This volume contains the Divan of Ali Shir Nava’i (844-906 AH/1441-1501 CE). As well as being a prominent statesman of considerable wealth, Nava’i (meaning ‘melody maker’) was a great poet and patron of the arts. Nava’i was a master of Chagatai and his poetry in the language brought him great ...
This volume contains Abdurrahman Abdi Pasha’s (died 1103 AH/1692 CE) grammatical commentary on the Pandnama, the famous mystical and didactic work in Persian attributed to the renowned poet and Sufi Farid al-Din Attar (died 618 AH/1221 CE). As well as being a clerk and statesman, Abdi Pasha was...
Terciibend-i Suriye vilayeti Vali-i Alisi devletlu Nazım Paşa Hazretlerinindir - ترجيع بند سوريه ولايتى والى عاليسى دولتلو ناظم پاشا حظرتلرينگدر
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This volume contains a terciibent or stanzaic poem in Ottoman Turkish by Hüseyin Nazım Paşa (1270-71–1345 AH/1854–1927 CE), governor of the Ottoman province of Syria during the early 14th century AH/late 19th century CE. The poem is in the vein of classical Sufi meditative poetry. The original t...