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Ahmad Ashraf, managing editor of Encyclopaedia Iranica, has taught sociology and Iranian social history at the University of Pennsylvania, Columbia University, Princeton University, and Tehran University.He is the author of several books and numerous articles, including Historical Obstacles to the Development of Capitalism in Iran.His writings have covered such topics as social hierarchies in Persia, tradition and modernity, Iranian national identity, agrarian relations in Persia, and charismatic leadership and theocratic rule in post-revolutionary Persia.Professor Ashraf has served on the editorial board of Iranian Studies, International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society, and Iran-Nameh.Since 1992, he has served as a trustee-at-large of the American Institute of Iranian Studies.