Author: Edward G Browne
Publisher: Goodword Books
Year: 2002
Language: English
Pages: 2205
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8178981254 & 6
Description
A Literary history of Persia by Edward G. Browne is a veritable magnum opus covering the Pre-Islamic to the Firdausi periods, including mysticism.
Divided into four volumes, this monumental work covers From the Earliest Times until Firdawsi.
The author has made a splendidly thorough study of the subject, basing his conclusions on source material spread over a vast era of almost two millennia.
This book will be interesting and useful both to those who have no previous knowledge of Persian culture and history as well as to those who are already well versed in these subjects.
Contents
BOOK ONE COMPRISING Volumes I & II
Volume I
Preface
BOOK I
On the Origins and General History of the People,
Languages, and Literatures of Persia
CHAPTER
I. Introduction
II.The Discovery and Interpretation of the Inscriptions and
Documents of Ancient Persia, with other Philological Matter
III.The Pre-Muhammadan Literature of the Persians,
with some Account of their Legendary History,
as set forth in the Book of the Kings
BOOK II
On the History of Persia From The Rise of
the Sasanian to the Fall of the Umayyad Dynasty (A D 226- 750.)
IV.The Sasanian Period ( A D 226-652)
V.The Arab Invasion
VI.The Umayyad Period (A D 661-749)
BOOK III
On the early Abbasid Period, or Golden Age of Islam
CHAPTER
VII.General Characteristics of the Golden Age of Islam (A D 749-847) From the Accession of As-Saffah to the Death of AL-Wathiq.
VIII.The Developments of religion and Philosophy in the Golden Age of Islam
IX.The Great Persian Heresiarchs of the Period.
BOOK IV
On the First Period of the Decline of the Caliphate, From the Accession of Almutawakkil to the Accession of Sultan Mahmud of Ghazna (A D 850-1000)
X.The General Phenomena of the First Period of the Decline of the Caliphate (A D 847-1000), From the Accession of AL-Mutawakkil
to the Accession of Mahmud of Ghazna
XI.The State of Muslim Literature and Science at the Beginning of the Ghaznawi Period
XII.Religious Movements of this Period
I.The Isma’ilis and Carmathians, or the Sect of the Seven
XIII. Religious Movements of this Period
II.The Sufi Mysticism
XIV.The Literature of Persia During This Period
Bibliography
Index
Volume II
CHAPTER
I. Retrospective and Introductory
II. The Ghaznawi Period, Until the Death of Sultan Mahmud
III. The Early Seljuq, from the Rise of Tughril Beg Till the Death of Malikshah, Including the origin of the Order of the Assassing
IV. The Literature of the early Seljuq Period: The Nidhamu'l-Mulk and his Contemporaries
V. The Period of Sanjar and His Brothers
VI. The Four Great Poets of the Late Twelfth Century, Anwari, Khaqani, Nidhami of Ganja, And Dhahir of Faryab
VII. The Empire of Khwarazm and the Mongol Invasion, Until the Fall of Baghdad and the Extinction of the Caliphate
VII. Writers of the Earlier Mongol Period
IX. Faridu'd-Din Attar, Jalalu'd-Din Rumi, and Sa'di, and some Lesser Poets of the Period
Index
BOOK TWO COMPRISING Volumes III & IV
Volume III
Preface
BOOK I
The Mongol IL-Khans of Persia, From The Death of Hulagu to the Extinction of the Dynasty (A H 663-737 = A D 1265-1337)
CHAPTER
I The Mongol IL- Khans of Persia (A D 1265-1337)
II The Historians of the IL-Khani Period
III The Poets and mystics of the IL- Khani Period
BOOK II
From The Birth to the Death of Timur-I-Lang, Commonly Called Tamerlane
(A H 736-807=A D 1335-1405)
IV The Period of Timur
V The Poets and Writers of the Time of Timur
BOOK III
From the Death of Timur to the Rise of the Safawi Dynasty
(A H 807-907= A D 1405-1502)
VI History of the Later Timurid Period
VII Prose Writers of the Later Timurid Period
VIII Poets of the Later Timurid Period
Index
VOLUME IV
PREFACE
PART I
AN OUTLINE OF PERSIAN HISTORY DURING THE LAST FOUR CENTURIES
CHAPTER
I. Some general considerations on the Safawi Dynasty.
II. The Creation of the Safawi Power to 930/1524. Shah Isma'il and his Ancestors
III. Culmination and Decline of the Safawi Power, from Shah Tahmasp (A.D. 1524-1576) to Shah Husayn (A.D. 1694-1722)
IV. An Outline of thehistory of persia during the last two centuries (A.D. 1722-1922)
PART II
PERSIAN VERSE DURING THE LAST FOUR CENTURIES
V. Some general considerations on the later and especially the Religious Poetry of the Persians
VI. Poets of the Classical Tradition. Pre-Qajar period (A.D. 1500-1800)
VII. Poets of the Qajar period
PART III
PERSIAN PROSE DURING THE LAST FOUR CENTURIES
VIII. The orthodox Shi'a Faith and its exponents, the Mujtahids and Mullas
IX. Prose writers until A.D. 1850
X. The most modern developments (A.D. 1850 onwards)
Index