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Middle Persian literature is the corpus of written works composed in Middle Persian, that is, the Middle Iranian dialect of Persia proper, the region in the south-western corner of the Iranian plateau. Middle Persian was the prestige dialect during the era of Sasanian dynasty. It is the largest source of Zoroastrian literature.
Distinguished scholars of Persian such as Gvakharia and Todua are well aware that the inspiration derived from the Persian classics of the ninth to the twelfth centuries produced a ‘cultural synthesis’ which saw, in the earliest stages of written secular literature in Georgia, the resumption of literary contacts with Iran, “much stronger ...
Shahnameh (Persian literature; details Persian legend and history from prehistoric times to the fall of the Sassanid Empire, by Ferdowsi) Waltharius by Ekkehard of St. Gall (Germany, Latin); about Walter of Aquitaine; Poetic Edda (no particular authorship; oral tradition of the North Germanic peoples)
Siyāsatnāmeh (Persian: سیاست نامه, lit. ' Book of Politics ' [ 1 ] ), also known as Siyar al-mulûk ( Arabic : سيرالملوك , lit. ' The Lives of Kings ' ), is the most famous work by Nizam al-Mulk , the founder of Nizamiyyah schools in medieval Persia and vazier to the Seljuq sultans Alp Arslan and Malik Shah .
Sassanid king, Bahram Gur is a great favourite in Persian tradition and poetry. Depiction of Nezami's "Bahram and the Indian Princess in the Black Pavilion", Khamsa , mid-16th century Safavid era. A manuscript from Nizami's Khamsa dated 1494, depicting Muhammad 's journey from Mecca to the Dome of the Rock to heaven .
Zoroastrian literature is the corpus of literary texts produced within the religious tradition of Zoroastrianism. These texts span the languages of Avestan , named after the famous Zoroastrian work known as the Avesta , and Middle Persian (Pahlavi), which includes a range of Middle Persian literature .
Gulistān (Persian: گُلِستان, romanized: Golestān, lit. 'The Rose Garden'; [golestɒːn]), sometimes spelled Golestan, is a landmark of Persian literature, perhaps its single most influential work of prose. [1] Written in 1258 CE, it is one of two major works of the Persian poet Sa'di, considered one of the greatest medieval Persian ...
Pages in category "Medieval Persian literature" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Al-Nadirah;