Center for the Great Islamic Encyclopedia

Mousavi-Bojnourdi explained his motivation for founding a scientific centre on these research topics as follows:„ The field of human civilization and culture is so vast that many of its angles have still remained undiscovered.

This need has moved some scholars to author various series of books in those fields“[5]The centre is directed by the High Council.

Brill's Encyclopedia Islamica, which is edited by Farhad Daftary and Wilferd Madelung, is currently at its fifth volume.

Notable former and current scientists at The Center for the Great Islamic Encyclopedia are Dariush Shayegan, Azartash Azarnoush, Javad Tabatabai, Farhad Daftary, Wilferd Madelung, Ezzatollah Fooladvand, Katayun Mazdapour and Abbas Anvari.

The building combines traditional Iranian ornaments and construction methods with Islamic forms that are also found in important religious and spiritual sites.