Government of IndiaA Literary History of Persia: From the Earliest Times Until Firdawsi
Author: Browne, Edward G.
Keywords: Persian Literature, Firdausi, Abbasids, Umayyads, Sassanian, Edward Browne
Issue Date: 1919
Publisher: T.Fisher Unwin, London
Description: This is an attempt by the author to provide an account of the history of the ‘intellectual and literary achievements of the Persians’. The author has arranged the account into four sections, each containing a few chapters. The book begins with a narrative of the origins of languages and literature in Persia, and proceeds to cover the literary history from the Sassanian, the Umayyad and the Abbasid periods, to the accession of the Sultan Mahmud of Ghazna, thus bringing the narrative to AD 1000.
Source: Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi
Type: Rare Book
Received From: Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts
| DC Field | Value |
| dc.contributor.author | Browne, Edward G. |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-12-05T12:01:37Z |
| dc.date.available | 2019-12-05T12:01:37Z |
| dc.description | This is an attempt by the author to provide an account of the history of the ‘intellectual and literary achievements of the Persians’. The author has arranged the account into four sections, each containing a few chapters. The book begins with a narrative of the origins of languages and literature in Persia, and proceeds to cover the literary history from the Sassanian, the Umayyad and the Abbasid periods, to the accession of the Sultan Mahmud of Ghazna, thus bringing the narrative to AD 1000. |
| dc.date.issued | 1919 |
| dc.source | Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi |
| dc.format.extent | xiv, 521p. |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf |
| dc.language.iso | English |
| dc.publisher | T.Fisher Unwin, London |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | The library of literary history; |
| dc.subject | Persian Literature, Firdausi, Abbasids, Umayyads, Sassanian, Edward Browne |
| dc.type | Rare Book |
| dc.date.copyright | 1908 |
| dc.identifier.accessionnumber | S443 |
| dc.format.medium | text |
| DC Field | Value |
| dc.contributor.author | Browne, Edward G. |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-12-05T12:01:37Z |
| dc.date.available | 2019-12-05T12:01:37Z |
| dc.description | This is an attempt by the author to provide an account of the history of the ‘intellectual and literary achievements of the Persians’. The author has arranged the account into four sections, each containing a few chapters. The book begins with a narrative of the origins of languages and literature in Persia, and proceeds to cover the literary history from the Sassanian, the Umayyad and the Abbasid periods, to the accession of the Sultan Mahmud of Ghazna, thus bringing the narrative to AD 1000. |
| dc.date.issued | 1919 |
| dc.source | Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi |
| dc.format.extent | xiv, 521p. |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf |
| dc.language.iso | English |
| dc.publisher | T.Fisher Unwin, London |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | The library of literary history; |
| dc.subject | Persian Literature, Firdausi, Abbasids, Umayyads, Sassanian, Edward Browne |
| dc.type | Rare Book |
| dc.date.copyright | 1908 |
| dc.identifier.accessionnumber | S443 |
| dc.format.medium | text |
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