Firdeusi Institute

The Firdeusi Institute for Iranian and Persian Studies is an Albanian non-for-profit and non-governmental organisation established by Marin Barleti University and the Saadi Shirazi Cultural Foundation[1] on October 6, 2010.

The institute is named after the famous Persian writer Abul-Kasim Hasan Pur-Ali Tusi Ferdowsi (or Firdeusi).

The institute's logo, which represents an open book, was inspired by the poet's name and is interwoven with calligraphy elements from the Persian language.

Naim and Sami Frashëri were among the most prominent scholars of oriental and Iranian studies in Albania.

Other Iran scholars in Albania include: Vexhi Buharaja, who translated many Persian books into Albanian, such as Gjylistani dhe Bostani, 3500 verses from Shahname, and so on; Tahir Dizdari, author of Persian words in the Albanian language; Hafiz Ali Korca; Fan Noli, with his translation of Omar Khajam's famous quatrains; Dalan Shapllo, scholar, writer and translator of Hafiz Shirazi's mystical poems; and many more contemporary Albanian linguists, scholars and writers.