Persian Literature Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan And The Gulistan
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: June 30, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 440
ISBN-13: 9781419140914
Subjects: Literature: History & Criticism; Literature: Classics; Literary Collections; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Ancient, Classical & Medieval; Middle Eastern
First sentence: When Sir John Lubbock, in the list of a hundred books which he published, in the year 1886, as containing the best hundred worth reading, mentioned the "Shah Nameh" or "Book of Kings," written by the Persian poet Firdusi, it is doubtful whether many of his readers had even heard of such a poem or of its author.