CV & Personal Information

Touraj Daryaee: Curriculum Vitae

Graduate Summer Seminar in Numismatics: 1995 Seminar

My Interests

Dr. Touraj Daryaee's Biography

I was born in Darband, Tehran at 8:15pm on July 11, 1967 . My parents had different backgrounds. My father, Iraj was born in Abadan , although the family originated from Bushihr. Those people whose last name contains darya “sea” such as Daryabeygi, Darybandari and other are mainly from Bushihr. My father studied English Literature at the University of Isfahan .

The last name Daryaee was taken because during the Qajar dynasty, it was decided that Iran should have a naval force. The ship that was purchased from Europe needed a captain and my great grandfather who was a capable seaman and had already gone to Africa and China was given this honor. Thus, Captain Ibrahim Daryaee sat at the helms of the naval ship Persepolis in 1892 and the naval history of Iran in the modern period began. My grandfather, Mohammad and family worked in Abadan for the National Iranian Oil Company (Sherkat Naft), until their move to Tehran in the 1970s.

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