The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan, Volume 1
Firdawsi; Ḥāfiẓ
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A certain amount of romantic interest has always attached to Persia.
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- INTRODUCTIONSample
- THE SHÁH NÁMEH KAIÚMERS
- HÚSHENG
- TAHÚMERS
- JEMSHÍD
- MIRTÁS-TÁZÍ, AND HIS SON ZOHÁK
- KAVAH, THE BLACKSMITH
- FERIDÚN
- FERIDÚN AND HIS THREE SONS
- MINÚCHIHR
- ZÁL, THE SON OF SÁM
- THE DREAM OF SÁM
- RÚDÁBEH
- DEATH OF MINÚCHIHR
- NAUDER
- AFRÁSIYÁB MARCHES AGAINST NAUDER
- AFRÁSIYÁB
- ZAU
- GARSHÁSP
- KAI-KOBÁD
- KAI-KÁÚS
- THE SEVEN LABORS OF RUSTEM
- INVASION OF IRÁN BY AFRÁSIYÁB
- THE RETURN OF KAI-KÁÚS
- STORY OF SOHRÁB
- THE STORY OF SAIÁWUSH
- KAI-KHOSRÁU
- AKWÁN DÍW
- THE STORY OF BYZUN AND MANÍJEH[49]
- BARZÚ, AND HIS CONFLICT WITH RUSTEM
- SÚSEN AND AFRÁSIYÁB
- THE EXPEDITION OF GÚDARZ
- THE DEATH OF AFRÁSIYÁB
- THE DEATH OF KAI-KHOSRÁU
- LOHURÁSP
- GUSHTÁSP, AND THE FAITH OF ZERDUSHT
- THE HEFT-KHAN OF ISFENDIYÁR
- CAPTURE OF THE BRAZEN FORTRESS
- THE DEATH OF ISFENDIYÁR
- THE DEATH OF RUSTEM
- BAHMAN
- HÚMAI AND THE BIRTH OF DÁRÁB
- DÁRÁB AND DÁRÁ
- SIKANDER
- FIRDUSI'S INVOCATION
- FIRDUSI'S SATIRE ON MAHMUD
- THE RUBÁIYÁT OF OMAR KHAYYÁM
- THE RUBÁIYÁT
- NOTE
- INTRODUCTION
- THE DIVAN I
- II
- VI
- XII
- XIV
- XVI
- XVII
- XX
- XXII
- XXIII
- XXV
- XXIX
- XXXI
- XXXV
- XLIII
- XLV
- LIX
- LXIII
- LXIX
- LXXI
- LXXVII
- LXXXVI
- LXXXVII
- LXXXVIII
- CI
- CXV
- CXXIX
- CXXXIV
- CXXXV
- CXLV
- CXLVI
- CXLIX
- CLV
- CLVII
- CLXVI
- CLXXX