Great poets of Classical Persian
Publisher: Sparrow publication
Published: 2015
Table of contents: title: For more than a millennium, the Persian language simultaneously thrived in Iran  and India and the main reason for this is the rich classical Persian literature, especially classical Persian poetry which flourished continuous and uninterrupted. Between the tenth and the seventeenth centuries there were legions of poets of exceptioal poetic talent, great insight, and uncanny genius who embellished  Persian poetry with their master-pieces which has made classical Persian poetry as one of the greatest literatures of the world. Out of many poets, description of about twelve most brilliant poets of classical Persian poetry has been given in this book by the author and are: Ferdowsi, Omar Khayyam, Nizami, Attar, Rumi, Sa''di, Hafiz, Jami, Saib and Qaáni from Iran, and Amir Khusrow and Bedil from India. These poets have exercised profound influence on other literatures of the world by the nobility of their thoughts and rhythmic rendition of their poetry. It has been also explained that the chief merit of classical Persian poetry lies in the fact that it is full of love, deep feelings, highly didacted, profoundly spiritual which captivates the hearts of people and inspires them even today to recite with great relish.