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7 traits that separate people who grow from people who stay…
There’s a clear distinction between people who continually grow and those who remain stagnant. It’s not jus…
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Advice for Kings: The “Mirrors for Princes” Genre (Qābūs-nā…
Since antiquity, rulers and statesmen have turned to a special literary genre—often called “Mirrors fo…
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Literary Gems in Early Histories: The Narrative Art of Bayh…
Abū’l-Fażl Aḥmad b. Ḥājjāj b. Maḥmūd al-Bayhaqī (c. 995–1077 CE) stands among the premier Persian historian…
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The Unique Charm of Saadi’s Golestān: Where Prose Meets Poe…
Saadi of Shiraz (c. 1210–1291) is celebrated for blending warmth, wit, and wisdom in his masterwork Golestān…
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Whispers Behind the Veil: Erotica in Classical Persian Lite…
Classical Persian literature brims with sensual imagery and erotic undertones—yet its “eroticism” tra…
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Signing Off in Style: The Poet’s Signature (Takhallus) in t…
In the world of the ghazal—a lyrical form defined by its couplets, rhyme, and refrain—one of the most charm…
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The Music of Words: Appreciating Meter (ʿAruz) in Classical…
The beauty of classical Persian poetry lies not only in its imagery and philosophical depth but also in its musica…
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Stanzas of Splendor: Exploring the Mosammat, Tarkib-band, a…
Exploring Stanzas of Persian Poetry Mosammat, Tarkib-band, and Tarji-band. I'll explain each form, starting with: Mos…
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More Than Fragments: Understanding the Qetʿeh in Persian Po…
Exploring the Qet'eh in Persian Poetry Often overshadowed by grand qasidas, ecstatic ghazals, or pithy rubāʿiyyāt, the …
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Four Lines, Infinite Wisdom: The Power and Philosophy of th…
The rubaiʿī (Arabic: رباعي; Persian: رباعی, plural rubaiyyat) is a deceptively simple poetic form—just four …
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Heroic, Romantic, Didactic: The Many Faces of the Masnavi F…
The masnavi (mathnawī) is one of the most versatile narrative poetic forms in Persian—and, by extension, Urd…
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The Anatomy of the Qasida: Praise, Philosophy, and Poetic S…
The qasida (قصيدة) is one of the oldest and most versatile forms in Arabic—and by extension Persian and Urdu…
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