PLATTS, JOHN THOMPSON (b. Calcutta, India, 1 August 1830; d. London, 21 September 1904), scholar and teacher of Persian at…

ŠĀH-NĀMA TRANSLATIONS iii. Into English The numerous and varied English versions of the Šāh-nāma can be divided into two groups:…

MORḠ-E SAḤAR (Dawn bird), a taṣnif (song) in māhur mode with the verse in two stanzas written by Moḥammad-Taqi Bahār…

EY IRĀN, EY MARZ-E POR GOHAR (O Iran, O bejeweled land), the title of an ardently patriotic hymn of praise…

HAFEZ x. TRANSLATIONS OF HAFEZ IN ENGLISH   The first poem by Hafez to appear in English was the work…

GLADWIN, FRANCIS (d. ca. 1813), lexicographer and prolific translator of Persian literature into English. He served in the Bengal Army…

BOROUGH, Christopher (fl. 1579-1587), English merchant, traveler and linguist, who traveled to Russia as an interpreter for the sixth voyage…

ROBINSON, Samuel (b. Manchester, 23 March 1794; d. Blackbrook Cottage, Wilmslow, Cheshire, 9 December 1884), British scholar of Persian, translator,…

BUNTING, Basil Cheesman (b. Scotswood Upon Tyne, Northumberland 1st March 1900; d. Hexam General Hospital, Northumberland, 17 April 1985), poet,…

EASTWICK, EDWARD BACKHOUSE (b. Warfield, Berkshire, 13 March 1814; d. Ventnor, Isle of Wight, 16 July 1883), Orientalist and diplomat,…

BANISTER, Thomas (d. Arrash, 20 July 1571), British merchant and traveler to Persia who commanded the fifth voyage from Britain…

COWELL,EDWARD BYLES (1826-1903), polymath, scholar, and translator from Indian languages and Persian. Cowell was born in Ipswich of a liberal…

BINYON, (ROBERT) LAURENCE (1869-1943), prolific English poet, translator, art historian and critic, notably of Oriental art. Binyon was born in…