ii. In Persian Literature The nightingale’s rich, beautiful and, to human ears, melancholy song has made it a symbol in…

BĀDA (Pahl. bātak), one of several terms used in Persian poetry to mean wine, and, by extension, any intoxicating liquor….

ĀL-E AḤMAD, JALĀL (1302-48 Š./1923-69), well-known writer and social critic. In a brief autobiographical sketch completed in 1346 Š./1967 but…

ABŪ ŠOʿAYB HERAVĪ, ṢĀLEḤ B. MOḤAMMAD, or BŪ ŠOʿAYB as he is more commonly known, one of the many poets…

ABU’L-MAṮAL BOḴĀRĪ (or BOḴĀRĀʾĪ), a poet of the Samanid court. He is mentioned earliest in a verse of Šāker Boḵārī…

ABŪ BAKR B. MOḤAMMAD B. AḤMAD WĀʿEẒ SARAḴSĪ, IMAM, a follower (but apparently not a contemporary) of Shaikh Abū Saʿīd…