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SA'IB A SUFI POET OF THE 'INDIAN STYLE' Selected Poems: (Large Print & Large Format Edition)

by Paul Smith
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9781079594157
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Independently Published
  • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published
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  • Pages: 176
  • Original Price: GBP 14.69
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 363 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Subjects & Themes / Religious

SA'IB A SUFI POET OF THE 'INDIAN STYLE' Selected Poems (Large Print & Large Format Edition) Translation & Introduction Paul Smith Mirza Muhammad Ali Tabrizi (1601-1676) who used the takhallus of Sa'ib was born in Tabriz. Sa'ib's ancestry goes back to Shams Tabrizi, Rumi's famous spiritual Master. In about 1626 he went to Mecca, then to Herat and Kabul... where he was introduced to Shah Jahan and received at his court. Poets who composed were welcomed and a new style... the 'Indian Style' (Sabk-e Hindi) was carried on from the poems of Amir Khusrau and Fighani and others. He was greatly influenced by the poetry of Hafiz. Sa'ib's 'Indian Style' poems reveal an elegant wit, a gift for the aphorism and the proverb and an appreciation of Sufism. His Divan was important to all succeeding generations of poets. The correct rhyme-structures have been kept. Introduction: Life and Poetry, Poetic Forms, Selected Bibliography. Large Print (18pt) & Large Format (8" x 10") Edition, Pages 174. Paul Smith (b. 1945) is a poet, author and a translator of many books of Sufi poets from the Persian, Arabic, Urdu, Turkish, Pashtu and other languages including Hafiz, Sadi, Nizami, Rumi, 'Attar, Sana'i, Jahan Khatun, Obeyd Zakani, Mu'in, Amir Khusrau, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Ansari, Jami, Khayyam, Rudaki, Yunus Emre. Lalla Ded, Mahsati and others, and his poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children's books and screenplays. amazon.com/author/smithpa

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