The Department of Persian Language and Literature is a new Department in the University of Rajshahi. Although the department started its journey as an independent department on 26th November, 2016 Persian was already one of the most important subjects of the Department of Languages established in 1962. Persian had been introduced first in the Department of Languages as a subsidiary course. Professor Dr. Kalim Sahsarami was the first eminent scholar of Persian language and literature. Later the courses of B.A. Hons., M.A, M.Phil and PhD degrees in Persian were introduced science the academic session 1997-1998 under the Department of Languages.