Title: Minstrel poetry from the Pamir Mountains : a study on the songs and poems of the Ismāʻīlīs of Tajik Badakhshan /
Authors: Van den Berg, Gabrielle Rachel, 1967-
Publisher: Reichert,
Year: 2004
Subjects: Islamic poetry, Persian Tajikistan Gorno-Badakhshanskai︠a︡ avtonomnai︠a︡ oblastʹ.; Folk poetry, Persian Tajikistan Gorno-Badakhshanskai︠a︡ avtonomnai︠a︡ oblastʹ.; Folk songs Tajikstan Gorno-Badakhshanskai︠a︡ avtonomnai︠a︡ oblastʹ.; Ismailites Tajikstan Gorno-Badakhshanskai︠a︡ avtonomnai︠a︡ oblastʹ Social life and customs.; Islamic poetry, Persian Tajikistan Kūḣistonī Badakhshon.; Folk poetry, Persian Tajikistan Kūḣistonī Badakhshon.; Folk songs Tajikistan Kūḣistonī Badakhshon.; Ismailites Tajikistan Kūḣistonī Badakhshon Social life and customs.
Abstract: This study is an exploration of the sung poetry of Tajik Badakhshan, also known as Autonomous Region of Gorno-Badakhshan or simply Pamir, populated by Nizari Ismaili Muslims. It presents an analysis of the different poetical genres and performance-genres of the minstrel tradition of Badakhshan. The great bulk of the poetry presented in this study was recorded in the houses of the musicians.