One of the unanticipated gifts in writing Eminent Persians was the sheer pleasure of knowing Ali Ebrahimi. To change and quote a great historian در همه کار تمام بود. He was kind to friends and family yet unsparing to foes of Iran and freedom. He lived every moment to the fullest. His wit was clever and contagiou.s. There was in him also a unique quality of humility. He made two fortunes in Iran and here in the US but his biggest achievement was being Ali Ebrahim.