page_title: Haft Awrang
hierarchical_section_title: Haft Awrang
caption_attribution_description: English: Illustration from Haft Awrang, Yusuf and Zulaykha (Freer Jami, folio 101a).
context_page_description: Haft Awrang by the Persian poet Jami is a classic of Persian literature composed some time between 1468 and 1485. Jami completed the work as seven books following a masnavi format:
  "Selselat adh-dhahab": a collection of didactic anecdotes
  "Yusof-o Zulaikhā": the romance of Joseph and Zulaikha, wife of Potiphar based on the Islamic traditions.
  "Sabhat al-abrār": another collection of didactic anecdotes
  "Salaman-o Absāl": A doomed romance between a prince and his nursemaid. The original story is Greek, translated in the early Islamic times to Arabic by Ibn Hunain and then rendered into Persian poem by Jami. Dehkhoda suggests this story might have an Israelite origin.
  "Tohfat ol-ahrār
  "Layli-o Majnun"
  "Kheradnāma-i Eskandari" account of events leading up to Alexander's death.
  The term Haft Awrang itself is a reference to the seven stars that form the Big Dipper.
  Religion, philosophy, and ethics of Sufi origin lie at the root of all seven masnavis.
context_section_description: Haft Awrang (Persian: هفت اورنگ‎, meaning "Seven Thrones") by the Persian poet Jami is a classic of Persian literature composed some time between 1468 and 1485. Jami completed the work as seven books following a masnavi format:
  "Selselat adh-dhahab" (سلسلة الذهب, "Chain of Gold"): a collection of didactic anecdotes
  "Yusof-o Zulaikhā" (یوسف و زلیخا, "Joseph and Zulaikha"): the romance of Joseph and Zulaikha, wife of Potiphar based on the Islamic traditions.
  "Sabhat al-abrār" (سبحة الابرار, "Rosary of the Pious"): another collection of didactic anecdotes
  "Salaman-o Absāl" (سلامان و ابسال, Salaman and Absal): A doomed romance between a prince and his nursemaid. The original story is Greek, translated in the early Islamic times to Arabic by Ibn Hunain and then rendered into Persian poem by Jami. Dehkhoda suggests this story might have an Israelite origin.
  "Tohfat ol-ahrār (تحفة الاحرار, "Gift of the Free")
  "Layli-o Majnun" (لیلی و مجنون, "Layla and Majnun")
  "Kheradnāma-i Eskandari" (خردنامهٔ اسکندری, "Alexander's Book of Wisdom") account of events leading up to Alexander's death.
  The term Haft Awrang itself is a reference to the seven stars that form the Big Dipper (the Plough or دب اکبر).
  Religion, philosophy, and ethics of Sufi origin lie at the root of all seven masnavis.
caption: Zulaykha Enters the Capital of Egypt
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