Persia (Iran). c.1854-57. Binding: contemporary half green calf over marbled paper, title in gilt on two, spine with five raised bands and decorative gilt ruling and compartment devices, marbled upper and lower end papers., Notes: Yusuf and Zulaikha refers to a medieval Islamic version of the story of the prophet Yusuf and Potiphar's wife which has been for centuries in the Muslim world, and is found in many languages such as Arabic, Persian, Bengali, Turkish and Urdu. Its most famous version was written in the Persian language by Jami (1414-1492), in his Haft Awrang ("Seven Thrones"). The story had by then many elaborations, including Sufi interpretation, where Zulaikha's longing for Yusuf represents the soul's quest for God.

Khosrow and Shirin is the title of a famous tragic romance by the Persian poet Nizami Ganjavi (1141–1209), who also wrote Layla and Majnun. It tells a highly elaborated fictional version of the story of the love of the Sasanian king Khosrow II for the Armenian princess Shirin, who becomes queen of Persia. The essential narrative is a love story of Persian origin which was already well known from the great epico-historical poem the Shahnameh and other Persian writers and popular tales, and other works have the same title.

Nūr ad-Dīn 'Abd ar-Rahmān Jāmī (1414–1492), was a Persian Sunni poet who is known for his achievements as a prolific scholar and writer of mystical Sufi literature. He was primarily a prominent poet-theologian of the school of Ibn Arabi and a Khwājagānī Sũfī, recognized for his eloquence and for his analysis of the metaphysics of mercy. His most famous poetic works are Haft Awrang, Tuhfat al-Ahrar, Layla wa Majnun, Fatihat al-Shabab, Lawa'ih, Al-Durrah al-Fakhirah. Jami belonged to the Naqshbandi Sufi order.

Nizami Ganjavi was a 12th-century Persian Sunni Muslim poet. Nezāmi is considered the greatest romantic epic poet in Persian literature, who brought a colloquial and realistic style to the Persian epic. His heritage is widely appreciated and shared by Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, the Kurdistan region and Tajikistan.
, Size: Quarto (229 x 165 mm), , Illustration: Persian manuscript with 54 pages, with 8 full page and 19 half page watercolours, text with 18 lines to the page written in two columns., Provenance: Ex-Libris of Alfred Bull on the upper verso. , Category: Book Literature; Book Asia Middle East Iran;. A very good example, text and watercolours are very crisp. Item #B6430

Binding: contemporary half green calf over marbled paper, title in gilt on two, spine with five raised bands and decorative gilt ruling and compartment devices, marbled upper and lower end papers., Notes: Yusuf and Zulaikha refers to a medieval Islamic version of the story of the prophet Yusuf and Potiphar's wife which has been for centuries in the Muslim world, and is found in many languages such as Arabic, Persian, Bengali, Turkish and Urdu. Its most famous version was written in the Persian language by Jami (1414-1492), in his Haft Awrang ("Seven Thrones"). The story had by then many elaborations, including Sufi interpretation, where Zulaikha's longing for Yusuf represents the soul's quest for God.

Khosrow and Shirin is the title of a famous tragic romance by the Persian poet Nizami Ganjavi (1141–1209), who also wrote Layla and Majnun. It tells a highly elaborated fictional version of the story of the love of the Sasanian king Khosrow II for the Armenian princess Shirin, who becomes queen of Persia. The essential narrative is a love story of Persian origin which was already well known from the great epico-historical poem the Shahnameh and other Persian writers and popular tales, and other works have the same title.

Nūr ad-Dīn 'Abd ar-Rahmān Jāmī (1414–1492), was a Persian Sunni poet who is known for his achievements as a prolific scholar and writer of mystical Sufi literature. He was primarily a prominent poet-theologian of the school of Ibn Arabi and a Khwājagānī Sũfī, recognized for his eloquence and for his analysis of the metaphysics of mercy. His most famous poetic works are Haft Awrang, Tuhfat al-Ahrar, Layla wa Majnun, Fatihat al-Shabab, Lawa'ih, Al-Durrah al-Fakhirah. Jami belonged to the Naqshbandi Sufi order.

Nizami Ganjavi was a 12th-century Persian Sunni Muslim poet. Nezāmi is considered the greatest romantic epic poet in Persian literature, who brought a colloquial and realistic style to the Persian epic. His heritage is widely appreciated and shared by Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, the Kurdistan region and Tajikistan.
, Size: Quarto (229 x 165 mm), , Illustration: Persian manuscript with 54 pages, with 8 full page and 19 half page watercolours, text with 18 lines to the page written in two columns., Provenance: Ex-Libris of Alfred Bull on the upper verso. , Category: Book Literature; Book Asia Middle East Iran;.

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