published posthumously in a volume called, Saggi sulla Fede Bahá'í ("Essays on the Bahá'í Faith", Rome, 1991). [Obituary: Alessandro Bausani (1921-1988) by Heshmat Moayyad; Encyclopædia Iranica: BAUSANI, ALESSANDRO] Alessandro Bausani was a prolific writer. A small sampling of his publications include: Some Aspects of the Bahá'í Expressive Style World Order Winter 1978-79 p.36-43 Islam in the History of Religions by Alessandro Bausani (1972) History of Religion from the Bahá'í Perspective by Alessandro Bausani and translated by Miguel Gil Santesteban	- Biographies; - Births and deaths; - In Memoriam; Alessandro Bausani; Italy