Persian Literature

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Author

Reed, Elizabeth A. (Elizabeth Armstrong), 1842-1915

Title

Persian Literature, Ancient and Modern

Credits

Produced by KD Weeks, David Starner, The Internet Archive/American Libraries and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)

Language

English

LoC Class

PK: Language and Literatures: Indo-Iranian literatures

Subject

Persian literature -- History and criticism

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 56248

Release Date

December 24, 2017

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.PERSIAN LITERATURE ANCIENT AND MODERN
2. 2.TABLE OF CONTENTS.
3. 3.PREFACE.
4. 4.PRONUNCIATION.
5. 5.DIVISION I. The Early Tablets and Mythology. — CHAPTER I. HISTORIC OUTLINE. — ACCAD AND SUMER. — LITERATURE OF NINEVEH. — BABYLON. — ĪRĀN OR PERSIA. — PHYSICAL FEATURES OF PERSIA. — PERSIAN ART. — MANUSCRIPTS. — EARLY LITERATURE. — THE MOHAMMEDAN CONQUEST. — LITERATURE OF MODERN PERSIA. — PERSIAN ROMANCE. — CHAPTER II. THE CUNEIFORM INSCRIPTIONS. — HISTORIC TABLETS. — THE INSCRIPTIONS OF NEBUCHADNEZZAR. — THE FALL OF BABYLON. — CYRUS—THE ACHÆMENIAN. — BEHISTUN INSCRIPTIONS. — DARIUS AT PERSEPOLIS. — INSCRIPTIONS OF XERXES. — ARTAXERXES. — A LATER PERSIAN TABLET. — RÉSUMÉ. — CHAPTER III. THE POETRY AND MYTHOLOGY OF THE TABLETS. — ANŪ. — SEVEN EVIL SPIRITS. — ACCADIAN POEM ON THE SEVEN EVIL SPIRITS. — ASSUR. — HEA. — NIN-CI-GAL. — SIN. — HEA-BANI. — NERGAL, — BEL MERODACH, — NEBO. — NINIP, — DAGON. — MOLECH. — CHEMOSH. — INCANTATIONS TO FIRE AND WATER — IM. — BAAL, — TAMMUZ. — ISHTAR. — ISHTAR OF ARBELA — ISHTAR OF ERECH, — ISHTAR, THE QUEEN OF LOVE AND BEAUTY. — THE DESCENT OF ISHTAR.
6. 6.CHAPTER IV. PERSIAN MYTHOLOGY. — MYTHICAL MOUNTAINS. — RIVERS. — MYTHICAL BIRDS. — AHŪRA-MAZDA. — ATAR. — THE STORM GOD. — YIMA. — THE CHINVAT BRIDGE. — MITHRA.
7. 7.DIVISION II. The Period of the Zend-Avesta. — CHAPTER V. THE ZEND-AVESTA. — DIVISIONS. — AGE OF THE ZEND-AVESTA. — MANUSCRIPTS. — ZARATHUŚTRA. — THE EARLY PĀRSĪS. — THE MODERN PĀRSĪS. — CHAPTER VI. THE TEACHINGS OF THE ZEND-AVESTA. — THE GĀTHAS. — THE WAIL OF THE KINE. — THE LAST GĀTHA. — THE MARRIAGE SONG. — THE YASNA. — COMMENCEMENT OF THE SACRIFICE. — COMMENTARY ON THE FORMULAS. — THE YASNA HAPTANG-HĀITA. — THE SRAŌSHA YAŚT. — THE YASNA CONCLUDING. — CHAPTER VII. TEACHINGS OF THE ZEND-AVESTA, CONCLUDED. — FARGARD II. — THE VARA OF YIMA. — THE LAWS OF PURIFICATION. — DISPOSITION OF THE DEAD. — PUNISHMENTS. — THE PLACE OF REWARD. — THE VISPARAD. — TEACHING OF THE MODERN PĀRSĪS.
8. 8.DIVISION III. The Time of the Mohammedan Conquest and the Korān. — CHAPTER VIII. THE KORĀN. — THE AUTHOR OF THE KORĀN. — FIRST REVELATIONS. — THE HI G RAH. — CONTINUED WARFARE. — DEATH OF MOHAMMED. — RECENSION OF THE TEXT. — TEACHING OF THE KORĀN. — HEAVEN. — HELL. — PREDESTINATION. — POLYGAMY. — LITERARY STYLE OF THE KORĀN.
9. 9.DIVISION IV. The Period Succeeding the Mohammedan Conquest. — CHAPTER IX. THE ANWĀR-I-SUHALI. — THE BEES AND THEIR HABITS. — THE TWO PIGEONS. — THE BLIND MAN AND HIS WHIP. — AMICABLE INSTRUCTION. [230] — THE PIGEONS AND THE RAT. — THE ANTELOPE AND THE CROW. — THE BRĀHMAN AND THE ICHNEUMON. — THE ELEPHANT AND THE JACKAL. — GEMS FROM THE HITOPADEŚA. — CHAPTER X. PERSIAN POETRY. — THE SHĀH NĀMAH. — FIRDUSĪ. — INVECTIVE. — MŪHTESHIM. — DEATH OF FIRDUSĪ. — THE POEM. — CHAPTER XI. STORY OF THE SHĀH NĀMAH. — THE SĪMŪRGH’S NEST. — THE FATHER’S DREAM. — RŪDABEH. — THE MARRIAGE. — RUSTEM. — THE TŪRĀNIAN INVASION. — THE WHITE DEMON. — CHAPTER XII. THE HEFT-KHĀN, OR SEVEN LABORS OF RUSTEM. — ESCAPE FROM THE DESERT. — THE DRAGON SLAIN. — THE ENCHANTRESS. — VICTORY OVER DEMONS. — THE MARRIAGE OF RUSTEM. — SOHRĀB. — CHAPTER XIII. ISFENDIYĀR. — THE HEFT-KHĀN, OR SEVEN LABORS OF ISFENDIYĀR, — THE BRAZEN FORTRESS. — THE CONFLICT WITH RUSTEM. — THE FALL OF THE WARRIORS. — CHAPTER XIV. SECOND PERIOD. — ANWĀRI. — NIZĀMĪ. — LAILĪ AND MAJNŪN. — A FRIEND. — THE WEDDING. — THE MEETING IN THE DESERT. — DEATH OF THE LOVERS. — THE VISION OF ZYD. — CHAPTER XV. THIRD PERIOD. — JALAL-UDDIN RŪMI. [266] — THE FAIREST LAND. — SĀ’DĪ. — THE WORKS OF SĀ’DĪ. — THE BŪSTĀN. — THE PEARL. — KINDNESS TO THE UNWORTHY. — SILENCE THE SAFETY OF IGNORANCE. — DARIUS AND HIS HORSE-KEEPER. — STORIES FROM THE GŪLISTĀN. — THE WISE WRESTLER. — DANGERS OF PROSPERITY. — BORES. — CHAPTER XVI. LATER PERIODS. — HĀFIZ. — SHĪRĀZ. — THE FEAST OF SPRING. — MY BIRD. — FIFTH PERIOD. — JĀMI. — THE WORKS OF JĀMI. — RECEPTION. — THE SIXTH PERIOD. — THE SEVENTH PERIOD. — CHAPTER XVII. MEHER AND MŪSHTERI. — THE TWO COMRADES. — THE SEPARATION. — THE QUEEN. — THE DEPARTURE. — THE ANNOUNCEMENT. — CHAPTER XVIII. MEHER AND MŪSHTERI—CONTINUED. — THE DESERT. — A SHIPWRECK. — THE RESCUE. — THE CAPTURE. — CHAPTER XIX. MEHER AND MŪSHTERI—CONTINUED. — ROYAL INTERVIEWS. — THE CONFLICT. — A GARDEN SCENE. — AFTERWARDS. — THE DECISION. — CHAPTER XX. MEHER AND MŪSHTERI—CONTINUED. — ARREST AND TRIAL. — ROYAL FAVOR. — THE SENTENCE. — CHAPTER XXI. MEHER AND MŪSHTERI—CONCLUDED. — ROYAL CAVALCADE. — THE MESSENGER. — THE RECEPTION. — CHAPTER XXII. CONCLUSION. — PRIESTLY RULE. — RUSSIAN OPPRESSION.
10. 10.INDEX.

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