Ali Dehbashi ( Ali Akbar Jafar Dehbashi), writer and editor in chief of Bokhara magazine, was born in Tehran in 1958. He finished junior high school majoring in mathematics in Dr.Khan Ali and Ferdowsi high schools and studied Persian literature and history under supervision of prominent scholars such as Seyed Abolghasem Enjavi Shirazi, Dr.Mehrdad Bahar, Dr.Gholam Hossein Yousefi and Dr.Abdol Hossein Zarinkoob. He was also an active member of the "Kanoon Parvarsh Koodakan & Nujavanan" in Tehran, preparing several wall newspapers which were warmly received and read by enthusiasts. Ali Dehbashi has cooperated with many literary, cultural and art magazines including Arash, Borj, Cheragh, Donyaye Sokhan Adineh and Art Office .

Since 1990, he as editor in chief of monthly magazine , “ KELK” , a prominent literary , cultural and Iranology publication with considerable number of readers, mostly Iranian university professors and world Iranologists. Ninety four issues of the magazine comprising more than twenty thousand pages were published with contributors including Dr. Shafiee Kadkani, Dr. Abdol Hossein Zarinkoob , Dr.Ahamd Mahdavi Damaghani, Dr.Saeed Hamidian, Dr. Jalal Khaleghi Motlagh, Dr. Ali Ravaghi, Fereidon Moshiri, Dr. Ghamar Aryan, Dr.Ezatollah Fouldvand, etc.

Since September 1999, Ali Dehbashi has been the editor in chief of monthly magazine Bukhara, a literary magazine, publishing 50 issues upto now.Bokhara ,same as Kelk, is publishing the various essays on culture, literature as well as Iranology.Ali has also published some Special Issues in Bukhara about great world authors ,consisting of Rabidranath Tagor , Gunter Grass, Osip Mandelstam , Omberto Ecco and Virginia Woolf. Dehbashi has been also the editor in chief of Tavoos Art Quarterly for some period.

Moreover, Dehbashi has been the director of Shahab Publications since several years ago and up to now has managed to publish 45 books concerning culture and literature of Iran as well as world. Meanwhile, Ali Dehbashi has been the editor of Academy of Science Quarterly for 3 years and at the time being he is the selected editor by the Board of Trustees for publishing the works of Seyed Mohammad Ali Jamalzadeh. He has some cooperations with “Research and Criticism of Tehran Book“, a monthly magazine. At the meantime, he has been the editor of Samarkand Quarterly Magazine from April 2003 until October 2005 and for 10 successive issues.

Ali Dehbashi’s works are chronologically as follows:

1- Travelogue of Mozafaraddin Shah to Europe, edited by Ali Dehbashi,first edition, Ketab-e- Farzan Publications, Tehran 1982

2- Journals of Dr.Ghassem Ghani (First volume: My life), introduction by Ali Dehbashi, first edition, Aban ublications, Tehran 1983

3- The Conqueror of the Jungle (Memories by General Major Denstroville), translated by Hossein Ansari, Introduction by Ali Dehbashi, first edition, Farzan Publications, Tehran 1983

4- Assarol-ajam (Persian works) by Mohammad Nassir Hosseini (Forsatodowleh Shirazi), edited by Ali Dehbashi, first edition, Negah Publications, Tehran, 1983; Second edition, Beh Did Publications 1999

5- Travelogue of Shirly Brothers, translated by Avaness, edited by Ali Dehbashi, first edition, Negah Publications, Tehran 1983; Second edition, 1999, Beh Did Publications

6- Travelogue of Chardan (Isfahan part), translated by Hossein Arizi, introduction by Ali Dehbashi, first edition, Negah Publications, Tehran 1983

7- Travelogue of Haj Sayyah to Europe, edited by Ali Dehbashi,first edition, Nasher Publications, Tehran 1984; Second edition, Sokhan and Shahb Sagheb publications, 1999; Third edition , Sokhan and Shahb Sagheb Publications, 2000

8- The memorial volume of Jalal Al Ahamd (first volume), edited by Ali dehbashi, first edition, Payk Publications 1985; second edition, Beh Did Publications, 1999

9- Letters by Jalal Al Ahmad (first volume), edited by Ali Dehbashi, first edition by Payk Publications, 1985; Second edition, Bozorgmehr Publications, 1986; Third edition, Beh Did Publications, 1999

10- Letters by Kamalalmolk, edited by Ali Dehbashi, first edition, Bozorgmehr Publications, Tehran, 1987; Second edition Beh Negar Publications, Tehran 1989

11- The memorial volume of Kamalalmolk, edited by Darab Behnam Shabahang and Ali Dehbashi, Chekameh Publications, Tehran, 1985; Second edition, Beh Did Publications, 2000

12- Book of Beh Negar, edited by Ali Dehbashi, Beh Negar Publications, Tehran 1989

13- Fath-Nameh Nayebi (Nayebi’s Letter of Victory) composed by Montakhabolsadat Yaghmaie, with an introduction by Malekolmovarekhin Sepehr, edited and described by Ali Dehbashi, Esparak Publications, Tehran 1989

14- Toghyane Nayebian Dar Jaryane Enghelab Mashrootiat Iran (Nayebian Revolt During Iranian Revolution for Constitution), by Mohammad Reza Khosravi, edited by Ali Dehbashi, Beh Negar Publications, Tehran 1989

15- Political Memoirs of Iraj Eskandari, edited by Ali Dehbashi, first edition, Elmi Publications, Tehran 1989; Second edition, Elmi Publications, 1989; Third edition, Elmi Publications, 2000

16- Selected Poems by Parvin Etesami, with an introduction by Ali Dehbashi, Ghoghnoos Publications, Tehran 1990

17- The memorial Volume of Parvin Etesami, edited by Ali Dehbashi, first edition, Donyaye Madar Publications, Tehran 1991

18- Ferdowsi and Shahnameh, edited by Ali Dehbashi, first edition, Modaber Publications, Tehran 1991

19- Gol Ranjhaye Kohan (Ancient Endeavors) by Dr.Jalal Khaleghi Motlagh, edited by Ali Dehbashi, first edition, Nashr Markaz Publications, Tehran 1993

20- The memorial volume of Dr.Abdol Hossein Zarrinkoob, edited by Ali Dehbashi, first edition, Cultural Heritage Society and Center of Islamic Large Encyclopedia Publications, Tehran 1997

21- The memorial volume of Abdolhassan Saba, edited by Ali Dehbashi, first edition, Vida Publications, Tehran 1997

22- Dar Tariki Hezareha (In the Darkness of Thousands) by Iraj Eskandari, edited by Ali Dehbashi, first edition, Ghatre Publications, Tehran 1998

23- The memorial volume of Seyed Mohammad Ali Jamalzadeh, edited by Ali Dehbashi, first editin, Sales Publications, Tehran 1998

24- The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, with an introduction by Ali Dehbashi, first edition, Honar Saraye Gooya Publications, Tehran 1998; Second edition, Honar Saraye Gooya Publications, 2002

25- The memorial volume of Sohrab Shahid Sales, edited by Ali Dehbashi, first edition, Sokhan and Shahab, Tehran 1999

26- The memorial volume of Allame Mohammad Ghazvini, edited by Ali Dehbashi (with an introduction by Dr. Abdol Hossein Zarinkoob), first edition, Ketab va Farhand Publications, Tehran 1999

27- Memories pf Ardeshir Avanessian, edited by Ali Dehbashi, first edition, Sokhan and Shahab Publications, Tehran, 1999; second edition Sokhan and Shahab Publications, 2000

28- Ayeneh Ebrat, memories of Dr. Nassrollah Saifpour Fatemi, edited by Ali Dehbashi, first edition, Sokhan and Shahab Publications, Tehran 1999

29- Selected works of Seyed Mohammad Ali Jamalzadeh, edited by Ali Dehbashi, first edition, Sokhan and Shahab Publications, Tehran 1999

30- As Soft As Rain (The memorial volume of Fereidon Moshiri) edited by Ali Dehbashi, first edition, Sokhan and Shahab Publications, Tehran 1999; Second edition Sokhan and Shahab Publications, Tehran, 2000

31- Memories of Prices Arfa, edited by Ali Dehbashi, first edition, Sokhan and Shahab Publications, Tehran, 1999; Second edition Sokhan and Shahab Publications, Tehran 2000

32- Writing Stories by Seyed Mohammad Ali Jamalzadeh edited by Ali Dehbashi, first edition, Sokhan and Shahab Publications, Tehran 1999

33- Memories of Seyed Mohammad Ali Jamalzdeh, edited by Iran Afshar and Ali Dehbashi, first edition, Sokhan and Shahab Publications, Tehran 1999

34- Bitter and Sweet by Seyed Mohammad Ali Jamalzadeh, edited by Ali Dehbashi, first edition, Sokhan Publications, Tehran2000

35- A Brief Familiarity with Hafez by Seyed Mohammad Ali Jamalzadeh, edited by Ali Dehbashi, first edition, Sokhan Publications, Tehran 2000

36- Once Upon A Time by Seyed Mohammad Ali Jamalzadeh, edited by Ali Dehbashi,first edition, Sokhan Publications, Tehran 2000

37- The End of the Tale by Seyed Mohammad Ali Jamalzadeh, edited by Ali Dehbashi, first edition, Sokhan Publications , Tehran 2000

38- Gholtashan Divan by Seyed Mohammad Ali Jamalzadeh, edited by Ali Dehbashi, first edition, Sokhan Publications, Tehran 2000

39- The History of Iran-Russia Relations by Seyed Mohammad Ali Jamalzadeh, edited by Ali Dehbashi, third edition, Sokhan Publications, Tehran 2005

40- Jamali Kashkool by Seyed Mohammad Ali Jamalzadeh, edited by Ali Dehbashi, first edition, Sokhan Publications, Tehran 2005

41- Hezar Bishe by Seyed Mohammad Ali Jamalzadeh, edited by Ali Dehbashi, second edition, Sokhan Publications, Tehran 2005

42- Ganje Shaygan Seyed Mohammad Ali Jamalzadeh, edited by Ali Dehbashi, third edition, Sokhan Publications, Tehran 2005

43- Kharnameh (Donkey Book) by Mohammad Hassan Khan Etemadolsaltaneh edited by Ali Dehbashi, first edition, Ketab Panjareh Publications, Tehran, 2000; Second edition, Ketab Panjareh Publications Tehran 2000; Third edition, Ketab Panjareh Tehran 2000; Fourth edition, Ketab Panjareh, Tehran 2000

44- Golden Record (The memorial Volume of Dr.Abdol Hossein Zarinkoob) edited by Ali Dehbashi, first edition, Daftar Pazhooheshhaye Farhangi Publications, Tehran 2000

45- Political Diaries of Dr.Fereidoun Keshavarz, edited by Ali Dehbashi, first edition m Nashr Abi Publications, Tehran 2000

46- Interviews (Collection of interviews with cultural, Art and Iranology celebrities), edited by Ali Dehbashi, Sedaye Moasser Publications, Tehran 2000

47- Asman va Risman by Seyed Mohammad Jamalzadeh, edited by Ali Dehbashi, first edition, Sokhan Publications, Tehran 2000

48- The memorial volume of Sadeh Choobak, edited by Ali Dehbashi, first edition, Saless Publications, Tehran 2001

49- Socio-Political Life of Mozafar Firooz, edited by Ali Dehbashi, first edition, Sokhan and Shahab Publications, Tehra 2001

50- Old and New by Seyed Mohammad Jamalzadeh, edited by Ali Dehbashi, first edition, Sokhan Publications, Tehran 2001

51- Short Tales for Children with Beard by Seyed Mohammad Jamalzadeh, edited by Ali Dehbashi, first edition, Sokhan Publications, Tehran 2001

52- The Old Days (Memories of Dr.Gholam Hossein Foroutan), edited by Ali Dehbashi, first edition, Sokhan Publications, Tehran 2001

53- Seven Countries by Seyed Mohammad Jamalzadeh, edited by Ali Dehbashi, first edition, Sokhan Publications, Tehran 2001

54- The memorial volume of Sadegh Hedayat, edited by Ali Dehbashi, first edition, Saless Publications, Tehran 2001

55- Returning Back (The memorial volume of Dr.Abdol Hossein Zarinkoob) edited by Ali Dehbashi, first edition, Behdad Publications, Tehran 2001

56- The memorial volume of Seyed Abolghassem Enjavi Shirazi, edited by Ali Dehbashi, Sokhan Publications, 2001

57- House of Daee Yusef (Memories of Atabak Fatthollazadeh), edited by Ali Dehbashi, Ghatre Publications, first edition 2002

58- On the Same Leaven by Seyed Mohammad Ali Jamalzadeh edited by Ali Dehbashi, first edition, Sokhan Publications, Tehran 2001

59- The Old Discourses by Seyed Mohammad Ali Jamalzadeh edited by Ali Dehbashi, first edition, Afkar Publications, Tehran 2003

60- Talking of Mothers through Works of Poets, edited by Ali Dehbashi, first edition, Bahar Sabz Publications, Tehran 2003

61- Ghanbar Ali by Seyed Mohammad Ali Jamalzadeh edited by Ali Dehbashi, first edition, Sokhan Publications, Tehran 2003

62- The Gifts of the Other World (A Review of the Life and Works of Mowlana) edited by Ali Dehbashi, first edition, Sokhan Publications, Tehran 2003

63- Oral History of Iranian Publishing, editd by Abdol Hossein Azarang and Ali Dehbashi, first edition, Ghoghnoos Publications, Tehran 2003

64- Oral History of Iranian Press, edited by Seyed Farid Ghassemi and Ali Dehbashi, first edition, Ghoghnoos Publications, Tehran 2003

65- A Woman with A Garden of Roses (The Festschrift of Simin Behbahani) edited by Ali Dehbashi, Negah Publications, Tehran 2003

66- Isfahan (A Photo Album of Seven Photographers) text written by Ali Dehbashi, Gooya Publications, Tehran 2004

67- May va Mina (Wine & Enamel, A Review of Life and Works of Omar Khayyam) edited by Ali Dehbashi, Gooya Publications, Tehran 2004

68- On the Shore of the Wandering Island (The Festschrift of Dr.Simin Daneshvar), edited by Ali Dehbashi, Sokhan Publications, Tehran 2004

69- The Memorial of Dr. Mehdi Semsar, edited by Ali Dehbashi, first edition, Ghatre Publications, Tehran 2004

70- Bookshop (In the Memory of Babak Afshar) requested by Iraj Afshar (in collaboration with Abdolhossein Azarang, Ali Dehbashi, Seyed Farid Ghassemi and Nader Motalebi Kashani) Shahab Sagheb Publications, Tehran 2004

71- Research & Criticism of Goli Taraghi’s Works edited by Ali Dehbashi, Mehdi Karimi, first edition, Ghatre Publications, Tehran 2004

72- In the Memory of Bozorg Alavi edited by Ali Dehbashi, first edition, Saless Publications, Tehran 2005

73- Knowing Taghi Modaressi edited by Ali Dehbashi and Mehdi Karimi, first edition, Ghatre Publications, 2005

74- Yade Yare Mehraban (In Memory of the Lind Friend), edited by Ali Dehbashi, Sedayeh Moaser, Tehran 2007


Will be Published:
1- Khabnameh or Ecstasy by Mohammad Hassan Khan Etamadolsaltaneh edited by Ali Dehbashi, Panjereh Publications
2- The Letters by Mojtaba Minavi (two volumes) Shahab Publications
3- The Festschrift of Bahedin Khoram Shahi, Ghatre Publications
4- The Festschrift of Dr. Ghamar Aryan, Shahab Publications
5- The Memorial of Gholam Hossein Saedi, Saless Publications
6- The collection of Essays on Saadi