Yunus Jaffery (1930 – 29 August 2016) was an Indian scholar of the Persian language.
[1] He is mentioned in writer William Dalrymple’s 1994 book, City of Djinns.
[2][3] He was given the Farabi International Award, a literary prize, in 2006 by the Iran government for his work towards the Persian language.
[2] Jaffery had written short stories in Urdu and Hindi as well, apart from his work in Persian language.
[2] In 1995, he retired from Zakir Hussain College, Delhi as dean of Persian studies.