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Book Synopsis A Thousand Years of Persian Rubáiyát by : Reza Saberi
Download or read book A Thousand Years of Persian Rubáiyát written by Reza Saberi and published by Ibex Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2000 with total page 593 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poetry. In A THOUSAND YEARS OF PERSIAN RUBAIYAT, Reza Saberi translates over 1,500 quatrains from more than a hundred Iranian poets from the beginning of written Persian poetry to the present. A ruba'i is a poem in four lines, which is complete in itself and expresses a single feeling or thought in a very concise and elegant language. The subjects of rubaiyat include divine love, the ecstasy of love, mystical knowledge, and the nature of life and existence.
Book Synopsis The Mirror of My Heart: A Thousand Years of Persian Poetry by Women by : Rabe`eh Balkhi
Download or read book The Mirror of My Heart: A Thousand Years of Persian Poetry by Women written by Rabe`eh Balkhi and published by Mage Publishers. This book was released on 2023-05-09 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the very first Persian poets was a woman (Rabe’eh, who lived over a thousand years ago) and there have been women poets writing in Persian in virtually every generation since that time until the present. Before the twentieth century they tended to come from society’s social extremes. Many were princesses, a good number were hired entertainers of one kind or another, and they were active in many different countries – Iran of course, but also India, Afghanistan, and areas of central Asia that are now Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Tajikistan. Not surprisingly, a lot of their poetry sounds like that of their male counterparts, but a lot doesn’t; there are distinctively bawdy and flirtatious poems by medieval women poets, poems from virtually every era in which the poet complains about her husband (sometimes light-heartedly, sometimes with poignant seriousness), touching poems on the death of a child, and many epigrams centered on little details that bring a life from hundreds of years ago vividly before our eyes. This new bilingual edition of The Mirror of My Heart – the poems in Persian and English on facing pages – is a unique and captivating collection introduced and translated by Dick Davis, an acclaimed scholar and translator of Persian literature as well as a gifted poet in his own right. In his introduction he provides fascinating background detail on Persian poetry written by women through the ages, including common themes and motifs and a brief overview of Iranian history showing how women poets have been affected by the changing dynasties. From Rabe’eh in the tenth century to Fatemeh Ekhtesari in the twenty-first, each of the eighty-four poets in this volume is introduced in a short biographical note, while explanatory notes give further insight into the poems themselves.
Book Synopsis The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam by : Omar Khayyam
Download or read book The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam written by Omar Khayyam and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-04-30 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A repository of subversive, melancholic and existentialist themes and ideas, the rubaiyat (quatrains) that make up the collected poems attributed to the 12th century Persian astronomer Omar Khayyam have enchanted readers for centuries. In this modern translation, complete with critical introduction and epilogue, Juan Cole elegantly renders the verse for contemporary readers. Exploring such universal questions as the meaning of life, fate and how to live a good life in the face of human mortality, this translation reveals anew why this singular collection of poems has struck a chord with such a temporally and culturally diverse audience, from the wine houses of medieval Iran to the poets of Western twentieth century modernism.
Book Synopsis How to Speak, Read, & Write Persian (Farsi) by : Hūshang Āmūzgār
Download or read book How to Speak, Read, & Write Persian (Farsi) written by Hūshang Āmūzgār and published by Ibex Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to speak, Read and Write Persian (FARSI) is a practical, quick and convenient method to learning the language of ninety million people. Whether one is planning to visit Iran, Afghanistan or Tajikestan, has friends who speak the language or is interested in the Persian language's rich literature, this book will help you. The course is divided into twenty simple, clear and concise lessons, which include all aspects of the spoken and written language. Grammar, pronunciation, spelling and helpful phrases are covered. How to Speak, Read and Write Persian can be used effectively as a self-teacher or as a textbook. An answer key is included in the back for those learning independently. How to speak, read and write Persian includes: 2,6000 word Persian-English dictionary; 3 ninety-minute audio-cassettes for pronunciation read by native speakers. No prior knowledge of Persian is necessary.
Book Synopsis A History of Iran by : Michael Axworthy
Download or read book A History of Iran written by Michael Axworthy and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2016-05-24 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Iran is a land of contradictions. It is an Islamic republic, but one in which only 1.4 percent of the population attend Friday prayers. IranÕs religious culture encompasses the most censorious and dogmatic ShiÕa Muslim clerics in the world, yet its poetry insistently dwells on the joys of life: wine, beauty, sex. Iranian women are subject to one of the most restrictive dress codes in the Islamic world, but make up nearly 60 percent of the student population of the nationÕs universities. In A History of Iran, acclaimed historian Michael Axworthy chronicles the rich history of this complex nation from the Achaemenid Empire of sixth century B.C. to the present-day Islamic Republic. In engaging prose, this revised editionÊexplains the military, political, religious, and cultural forces that have shaped one of the oldest continuing civilizations in the world, bringing us up modern times. Concluding with an assessment of the immense changes the nation has undergone since the revolution in 1979, including a close look at IranÕs ongoing attempts to become a nuclear power, A History of Iran offers general readers an essential guide to understanding this volatile nation, which is once again at the center of the worldÕs attention.
Book Synopsis Persian Love Poetry by : Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis
Download or read book Persian Love Poetry written by Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis and published by Interlink Books. This book was released on 2013-09-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Love is a major theme in Persian poetry and can be interpreted in various ways—as mystic love, the basis of the relationship between humans and God, or as passionate or affectionate love between lovers, husbands and wives, parents and children, family and friends, or even as patriotic love of Iran. The literary style and indeed the Persian language itself are floral and elaborate, but the themes differ little from our preoccupations with love and romance today. This collection of extracts has been selected from the best of traditional and contemporary Persian poetry. Each poem is illustrated with a fine example of Persian art from the collections of the British Museum. With a brief introduction to the Persian poetic tradition and a short biographical note about each of the poets, this beautiful anthology is the perfect way to discover the treasures of Persian literature and art.
Download or read book Iran written by Michael Axworthy and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the beginning of recorded history, Iran/Persia has been one of the most important world civilizations. Iran remains a distinct civilization today despite its status as a major Islamic state with broad regional influence and its deep integration into the global economy through its vast energy reserves. Yet the close attention paid to Iran in recent decades stems from the impact of the 1979 revolution, which unleashed ideological shock waves throughout the Middle East that reverberate to this day. Many observers look at Iran through the prism of the Islamic Republic's adversarial relationship with the US, Israel, and Sunni nations in its region, yet as Michael Axworthy shows in Iran: What Everyone Needs to Know(R), there is much more to contemporary Iran than its fraught and complicated foreign relations. He begins with a concise account of Iranian history from ancient times to the late twentieth century, following that with sharp summaries of the key events since the1979 revolution. The final section of the book focuses on Iran today--its culture, economy, politics, and people--and assesses the challenges that the nation will face in coming years. Iran will be an essential overview of a complex and important nation that has occupied world headlines for nearly four decades.
Book Synopsis Iran: Empire of the Mind by : Michael Axworthy
Download or read book Iran: Empire of the Mind written by Michael Axworthy and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2008-11-06 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Iran often appears in the media as a hostile and difficult country. But beneath the headlines there is a fascinating story of a nation of great intellectual variety and depth, and enormous cultural importance. A nation whose impact has been tremendous, not only on its neighbours in the Middle East but on the world as a whole – and through ideas and creativity rather than by the sword. From the time of the prophet Zoroaster, to the powerful ancient Persian Empires, to the revolution of 1979, the hostage crisis and current president Mahmud Ahmadinejad – a controversial figure within as well as outside the country – Michael Axworthy traces a vivid, integrated account of Iran’s past. He explains clearly and carefully both the complex succession of dynasties that ruled ancient Iran and the surprising ethnic diversity of the modern country, held together by a common culture. With Iran again the focus of the world’s attention, and questions about the country’s disposition and intentions pressing, Iran: Empire of the Mind is an essential guide to understanding a complicated land.
Book Synopsis Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám: Special Facsimile Edition by : Keith Seddon
Download or read book Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám: Special Facsimile Edition written by Keith Seddon and published by . This book was released on 2010-06-18 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Omar Khayyam’s haunting, timeless verses were translated into English by Edward FitzGerald and first published in 1859. That first edition is presented here in facsimile, accompanied by computer-generated typesetting of the later editions, providing a ‘complete edition’. Persian astronomer-poet Omar Khayyam, writing nearly a thousand years ago, picks a path through life’s uncertainties, musing on fate, transience and mortality, urging his reader to live in the moment and find joy in simple, everyday pleasures.
Book Synopsis The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan by : Active 14th century Hafiz
Download or read book The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan written by Active 14th century Hafiz and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-08-12 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan" by Active 14th century Hafiz, Firdawsi, Omar Khayyam (translated by James Atkinson, Herman Bicknell, Edward FitzGerald). Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Book Synopsis Jāmī in Regional Contexts by : Thibaut d'Hubert
Download or read book Jāmī in Regional Contexts written by Thibaut d'Hubert and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-11-26 with total page 865 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jāmī in Regional Contexts: The Reception of ʿAbd Al-Raḥmān Jāmī’s Works in the Islamicate World is the first attempt to present in a comprehensive manner how ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī (d. 898/1492), a most influential figure in the Persian-speaking world, reshaped the canons of Islamic mysticism, literature and poetry and how, in turn, this new canon prompted the formation of regional traditions. As a result, a renewed geography of intellectual practices emerges as well as questions surrounding authorship and authority in the making of vernacular cultures. Specialists of Persian, Arabic, Chinese, Georgian, Malay, Pashto, Sanskrit, Urdu, Turkish, and Bengali thus provide a unique connected account of the conception and reception of Jāmī’s works throughout the Eurasian continent and maritime Southeast Asia.
Book Synopsis Imperial Identity in the Mughal Empire by : Lisa Balabanlilar
Download or read book Imperial Identity in the Mughal Empire written by Lisa Balabanlilar and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-12-13 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Having monopolized Central Asian politics and culture for over a century, the Timurid ruling elite was forced from its ancestral homeland in Transoxiana at the turn of the sixteenth century by an invading Uzbek tribal confederation. The Timurids travelled south: establishing themselves as the new rulers of a region roughly comprising modern Afghanistan, Pakistan and northern India, and founding what would become the Mughal Empire (1526-1857). The last survivors of the House of Timur, the Mughals drew invaluable political capital from their lineage, which was recognized for its charismatic genealogy and court culture - the features of which are examined here. By identifying Mughal loyalty to Turco-Mongol institutions and traditions, Lisa Balabanlilar here positions the Mughal dynasty at the centre of the early modern Islamic world as the direct successors of a powerful political and religious tradition.
Book Synopsis A History of Literary Criticism in Iran, 1866-1951 by : Iraj Parsinejad
Download or read book A History of Literary Criticism in Iran, 1866-1951 written by Iraj Parsinejad and published by Ibex Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2003 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cultural writing. Literary criticism. Middle-Eastern Studies. A HISTORY OF LITERARY CRITICISM IN IRAN contains comprehensive research on the works of the leading figures in the field of literary criticism in modernist Iranian thought in the nineteenth century: Mirza Fath `Ali Akhundzade, Mirza Malkom Khan, Mirza `Abd al-Rahim Talebof and Zeyn al-`Abedin Maraghe`i. Inclusion of Ahmad Kasravi and Sadeq Hedayat was considered appropriate later due to some common aspects of critical attitude to the predecessors. These criticisms were the first seeds of modern literary criticism sown in the field of social and political life in Iran. Parsinejad is well-known to researchers in the field of Iranian studies. The publication of this book is useful in familiarizing readers with one of the most crucial aspects of progressive and critical thought in the Iranian modern era.
Book Synopsis Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, the Astronomer-poet of Persia by : Omar Khayyam
Download or read book Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, the Astronomer-poet of Persia written by Omar Khayyam and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Rubaiyat [quatrains] by : Akbar GOLRANG
Download or read book Rubaiyat [quatrains] written by Akbar GOLRANG and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-12 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Omar Khayyam wrote his poems in Iran almost a thousand years ago, but they are still common in large parts of the world. His, namely 'Rubaiyat' ['Quatrains'], contains joy over moments of happiness and philosophical sorrow over death. After Omar Khayyam's death, his masterpiece 'Rubaiyat' ['Quatrains'] has become translated into many different languages worldwide and English. Although we have many different interpretations of 'Quatrains' in English, none of them are faithful to the original -- not even the most famous English translation by Edward Fitzgerald Beale. But here in this book, each of Omar Khayyam's 'Rubaiyat' ['Quatrains'] is presented in a relatively faithful translation by Akbar Golrang -- and under each 'Quatrain,' the corresponding poem in Persian is mentioned, for those interested in reading it on Persian originals or by comparing the original with its translation._ Gwen Alin
Book Synopsis Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyām by : Omar Khayyam
Download or read book Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyām written by Omar Khayyam and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Emperor Jahangir by : Lisa Balabanlilar
Download or read book The Emperor Jahangir written by Lisa Balabanlilar and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-04-16 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jahangir was the fourth of the six “Great Mughals,” the oldest son of Akbar the Great, who extended the Mughal Empire across the Indian Subcontinent, and the father of Shah Jahan, builder of the Taj Mahal. Although an alcoholic and opium addict, his reputation marred by rebellion against his father, once enthroned the Emperor Jahangir proved to be an adept politician. He was also a thoughtful and reflective memoirist and a generous patron of the arts, responsible for an innovative golden age in Mughal painting. Through a close study of the seventeenth century Mughal court chronicles, The Emperor Jahangir sheds new light on this remarkable historical figure, exploring Jahangir's struggle for power and defense of kingship, his addictions and insecurities, his relationship with his favourite wife, the Empress Nur Jahan, and with his sons, whose own failed rebellions bookended his reign.
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