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BABA TAHIR The 'Naked' Sufi Poet... Ruba'iyat: (Large Print & Large Format Edition)
Contributor(s): Smith, Paul (Translator), Tahir, Baba (Author)

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 ISBN: 1078241589     ISBN-13: 9781078241588
Publisher: Independently Published
OUR PRICE: $19.00  

Binding Type: Paperback
Published: February 2020
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- Poetry | Middle Eastern
Physical Information: 0.46" H x 7.99" W x 10" L (0.97 lbs) 218 pages
 
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BABA TAHIR The 'Naked' Sufi Poet... Ruba'iyat (Large Print & Large Format Edition) Translation & Introduction Paul Smith Baba Tahir, or Oryan ('The Naked') of Hamadan... approx. 990-1065 A.D., was a great God-intoxicated, or God-mad soul (mast) and possibly a Qutub (Perfect Master) who composed about 120 known ruba'i in a simpler metre than the usual 'hazaj' metre. His simple, mystical poems that he would sing while wandering naked throughout the land had a profound influence on Sufis and dervishes and other ruba'i composers, especially Abu Sa'id, Ibn Sina and Omar Khayyam. Included in the Introduction: The Life, Times & Poetry of Baba Tahir, a History of the ruba'i and examples by its greatest exponents, Sufis & Dervishes: Their Art & Poetry. Selected Bibliography. The correct rhyme-structure has been kept and beauty and meaning of these immortal four-line poems. Large Print (18pt) & Large Format (8" x 10") 216 pages. Paul Smith (b. 1945) is a poet, author and translator of many books of Sufi poets of the Persian, Arabic, Urdu, Turkish, Pashtu and other languages... including Hafiz, Sadi, Nizami, Rumi, 'Attar, Sana'i, Jahan Khatun, Obeyd Zakani, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Ansari, Jami, Khayyam, Rudaki, Yunus Emre, Lalla Ded, Mahsati, Amir Khusrau, Bulleh Shah, Iqbal, Makhfi, Nazir, Seemab, Jigar, Huma, Dard, Mir, Hali and many others, as well as his own poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children's books and screenplays. amazon.com/author/smithpa
 
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