Annemarie Schimmel
(1922-2003), German orientalist and scholar of Islam and Sufism. See SCHIMMEL, ANNEMARIE.
- ANA’L-ḤAQQ
ANA’L-ḤAQQ “I am the Truth,” the most famous of the Sufi šaṭḥīyāt (ecstatic utterances, or paradoxes). Uttered by Ḥosayn b….
- ʿANDALIB, NĀṢER MOḤAMMAD
ʿANDALIB, NĀṢER MOḤAMMAD, Sufi writer (b. in Delhi 1105/1693-94, d. 1172/1759). His family, sqvyedsclaiming descent from Baha’-al-dm Naq§band, had come…
- AMĪR ḴOSROW DEHLAVĪ
AMĪR ḴOSROW DEHLAVĪ, NĀṢER-AL-DĪN ABU’L-ḤASAN (651-725/1253-1325), the “Parrot of India,” the greatest Persian-writing poet of medieval India. Son of Amir…
- ʿABD-AL-VAHHĀB SAČAL
ʿABD-AL-VAHHĀB SAČAL SARMAST ĀŠKĀR, late 18th-early 19th century Sindhi mystical poet. Sačal is one of the numerous poets in the…
- CHRISTIANITY vii. Christian Influences in Persian Poetry
CHRISTIANITY vii. Christian Influences in Persian Poetry Persian poetry contains a good number of allusions to Jesus Christ (ʿĪsā Masīḥ),…
- DARD, ḴᵛĀJA MĪR
DARD, ḴᵛĀJA MĪR (b. Delhi, 19 Ḏu’l-Qaʿda 1133/13 September 1721; d. Delhi, 29 Ṣafar 1199/11 January 1785), poet and author…
- DĀRĀ ŠOKŌH
DĀRĀŠOKŌH (b. near Ajmer, 19 Ṣafar 1024/20 March 1615, d. Delhi, 22 Ḏu’l-ḥejja 1069/12 August 1659), first son of the…
- COLOR
COLOR (Pers. rang). i. Color symbolism in Persian literature. ii. Use and importance of color in Persian art. i. Color…
- IQBAL, MUHAMMAD
IQBAL, MUHAMMAD (1877-1938; FIGURE 1), the spiritual father of Pakistan and leading Persian and Urdu poet of India in the…