TY - BOOK AU - Ali,Maulawi Agha Ahmad TI - The Haft Ásmán or History of the Masnawí of the Persians T2 - Analecta Gorgiana SN - 9781607240525 AV - PK6416 .M395 2010 U1 - 891.551009 23 PY - 2010///] CY - Piscataway, NJ : PB - Gorgias Press, KW - Persian poetry KW - History and criticism KW - FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Ancient Languages (see also Latin) KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE OP THE AUTHOR --; Contents --; The Haft Ásmán or History of the Masnawí of the Persians; restricted access N2 - Presented in the original Persian, this volume represents the solely published first volume of the Haft Ásmán “seven heavens,” or a compendium of poetry in the seven epic meters of Persian poetry. This history of the masnawí, or Middle Persian poetic form, written in rhymed couplets, is here presented by one of the recognized teachers of Persian in India. This, his final work, was intended to be an introduction to the works of Nizami. As such it contains invaluable nuggets about the Persian poets and their poetry UR - https://doi.org/10.31826/9781463216108 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781463216108 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781463216108/original ER -