E. Yu. Yusupov: Miniatures Illuminations of Amir Hosrov Dehlevi's Works.

guter bis sehr guter Zustand, geringe Gebrauchs- und Alterungsspuren: Deckel an der unteren Ecke leicht angeknickt - Schutzumschlag gering defekt, Amir Hosrov Dehlevi was one of the greatest of all writers who wrote in the Persian language in the Middle Ages. His poetry was a link in the chain of literary contacts of various times and peoples. As it is impossible to imagine Dehlevi's Pentameter" without Nizami Ganjawi's "Hamsah", one cannot conceive the works of Abdurrahman Jami, Alisher Navoi and other poets who wrote in Persian and Turkic without the epic works of Amir Hosrov Dehlevi. His works led to the foundation and golden age of Indian literature in the Persian language, and favoured the development of literary contacts between the peoples of Middle and Central Aisa and propagating on a large scale epic poetry of romantic and realistic trend in the Persian language. The spreading of literature in the Persian language through India was bound up with the emergence of a number of states which were ruled by persons of Central Asian extraction and the adoption of Persian as the state language. Gifted scholars, poets and musicians were gathered at the courts by the rulers of the Turkic dynasty. Among them were such distinguished writers as Tadjiddin, Shikhabiddin Badayuni and Khodja Amididdin Sanami, whose literary productions paved the way for the development of Amir Hosrov Dehlevi's creative work. Yaminiddi Abul Khasan Amir Hosrov Dehlevi was born in Patiala in 1253. Amir Saifiddin Mahmud, the poet's father of Turkic descent, was born in the Central Asian town Kesh (Shakhrisabz). During the Mongol invasion he found refuge in India. He served at the palace of Delhi sultans conscientiously, for which he was held in respect and awarded the title "Amir". Saifiddin Mahmud fell in battle against the Mongols in 1261. Yaminiddin, who was eight years old at the time, was brought up by his grandfather who educated him well for his time. Hosrov Dehlevi's youth concurred with the rule of Giyasiddin Balban (1265-1287) ...", Kunstleder, ca. 24,5 x 33,5, 132 Seiten mit 117 Bildern