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Make A Shield From Wisdom: Selected Verses from Nasir-i Khusraw's Divan
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Product Description
Annemarie Schimmel's translation of Nasir-i Khusraw’s qasidahs also included a detailed study of the poet and his work. A great thinker of the early Islamic world, whose writing inspired the intellectual development of the Ismaili tradition, Khusraw’s poetry--lyrical and deeply human--has so far received surprisingly little attention from translators in the West. The poet's ideas, expressed with consummate artistry, his descriptions of the world around him, and his skill in the use of language and meter, are of great interest to the enthusiast for poetry as well as students of the medieval Islamic world and Ismaili culture.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #163018 in Books
- Published on: 2001-06-23
- Original language: Persian
- Dimensions: .38 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 112 pages
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". . . a truly scholarly achievement which should provide the basis for more detailed studies on Nasir-I Khusraw's poetry."--Sunil Sharma, MELA Notes
About the Author
Annemarie Schimmel is Professor Emeritus of Indo-Muslim Culture at Harvard University and a leading expert in Islamic mysticism.
