Gulistaan i Masarrat, or Hada'iq al-ma'ani. A selection of Persian poems.

Abdur Rahman Khan Shakir.

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Persian lithograph printing, [10], 562 pp., + 8 pp., contemporary half-calf, probably made in the second half of the 20th century, rubbed round edges, speckled edges, copy clean inside and in very good condition, small printed label verso front cover ?Bound at the Aden Jail?, printed by Muhammad Mustafa Khan, Gawnpor, Rajab 1267/ [1851]. Gulistaan, 'The Flower Garden', sometimes spelled Golestan, is a landmark of Persian literature, perhaps its single most influential work of prose written in 1258 CE, it is one of two major works of the Persian poet Sa'di, considered one of the greatest medieval Persian poets. It is also one of his most popular books, and has proved deeply influential in the West as well as the East. Persian for a long time was the language of literature from Bengal to Constantinople, and the Golestan was known and studied in much of Asia. #33883. Seller Inventory # 011849

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Title: Gulistaan i Masarrat, or Hada'iq al-ma'ani. ...

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good