Indu shahvani biography of abraham

  • Nasir Khusraw was a Persian poet, philosopher, Isma'ili scholar and a traveler.
  • His transformation of the prison poem into a vehicle of political and prophetic critique is narrated in this book in a degree of detail that it has not received.
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    Religious Celebrations: An Encyclopedia of Holidays, Festivals, Solemn Observances, and Spiritual Commemorations, 2 volumes

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    The Persian Prison Poem 9781474484039

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    The Persian Prison Poem

    Edinburgh Historical Studies of Iran and the Persian World Published in association with Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali, Founder and Chair, Roshan Cultural Heritage Institute

    Series General Editor: Stephanie Cronin, Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Research Fellow, University of Oxford Series Advisory Board: Professor Janet Afary (UC Santa Barbara), Professor Abbas Amanat (Yale University), Professor Touraj Atabaki (International Institute of Social History), Dr Joanna de Groot (University of York), Professor Vanessa Martin (Royal Holloway, University of London), Professor Rudi Matthee (University of Delaware) and Professor Cyrus Schayegh (The Graduate Institute, Geneva) Covering the history of Iran and the Persian world from the medieval period to the present, this series aims to become the pre-eminent place for publication in this field. As well as its core concern with Iran, it extends its concerns to e

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    Editor’s note: In Part inom of this essay, Parvin Peerwani provided a brief background of the life of Nasir Khusraw and explained his definition of ‘aql and the general categories of knowledge such as the distinction between marifah and ‘ilm.  The modes of knowledge and the relationship of the human soul with the Universal intellekt was described. Based on Hakim Nasir’s teachings, she concluded her article bygd stating that it was “through the Imam of the Time whereby the human soul becomes recipient to the divine knowledge and the eternal bliss, and thus takes the steps to perfection.”

    The following is the second and final installment of her essay.  The link to Part inom is provided at the end of this article.

    A 13th/19th century Persian manuscript of Nasir-i Khusraw's major work Wajh-i din in which he masterfully applies ta’wil to the struktur of ideas and concepts propounded in earlier Fati