Download or read book The Adventures of Amir Hamza written by Ghalib Lakhnavi and published by Modern Library. This book was released on 2012-02-14 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is a special abridged English translation of a major Indo-Persian epic: a panoramic tale of magic and passion, a classic hero’s odyssey that has captivated much of the world. It is the spellbinding story of Amir Hamza, the adventurer who in the service of the Persian emperor defeats many enemies, loves many women, and converts hundreds of infidels to the True Faith before finding his way back to his first love. In Musharraf Ali Farooqi’s remarkable abridged rendition, this masterwork is captured with all its colorful action and fantastic elements intact. Appreciated as the seminal Islamic epic or enjoyed as a sweeping tale as rich and inventive as Homer’s epic sagas, The Adventures of Amir Hamza is a true literary treasure.
Download or read book The Monthly Review written by Sir Henry John Newbolt and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 638 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book E J W Gibb Memorial Series D w ns of Ab d ibn al Abra of Asad and mir ibn a ufail of mir ibn a a ah written by and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book written by ʻAbīd ibn al-Abraṣ and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book written by Charles Lyall and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 1913 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poems of 'Abid and 'Amir are found in other works but the 11th-century MS in the British Library on which this edition is based is unique. Both are tribal poets of the Jahiliyyah, the period before Islam. 'Abd ibn al-Abras, regarded as one of the best pre-Islamic poets, was contemporary with the greatest of them all, Imru' al-Qais of Kindah, and his poems reflect the events of the first half of the 6th century, such as the attempt and ultimate failure of the Princes of Kindah to impose their hegemony on the nomads of northern Arabia, among them 'Abid's tribe, the Bani Asad, who slew Imru' al-Qais's father, Hujr. 'Amir's tribe, on the other hand, dwelt in Central Arabia, some distance to the West of Mecca and he was a contemporary of the Prophet Muhammad. 'Amir remained pagan but, though he is credited by some accounts with bitter hostility to Islam, his poems are mainly concerned with war and rivalry with neighbouring tribes.
Download or read book Narrative of a Mission to Bokhara written by Joseph Wolff and published by . This book was released on 1845 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In December 1838 Colonel Charles Stoddart arrived in Bukhara (present-day Uzbekistan), where he had been sent on a mission by the British East India Company to try to arrange an alliance with the khanate against the Russian Empire, whose expansion into Central Asia was of concern to the British. The ruler of Bukhara, Nasrullah Khan (reigned 1827-60), had Stoddart imprisoned in a vermin-infested dungeon under the Ark Fortress for failing to bow before him, bring gifts, and to show signs of respect that the emir regarded as his due. In November 1841, Captain Arthur Conolly, a fellow officer who is best remembered as the coiner of the phrase "the Great Game" (the competition between Great Britain and Russia for influence in Central Asia) arrived in Bukhara to try to secure Stoddart's release. He was also imprisoned by the emir and on June 17, 1842, both men were executed. Word of the executions did not reach Britain, and in 1843 Dr. Joseph Wolff (1795-1862) undertook a mission to Bukhara to try to ascertain the fates of the two men. Wolff, who had extensive experience in the Middle East and Central Asia, volunteered his services to a committee that had been formed in London to try to help the captives. Wolff was brilliant, courageous, and eccentric. He was born in Germany into the family of a rabbi but had converted from Judaism to Roman Catholicism at a young age. He studied theology and Near Eastern languages in Austria and Germany and then went to Rome intending to become a missionary. After falling out with the church over theological issues, he became an Anglican. In 1821 he began his career as a missionary to the Jews of the Middle East and Central Asia, and in that capacity spent many years working in the region as far east as Afghanistan. Wolff was himself nearly executed in Bukhara, but he managed with the help of the Persian government to return to England and to bring word of the fate of Stoddart and Conolly. Narrative of a Mission to Bokhara is Wolff's account of his mission. It contains much information about the countries through which he traveled (present-day Turkey, Iran, and Uzbekistan), particularly concerning the religious beliefs and practices of the Muslims, Jews, and Christians he encountered. Wolff denounces Nasrullah Khan as a "cruel miscreant" guilty of the "foul atrocity" of the officers' murder. The book, which ran to seven editions in its first seven years after publication, contains line drawings of notable and common people.
Download or read book Narrative of a Mission to Bokhara in the Years 1843 1845 to Ascertain the Fate of Colonel Stoddart and Captain Conolly written by Joseph Wolff and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-04-28 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1845.
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Download or read book Strange Times My Dear written by Nahid Mozaffari and published by Arcade Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite war, repression and censorship, a renaissance has taken place in Iran over the last quarter-century. PEN have gathered selections that have lain completely unknown outside of Iran since 1979, from over 40 writers of three different generations. The first book of its kind to apear in English, this is a major anthology displaying the extraordinary scope and progress of Iranian literature.
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Download or read book The Romance Tradition in Urdu written by ʻAbdullāh Ḥusain Bilgrāmī and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like King Arthur in Europe, the Persian hero Amir Hamzah has fought and connived his way through eight centuries of adventure throughout the Islamic world. Here is a new translation of a version of his tale, told in Urdu in India, and set down and first published in 1871. Includes a glossary with pronunciation. No index. Annotation copyright Book N
Download or read book The Dog Fancier written by and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 940 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book World Folklore for Storytellers Tales of Wonder Wisdom Fools and Heroes written by Howard J Sherman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-12-18 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is a treasury of favorite and little known tales from Africa, Asia, Europe, the Americas, Australia, and Oceania, gracefully retold and accompanied by fascinating, detailed information of their historic and cultural backgrounds. The introduction provides an informative overview of folklore, its purpose in world cultures and in contemporary society and popular culture. Following this, the main sections of the book are arranged by tale type, covering wonder tales, hero tales, tales of kindness repaid and hope and redemption, and finally tales of fools and wise people. Each section begins by comparing the tales cross-culturally, explaining similarities and differences in the folkloric narratives. Tales from diverse cultures are then presented, introduced, and retold in a highly readable fashion.
Download or read book The Olive Fairy Book written by Various and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-11-19 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents an imaginary world of fairy tales from different parts of the world. It contains 29 tales from Turkey, India, Denmark, Armenia, Sudan, and France. The imaginary heroes are the Green Knight, who is saved by a soup made from nine snakes, the lovely Dorani, that flies every night to fairyland, courageous men who can hear animals, princes, able to transform into white foxes, and flying dragons, which are a must-have ingredient of every respectful book of fairy tales.
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