This book is the first comprehensive analysis of Nezāmī's romance Laylī and Majnūn (1188). It examines key themes such as chastity, constancy and suffering through an analysis of the main characters. Majnūn's asceticism, kingship, love-madness, poetic genius, ill-fate, and love-…
This book is the first comprehensive analysis of Nezāmī's romance Laylī and Majnūn (1188). It examines key themes such as chastity, constancy and suffering through an analysis of the main characters. Majnūn's asceticism, kingship, love-madness, poetic genius, ill-fate, and love-…
ʿĀshiq Iṣfahānī is the laqab (cognomen) of the Persian poet Āqā Muḥammad Khayyāṭ (c. 1111–81/1700–68). He should not be confused with poets with the same laqab , such as Jamālī Ardistānī (d. 879/1474–5). ʿĀshiq Iṣfahānī usually used the pen name ʿĀshiq (the lover) in his poetry.…
There is no single Persian word for “ epigram ,” yet the epigrammatic style is a central characteristic of Persian poetry. In Western literature, “epigram” (from Greek epigramma , inscription) refers to a terse statement in verse or prose with a pithy conclusion, which displays …
Chronogram s (Pers. mādda(-yi) taʾrīkh ) are dates disguised in texts, generated from the numerical values of the Arabic alphabet (abjad, ḥisāb al-jummal ; see Colin). Chronograms appear early in the history of Persian poetry. The Persian narrative poems ( mathnavī s) Āfarīn-nām…