Provides not only a rich context for Hafez's poetry but also a comprehensive perspective on a fascinating place in a dynamic time. This portrait of an elegant, witty poet and his marvelous city will be as valuable to medievalists, students of the Middle East, and specialists in …
Intro -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Part One: History of Shiraz from its Founding to the Conquest of Timur -- 1. History of Shiraz to the Mongol Conquest -- 2. Things Fall Apart: Shiraz under the Mongolsand Their Successors -- 3. Shiraz as City-State: Abu Eshaq I…
"In the fourteenth-century Persian city of Shiraz, poets composed, scholars studied, mystics sought hidden truths, ascetics prayed and fasted, drunkards brawled, and princes and their courtiers played deadly games of power. This was the world of Shams al-Din Mohammad Hafez Shira…
Provides not only a rich context for Hafez's poetry but also a comprehensive perspective on a fascinating place in a dynamic time. This portrait of an elegant, witty poet and his marvelous city will be as valuable to medievalists, students of the Middle East, and specialists in …