{"product_id":"a-literary-history-of-persia-volume-1-to-iv-bound-in-2-books","title":"A Literary History of Persia - Volume 1 to IV bound in 2 Books","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Edward G Browne\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Goodword Books\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2002\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 2205\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 8178981254 \u0026amp; 6\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA Literary history of Persia by Edward G. Browne is a veritable magnum opus covering the Pre-Islamic to the Firdausi periods, including mysticism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDivided into four volumes, this monumental work covers From the Earliest Times until Firdawsi.\u003cbr\u003eThe author has made a splendidly thorough study of the subject, basing his conclusions on source material spread over a vast era of almost two millennia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book will be interesting and useful both to those who have no previous knowledge of Persian culture and history as well as to those who are already well versed in these subjects.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBOOK ONE COMPRISING Volumes I \u0026amp; II\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVolume I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBOOK I\u003cbr\u003eOn the Origins and General History of the People, \u003cbr\u003eLanguages, and Literatures of Persia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eII.The Discovery and Interpretation of the Inscriptions and \u003cbr\u003eDocuments of Ancient Persia, with other Philological Matter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIII.The Pre-Muhammadan Literature of the Persians, \u003cbr\u003ewith some Account of their Legendary History,\u003cbr\u003eas set forth in the Book of the Kings\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBOOK II\u003cbr\u003eOn the History of Persia From The Rise of \u003cbr\u003ethe Sasanian to the Fall of the Umayyad Dynasty (A D 226- 750.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIV.The Sasanian Period ( A D 226-652)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eV.The Arab Invasion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVI.The Umayyad Period (A D 661-749)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBOOK III\u003cbr\u003eOn the early Abbasid Period, or Golden Age of Islam\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVII.General Characteristics of the Golden Age of Islam (A D 749-847) From the Accession of As-Saffah to the Death of AL-Wathiq.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVIII.The Developments of religion and Philosophy in the Golden Age of Islam\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIX.The Great Persian Heresiarchs of the Period.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBOOK IV\u003cbr\u003eOn the First Period of the Decline of the Caliphate, From the Accession of Almutawakkil to the Accession of Sultan Mahmud of Ghazna (A D 850-1000)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eX.The General Phenomena of the First Period of the Decline of the Caliphate (A D 847-1000), From the Accession of AL-Mutawakkil\u003cbr\u003eto the Accession of Mahmud of Ghazna \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXI.The State of Muslim Literature and Science at the Beginning of the Ghaznawi Period\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXII.Religious Movements of this Period \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI.The Isma’ilis and Carmathians, or the Sect of the Seven\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXIII. Religious Movements of this Period\u003cbr\u003eII.The Sufi Mysticism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXIV.The Literature of Persia During This Period \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVolume II \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER\u003cbr\u003eI. Retrospective and Introductory\u003cbr\u003eII. The Ghaznawi Period, Until the Death of Sultan Mahmud\u003cbr\u003eIII. The Early Seljuq, from the Rise of Tughril Beg Till the Death of Malikshah, Including the origin of the Order of the Assassing\u003cbr\u003eIV. The Literature of the early Seljuq Period: The Nidhamu'l-Mulk and his Contemporaries\u003cbr\u003eV. The Period of Sanjar and His Brothers\u003cbr\u003eVI. The Four Great Poets of the Late Twelfth Century, Anwari, Khaqani, Nidhami of Ganja, And Dhahir of Faryab\u003cbr\u003eVII. The Empire of Khwarazm and the Mongol Invasion, Until the Fall of Baghdad and the Extinction of the Caliphate\u003cbr\u003eVII. Writers of the Earlier Mongol Period\u003cbr\u003eIX. Faridu'd-Din Attar, Jalalu'd-Din Rumi, and Sa'di, and some Lesser Poets of the Period\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBOOK TWO COMPRISING Volumes III \u0026amp; IV\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVolume III\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBOOK I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Mongol IL-Khans of Persia, From The Death of Hulagu to the Extinction of the Dynasty (A H 663-737 = A D 1265-1337)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI The Mongol IL- Khans of Persia (A D 1265-1337)\u003cbr\u003eII The Historians of the IL-Khani Period\u003cbr\u003eIII The Poets and mystics of the IL- Khani Period\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBOOK II\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom The Birth to the Death of Timur-I-Lang, Commonly Called Tamerlane \u003cbr\u003e(A H 736-807=A D 1335-1405)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIV The Period of Timur\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eV The Poets and Writers of the Time of Timur\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBOOK III\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the Death of Timur to the Rise of the Safawi Dynasty\u003cbr\u003e(A H 807-907= A D 1405-1502)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVI History of the Later Timurid Period\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVII Prose Writers of the Later Timurid Period\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVIII Poets of the Later Timurid Period\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVOLUME IV\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePREFACE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART I\u003cbr\u003eAN OUTLINE OF PERSIAN HISTORY DURING THE LAST FOUR CENTURIES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER \u003cbr\u003eI. Some general considerations on the Safawi Dynasty.\u003cbr\u003eII. The Creation of the Safawi Power to 930\/1524. Shah Isma'il and his Ancestors\u003cbr\u003eIII. Culmination and Decline of the Safawi Power, from Shah Tahmasp (A.D. 1524-1576) to Shah Husayn (A.D. 1694-1722)\u003cbr\u003eIV. An Outline of thehistory of persia during the last two centuries (A.D. 1722-1922)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART II\u003cbr\u003ePERSIAN VERSE DURING THE LAST FOUR CENTURIES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eV. Some general considerations on the later and especially the Religious Poetry of the Persians\u003cbr\u003eVI. Poets of the Classical Tradition. Pre-Qajar period (A.D. 1500-1800)\u003cbr\u003eVII. Poets of the Qajar period\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART III\u003cbr\u003ePERSIAN PROSE DURING THE LAST FOUR CENTURIES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVIII. The orthodox Shi'a Faith and its exponents, the Mujtahids and Mullas\u003cbr\u003eIX. Prose writers until A.D. 1850\u003cbr\u003eX. The most modern developments (A.D. 1850 onwards)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Edward G Browne \/ Goodword Books \/ Paperback","offer_id":68153509446000,"sku":"7327","price":79.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/5203\/9792\/files\/literaryhiscombine.png?v=1793910624","url":"https:\/\/marketcalvexa.shop\/products\/a-literary-history-of-persia-volume-1-to-iv-bound-in-2-books","provider":"Alderstone House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}