The Book of Parvin Etesami

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Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781508980957
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book The Book of Parvin Etesami written by Parvin Etesami and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-04-16 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE BOOK OF PARVIN ETESAMI Translation & Introduction Paul Smith Parvin Etesami (1907-1941) was one of Iran's greatest female poets. She left Tabriz for Tehran with her family in 1912 and then lived in Tehran. She learned Arabic and Persian literature from her father, a well-known literary figure. She composed her first poems in the classical style at eight and knew most Iranian poets by the time she was eleven, having a remarkable memory. She passed high school and taught for two years and was then a librarian in Tehran University. She refused to work in the royal court. Her first collection of poems was published in 1935 and she received a Medal of Art and Culture in 1936. Her poems had mainly social or mystical subjects, often being about the tyranny of the rich and the rights of the poor and the downtrodden and the role of women. She married in 1934 and divorced two months later. She died in 1941 from Typhoid fever in Tehran and was buried in Qom. The first edition of her Divan of 156 poems appeared in 1935... masnavis, qasidas, ghazals, qit'as, musammats. In her short life she achieved much fame among Iranians. This is the only English selection her poems translated in the correct form. Introduction on her Life, Times & Poetry & the Forms in which she wrote. Selected Bibliography. Appendix On her Life etc. Illustrated. Large Format Paperback 7" x 10" Pages 112. COMMENTS ON PAUL SMITH'S TRANSLATION OF HAFIZ'S 'DIVAN'. "It is not a joke... the English version of ALL the ghazals of Hafiz is a great feat and of paramount importance. I am astonished.." Dr. Mir Mohammad Taghavi (Dr. of Literature) Tehran. "Smith has probably put together the greatest collection of literary facts and history concerning Hafiz." Daniel Ladinsky (Penguin Books author). Paul Smith is a poet, author and translator of many books of Sufi poets of the Persian, Arabic, Urdu, Turkish, Pashtu and other languages... including Hafiz, Sadi, Nizami, Rumi, 'Attar, Sana'i, Jahan Khatun, Obeyd Zakani, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Ansari, Jami, Khayyam, Rudaki, Yunus Emre, Iqbal, Ghalib, Makhfi, Lalla Ded, Nazir and many others and his own poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children's books. memoir and a dozen screenplays. www.newhumanitybooks.com

Parvin E'tesami: Life and Poetry

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ISBN 13 : 9781505672237
Total Pages : 130 pages
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Download or read book Parvin E'tesami: Life and Poetry written by Parvin E'tesami and published by . This book was released on 2014-12-23 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PARVIN E'TESAMI: LIFE & POETRYTranslation & Introduction Paul SmithParvin E'tesami (1907-1941) was one of Iran's greatest female poets. She left Tabriz for Tehran with her family in 1912 and then lived in Tehran. She learned Arabic and Persian literature from her father, a well-known literary figure. She composed her first poems in the classical style at eight and knew most Iranian poets by the time she was eleven, having a remarkable memory. She passed high school and taught for two years and was then a librarian in Tehran University. She refused to work in the royal court. Her first collection of poems was published in 1935 and she received a Medal of Art and Culture in 1936. Her poems had mainly social or mystical subjects, often being about the tyranny of the rich and the rights of the poor and the downtrodden and the role of women. She married in 1934 and divorced two months later. She died in 1941 from Typhoid fever in Tehran and was buried in Qom. The first edition of her Divan of 156 poems appeared in 1935... masnavis, qasidas, ghazals, qit'as, musammats. In her short life she achieved much fame among Iranians. This is the only English selection her poems translated in the correct form. Introduction on her Life, Times & Poetry & the Forms in which she wrote. Selected Bibliography. Pages 100.COMMENTS ON PAUL SMITH'S TRANSLATION OF HAFIZ'S 'DIVAN'."It is not a joke... the English version of ALL the ghazals of Hafiz is a great feat and of paramount importance. I am astonished.." Dr. Mir Mohammad Taghavi (Dr. of Literature) Tehran."Smith has probably put together the greatest collection of literary facts and history concerning Hafiz." Daniel Ladinsky (Penguin Books author). Paul Smith is a poet, author and translator of many books of Sufi poets of the Persian, Arabic, Urdu, Turkish, Pashtu and other languages... including Hafiz, Sadi, Nizami, Rumi, 'Attar, Sana'i, Jahan Khatun, Obeyd Zakani, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Ansari, Jami, Khayyam, Rudaki, Yunus Emre and many others and his own poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children's books and screenplays.www.newhumanitybooksbookheaven.com

Once a Dewdrop

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Fables & Other Poems

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ISBN 13 : 9781710358148
Total Pages : 430 pages
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Download or read book Fables & Other Poems written by Parvin E'Tesami and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-24 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FABLES & OTHER POEMS Parvin E'tesami Translation & Introduction Paul Smith Parvin E'tesami (1907-1941) was one of Iran's greatest female poets. She left Tabriz for Tehran with her family in 1912 and then lived in Tehran. She learned Arabic and Persian literature from her father, a well-known literary figure. She composed her first poems in the classical style at eight and knew most Iranian poets by the time she was eleven, having a remarkable memory. She passed high school and taught for two years and was then a librarian in Tehran University. She refused to work in the royal court. Her first collection of poems was published in 1935 and she received a Medal of Art and Culture in 1936. Her poems had mainly social or mystical subjects, often being about the tyranny of the rich and the rights of the poor and the downtrodden and the role of women. She married in 1934 and divorced two months later. She died in 1941 from Typhoid fever in Tehran and was buried in Qom. The first edition of her Divan of 156 poems appeared in 1935... masnavis, qasidas, ghazals, qit'as, musammats. In her short life she achieved much fame among Iranians. This is the largest English selection her poetic fables and other poems poems translated in the correct form. Introduction on her Life, Times & Poetry & the Forms in which she wrote. Selected Bibliography. Large Print (16pt) & Large Format Paperback (8" x 10") Pages 429. Paul Smith is a poet, author and translator of many books of Sufi & other poets of the Persian, Arabic, Urdu, Turkish, Pashtu and other languages... including Hafiz, Sadi, Nizami, Rumi, 'Attar, Sana'i, Jahan Khatun, Obeyd Zakani, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Ansari, Jami, Khayyam, Rudaki, Yunus Emre, Iqbal, Ghalib, Makhfi, Lalla Ded, Nazir and many others and his own poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children's books and a dozen screenplays. amazon.com/author/smithpa

Cat & Mouse, Fish & Spider

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ISBN 13 : 9781539956655
Total Pages : 154 pages
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Book Synopsis Cat & Mouse, Fish & Spider by : Obeyd Zakani

Download or read book Cat & Mouse, Fish & Spider written by Obeyd Zakani and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-11-16 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CAT & MOUSE, FISH & SPIDER Three Fables in Persian Sufi Poetry Obeyd Zakani, Shah Da'i & Parvin Etesami Translation & Introduction Paul Smith Mouse & Cat by Obeyd Zakani is a satirical, epic fable that was influential at the time it was composed (14th c.) and has remained so for the past 600 years. It is more than just a story for children (that some say brought about the cartoon of Tom & Jerry)... it is a story of the stupidity of the false power of those in power and a warning to all that such blind ambition always leads to destruction at the hands of one even more powerful. Sufi poet Shah Da'i (1406-1464) takes his clue from 'Attar and tells the marvellous tale of the fish who go in search of an answer to their problem from the Ancient Wise Fish. Iran's recent great female poet Parvin Etesami (1907-1941) tells the simple but deep tale of the lazy man and the hard-working spider in such a clever and engrossing way that her reason for telling it is subtle but truly enlightening. The correct rhymes and meaning have been achieved. Illustrated. Large Format Paperback 7" x 10" 154 pages. COMMENTS ON PAUL SMITH'S TRANSLATION OF HAFIZ'S 'DIVAN'. "It is not a joke... the English version of ALL the ghazals of Hafiz is a great feat and of paramount importance. I am astonished." Dr. Mir Mohammad Taghavi (Dr. of Literature) Tehran. "Superb translations. 99% Hafiz 1% Paul Smith." Ali Akbar Shapurzman, translator of many mystical works in English into Persian and knower of Hafiz's Divan off by heart. Paul Smith (b.1945) is an Australian poet, author and translator of many books of Sufi poets of the Persian, Arabic, Urdu, Turkish, Pashtu and other languages... including Hafiz, Sadi, Nizami, Rumi, 'Attar, Sana'i, Jahan Khatun, Obeyd Zakani, Mu'in, Amir Khusrau, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Ansari, Jami, Omar Khayyam, Rudaki, Ibn al-Farid Makhfi, Lalla Ded, and others and his poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children's books and screenplays. www.newhumanitybooks.com

The Mirror of My Heart: A Thousand Years of Persian Poetry by Women

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Publisher : Mage Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1949445607
Total Pages : 600 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (494 download)

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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.

A Nightingale's Lament

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Publisher : Mazda Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book A Nightingale's Lament written by Parvīn Iʻtiṣāmī and published by Mazda Publishers. This book was released on 1985 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Iran in Pictures

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Publisher : Twenty-First Century Books
ISBN 13 : 9780822509509
Total Pages : 84 pages
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Book Synopsis Iran in Pictures by : Stacy Taus-Bolstad

Download or read book Iran in Pictures written by Stacy Taus-Bolstad and published by Twenty-First Century Books. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Text and illustrations present detailed information on the geography, history and government, economy, people, cultural life and society of traditional and modern Iran.

Parvin Etesami in the Literary and Religious Context of Twentieth-Century Iran

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Publisher : Leiden University Press
ISBN 13 : 9789087284121
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book Parvin Etesami in the Literary and Religious Context of Twentieth-Century Iran written by Zhinia Noorian and published by Leiden University Press. This book was released on 2023-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The poet Parvin E'tesami (1907-1941) transgressed Iranian-Muslim gender norms and acquired a special place in Persian culture. This first in-depth study of her poetry investigates E'tesami's presence from school textbooks to the current political scene under the Islamic Republic.

A collection of Parvin E'tessami's poems

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 408 pages
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Download or read book A collection of Parvin E'tessami's poems written by اعتصامى، پروىن، and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Iran and The West

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Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136144587
Total Pages : 977 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (361 download)

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Book Synopsis Iran and The West by : Cyrus Ghani

Download or read book Iran and The West written by Cyrus Ghani and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-05 with total page 977 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1987, this volume offers a bibliography of biographies, autobiographies and books on contemporary politics by prominent 20th century figures on the topic of Iran.

Persian Literature as World Literature

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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1501354205
Total Pages : 272 pages
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Book Synopsis Persian Literature as World Literature by : Mostafa Abedinifard

Download or read book Persian Literature as World Literature written by Mostafa Abedinifard and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2021-07-15 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Confronting nationalistic and nativist interpreting practices in Persianate literary scholarship, Persian Literature as World Literature makes a case for reading these literatures as world literature-as transnational, worldly texts that expand beyond local and national penchants. Working through an idea of world literature that is both cosmopolitan and critical of any monologic view on globalization, the contributors to this volume revisit the early and contemporary circulation of Persianate literatures across neighboring and distant cultures, and seek innovative ways of developing a transnational Persian literary studies, engaging in constructive dialogues with the global forces surrounding, and shaping, Persianate societies and cultures.

The Complete Book of Ghazals of Hafez

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Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781718960756
Total Pages : 550 pages
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Download or read book The Complete Book of Ghazals of Hafez written by Hafez and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-05-23 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hafez (1325-1389), the great lyric Persian poet is known for his ghazals. He has published about 500 ghazals and 42 Rubaiyees. Themes of his ghazals are the beloved, faith, and exposing hypocrisy. His most popular book, Divan-e Hafez, is a pinnacle of Persian literature and is to be found in the homes of most Iranian people. Persian poetry lovers learn Hafez's poems by heart and still use them as proverbs and sayings. Adaptations, imitations and translations of his ghazals exist in all major languages. All Hafez's ghazals are provided in this bilingual book in Persian and English languages. The translation appearing in this collection is by Henry Wilberforce Clarke (1840 - 1905). This book can be useful for Persian and English language speakers and enjoyable for poetry lovers of any age.

Say What Your Longing Heart Desires

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Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 1503614255
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book Say What Your Longing Heart Desires written by Niloofar Haeri and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2020-11-10 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the 1979 revolution, the Iranian government set out to Islamize society. Muslim piety had to be visible, in personal appearance and in action. Iranians were told to pray, fast, and attend mosques to be true Muslims. The revolution turned questions of what it means to be a true Muslim into a matter of public debate, taken up widely outside the exclusive realm of male clerics and intellectuals. Say What Your Longing Heart Desires offers an elegant ethnography of these debates among a group of educated, middle-class women whose voices are often muted in studies of Islam. Niloofar Haeri follows them in their daily lives as they engage with the classical poetry of Rumi, Hafez, and Saadi, illuminating a long-standing mutual inspiration between prayer and poetry. She recounts how different forms of prayer may transform into dialogues with God, and, in turn, Haeri illuminates the ways in which believers draw on prayer and ritual acts as the emotional and intellectual material through which they think, deliberate, and debate.

Ardā Wirāz Nāmag

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Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315468913
Total Pages : 471 pages
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Download or read book Ardā Wirāz Nāmag written by Fereydun Vahman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 471 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ardā Wirāz Nāmag or the Book of the Righteous Wirāz is an outstanding example of Iranian apocalyptic literature. It is in the Middle Persian (Pahlavi) language and was written probably during the later period of the Sasanian dynasty (AD 226-650). The Zoroastrian priests chose a man called Wirāz, the most righteous among them, to go to the spiritual realm to discover the truth of the religion. This book, first published in 1986, contains the observations of Wirāz’ divine journey and his description of heaven and hell. The basic MS. is K20 (Royal Library of Copenhagen) which is carefully compared with other MSS. The MS. is printed in facsimile, followed by transliteration and transcription following the MS. closely line by line. A full translation is given, and a commentary is included together with a glossary, bibliography and index.

Lyric Address in Dutch Literature, 1250-1800

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Publisher : Amsterdam University Press
ISBN 13 : 9048532183
Total Pages : 199 pages
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Book Synopsis Lyric Address in Dutch Literature, 1250-1800 by : Jürgen Pieters

Download or read book Lyric Address in Dutch Literature, 1250-1800 written by Jürgen Pieters and published by Amsterdam University Press. This book was released on 2018-02-03 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lyric Address in Dutch Literature, 1250-1800 provides accessible and comprehensive readings of ten Dutch lyrical poems, discussing each poem's historical context, revealing its political or ideological framing, religious elements, or the self-representational interests of the poet. The book focuses on how the use of the speaker's "I" creates distance or proximity to the social context of the time. Close, detailed analysis of rhetorical techniques, such as the use of the apostrophe, illuminates the ways in which poetry reveals tensions in society.

Five Famous Allegories in Sufi Poetry

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ISBN 13 : 9781721050321
Total Pages : 460 pages
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Book Synopsis Five Famous Allegories in Sufi Poetry by : 'Attar

Download or read book Five Famous Allegories in Sufi Poetry written by 'Attar and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-06-26 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FIVE FAMOUS ALLEGORIES IN SUFI POETRY Conference of the Birds; Secrets of Birds, Flowers, Nature, Animals & Insects; Cat & Mouse; The Fish; The Spider. Translations & Introductions by Paul Smith Farid al-din 'Attar (d. 1221) was a grear Sufi poet who composed over 5o books. His most loved, apart from his ghazals is 'The Conference of the Birds' in masnavi (rhyming couplets) form (translated here by Edward FitzGerald) that would influence all the following poets in their writing of Sufi philosophy in the way of allegories, using Nature. Azz-eddin al-Muqaddasi (d. 1280) is famous for one book, his 'Secret of Birds, Flowers' etc. in prose and poetry. "It has been said, perhaps with truth, that there is no document of such age to touch this one for a combination of mystical insight and understanding of human psychology." K. Winstone-Hamilton. Mouse & Cat by Obeyd Zakani is a satirical, epic allegory that was influential at the time it was composed (14th c.) and has remained so for the past 600 years. It is more than just a story for children (that some say brought about the cartoon of Tom & Jerry)... it is a story of the stupidity of the false power of those in power and a warning to all that such blind ambition always leads to destruction at the hands of one even more powerful. Sufi poet Shah Da'i (1406-1464) takes his clue from 'Attar and tells the marvellous allegory of the fish who go in search of an answer to their problem from the Ancient Wise Fish. Iran's recent great female poet Parvin Etesami (1907-1941) tells the simple but deep allegory of the lazy man and the hard-working spider in such a clever and engrossing way that her reason for telling it is subtle but truly enlightening. The correct rhymes and hpefully, the meanings are achieved. ILLUSTRATED. Large Format Paperback 7" x 10" 460 pages. COMMENTS ON PAUL SMITH'S TRANSLATION OF HAFIZ'S 'DIVAN'. "It is not a joke... the English version of ALL the ghazals of Hafiz is a great feat and of paramount importance. I am astonished." Dr. Mir Mohammad Taghavi (Dr. of Literature) Tehran. "Superb translations. 99% Hafiz 1% Paul Smith." Ali Akbar Shapurzman, translator of many mystical works in English into Persian. Paul Smith (b.1945) is an Australian poet, author and translator of many books of Sufi poets of the Persian, Arabic, Urdu, Turkish, Pashtu and other languages... including Hafiz, Sadi, Nizami, Rumi, 'Attar, Sana'i, Jahan Khatun, Obeyd Zakani, Mu'in, Amir Khusrau, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Ansari, Jami, Omar, Seemab and others and his poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children's books and screenplays.