The Lament of Baba Tahir: Being the Rubaiyat of Baba Tahir, Hamadani (Uryan) (Classic Reprint) - Softcover
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To write an introduction to the poems, and to en deavour to give information about the life of an author of whom the only thing that can be said with perfect accuracy is that practically nothing is known of him, suggests the brick-making industry as practised by the Jews in Egypt. Though the ruba'iyat of Babs Tahir are chaunted and recited to the present day all over Persia, to the accompaniment of the three-stringed Viol or lute, known as the Sih-tar Three-strings and few collections of poems have been published in that country (or indeed in the Persian language), since the introduction of the lithographic press, that do not contain some specimens of his quatrains, concerning the poet himself few precise details, biographical or otherwise, have yet come to light.
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To write an introduction to the poems, and to en deavour to give information about the life of an author of whom the only thing that can be said with perfect accuracy is that practically nothing is known of him, suggests the brick-making industry as practised by the Jews in Egypt. Though the ruba'iyat of Babs Tahir are chaunted and recited to the present day all over Persia, to the accompaniment of the three-stringed Viol or lute, known as the Sih-tar Three-strings and few collections of poems have been published in that country (or indeed in the Persian language), since the introduction of the lithographic press, that do not contain some specimens of his quatrains, concerning the poet himself few precise details, biographical or otherwise, have yet come to light.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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- Publication date2018
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