Charles P. Melville

Charles P. Melville is a professor of Persian history at University of Cambridge. He was one the editors of The Cambridge History of Iran (volume 7) and History of literature of Iran.
He was born on 10 May 1951. He was educated at Wellington College and Pembroke College, Cambridge (1969–72).
He was a research assistant in Imperial college (1974–82) and Assistant Lecturer in Oriental Studies in Cambridge. He is Professor of Persian history since 2008.

• Every Inch a King: Comparative studies on kings and kingship in the ancient and medieval worlds, Leiden 2012
• Persian Historiography. A History of Persian Literature X, London 2012.
• The Russian perception of Khayyam: from text to image

• "Charles P Melville". Cambridge academia. Retrieved 17 November 2016.