Persian Literature - A Biobibliographical Survey: Qur'anic Literature
Subtitle: History
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon
Published: February 26, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 820
ISBN-13: 9780947593049
Subjects: Bibliographies, catalogues, discographies; Asia - General; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Literary Criticism; ASIA; History; Middle Eastern; Reference; Social Science / Ethnic Studies; Asian - General
First sentence: 1. The first definite landmark in the history of Persian Qur'anic literature is the translation of the large Arabic tafsir of al-Tabari, which is likewise one of the oldest surviving works in the Persian language.