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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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The Evolution of the Ghazal: From Courtly Love to Divine Lo…
The ghazal—an exquisite form of lyric poetry built on couplets, rhyme, and refrain—has journeyed across cen…
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Omar Khayyam: Reconciling the Scientist and the Poet of the…
Omar Khayyam (1048–1131) occupies a rare place in world culture as both a brilliant mathematician‐astronomer and …
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Jami: The Polymath Poet and the Culmination of the Classica…
Jami of Herat (1414–1492) stands as the crowning figure of the classical Persian poetic and intellectual traditio…
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Sanai of Ghazni: The Poet Who Paved the Way for Rumi
Hakīm Abū al-Majd Majdūd ibn Ādam Sanā’ī Ghaznī (c. 1080–1131) occupies a pivotal place in Persian literary…
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Attar’s Spiritual Allegories: Exploring Worlds Beyond The C…
Farīd ud-Dīn ʿAṭṭār of Nishapur (c. 1145–1221) is best known in the West for his profound masterpiece Mantiq…
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Nizami Ganjavi’s Khamsa: Masterpieces of Persian Romantic a…
Nizami Ganjavi (c. 1141–1209) stands as one of the greatest poets of classical Persian literature. His five epic …
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Saadi the Poet: Contemplative Wisdom in the Verse of the Bū…
Saadi of Shiraz (c. 1210 – 1291) is celebrated worldwide for his humanistic vision and elegant style. While the&n…
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Saadi the Storyteller: Moral Lessons and Human Insights in …
Saadi of Shiraz (c. 1210–1291) stands among the towering figures of Persian literature. His masterpiece, the&nbsp…
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Jashn-e Ordibeheshtgân
Jashn-e Ordibeheshtgân is one of the twelve Zoroastrian “monthly feasts” (Jashn) that occur when a da…
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