Author: Sir William OuseleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Iran
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
Travels in Various Countries of the East
Author: Sir William OuseleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Iran
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
Travels In Various Countries Of The East; More Particularly Persia
Author: William OuseleyTravels in Various Countries of the East
Author: William OuseleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Iran
Languages : en
Pages : 680
Book Description
Travels in Various Countries of the East; More Particularly Persia ; A Work Wherein the Author Has Described, as Far as His Own Observations Extended, the State of Those Countries in 1810, 1811, and 1812; and Has Endeavoured to Illustrate Many Subjects of Antiquarian Research, History, Geography, Philology and Miscellanious Literature, with Extracts from Rare and Valuable Oriental Manuscripts
Author: William OuseleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Iran
Languages : en
Pages : 554
Book Description
Travels in Various Countries of the East, More Particularly Persia
Author: William OuseleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Iran
Languages : en
Pages : 700
Book Description
A History of Printing and Printers in Wales to 1810, and of Successive and Related Printers to 1923
Author: Ifano JonesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Printers
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Iran and The West
Author: Cyrus GhaniPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136144587
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 977
Book Description
First Published in 1987, this volume offers a bibliography of biographies, autobiographies and books on contemporary politics by prominent 20th century figures on the topic of Iran.
Historians of the Islamic World
Author: Gholamali Haddad AdelPublisher: EWI Press
ISBN: 1908433124
Category : Islam
Languages : en
Pages : 149
Book Description
Imparting lessons from the past, historians endeavoured to present standards for man’s actions. As mentioned in the Qur’an (11: 100, 120), the histories of the prophets and nations and the exposition of the factors leading to the rise and decline of nations urge man to take lessons and tread the path towards guidance. Abu ‘Ali Miskawayh entitled his work ‘Experience of Nations’. Ibn al-Athir maintained that historical knowledge may foster human intellect and provide him with further stamina to face vicissitudes and urge rulers to administer justice in an unstable world. This volume includes the articles devoted to the historians of the Islamic world, selected from the 16 hitherto published volumes of the Encyclopaedia of the World of Islam (EWI) which was originally compiled in Persian. Other entries from this encyclopaedia which are available in English include History and Historiography, Historical Sources of the Isamic World, The Pahlavi Dynasty, Periodicals of the Muslim World, and Hawza-yi ‘Ilmiyya.
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám
Author: Omar KhayyamPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199580502
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
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Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám
Author: Edward FitzGeraldPublisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191614785
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
'The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a line Nor all thy tears wash out a word of it.' In the 'rubáiyát' (short epigrammatic poems) of the medieval Persian poet, mathematician, and philosopher Omar Khayyám, Edward FitzGerald saw an unflinching challenge to the illusions and consolations of mankind in every age. His version of Omar is neither a translation nor an independent poem; sceptical of divine providence and insistent on the pleasure of the passing moment, its 'Orientalism' offers FitzGerald a powerful and distinctive voice, in whose accents a whole Victorian generation comes to life. Although the poem's vision is bleak, it is conveyed in some of the most beautiful and haunting images in English poetry - and some of the sharpest- edged. The poem sold no copies at all on its first appearance in 1859, yet when it was 'discovered' two years later its first admirers included Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Swinburne, and Ruskin. Daniel Karlin's richly annotated edition does justice to the scope and complexity of FitzGerald's lyrical meditation on 'human death and fate'. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.