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The Story of Barzu / druk 1
As told by two storytellers from Boysun, Uzbekistan
2013 || Paperback || R. Rahmoni e.a. || Leiden University Press
In the area of Boysun, present-day Uzbekistan, there is a living and vivid oral tradition based on stories from the epic Shah-nama. Barzu, son of Suhrab, is tragically killed at the hands of his famous father, the legendary hero Rustam.
The storytellers Jura Kamol and Mullo Ravshan composed two different versions of the story of Barzu in the Tajik as spoken in this area. This is the first printed version including a translation of these stories to appear.
The stories have been transcribed and...
Embodiments of Evil: Gog and Magog
interdisciplinary Studies of the "Other" in Literature & Internet Texts
2014 || Paperback || A.A. Seyed-Gohrab e.a. || Leiden University Press
Gog en Magog, als archetypen van het kwaad, spelen sinds hun verschijning in de Bijbel en de Koran een belangrijke rol. Van plattegronden tot literatuur en teksten, van middeleeuws Europa tot de Byzantijnse en Arabische wereld, van Berber tot Perzische en Indonesische tradities, en tot in het heden met teksten op internet: steeds weer komen deze monsterlijke wezens naar voren.
Deze 'Bijbelse' figuren worden in gezien als aankondigers van grote veranderingen, en worden afgebeeld met hondenhoof...
The Necklace of the Pleiades / druk 1
24 Essays on Persian Literature, Culture and Religion
2010 || Paperback || F. Lewis e.a. || Leiden University Press
The Necklace of the Pleiades is een boek over Perzische literatuur, cultuur en religie door onderzoekers uit de hele wereld. Dit boek weerspiegelt de stand zaken op het gebied van de Perzische literaire studies en is niet alleen van wezenlijk belang voor onderzoekers van de Iranese cultuur, geschiedenis en religies, maar zeker ook voor onderzoekers op het gebied van het Midden-Oosten en Zuid-Aziatische studies.
The topics of the 24 essays range from the Persian Alexander romance, to Ferdow...
Father of Persian Verse / druk 1
rudaki and his Poetry
2010 || Paperback || S. Tabatabai e.a. || Leiden University Press
Abu Abdollâh' Jafar ibn Mohammad Rudaki (c. 880 CE-941 CE) was a poet to the Samanid court which ruled much of Khorâsân (northeastern Persia) from its seat in Bukhara.
He is widely regarded as "the father of Persian poetry, for he was the first major poet to write in New Persian language, following the Arab conquest in the seventh and eighth centuries, which established Islam as the official religion, and made Arabic the predominant literary language in Persian-speaking lands for some two...
ISS Safina Revealed
a Compendium of Persian Literature in 14th Century Tabriz
2010 || Paperback || A.A. Seyed-Gohrab || Leiden University Press
Eerste introductie op diverse aspecten van de 'Safina'.
De 'Safina' is een groot, goed bewaard gebleven manuscript uit het 14de-eeuwse Tabriz in Perzië, het toenmalige centrum van educatie en culturele activiteiten. Met zijn 209 werken in het Perzisch en Arabisch is het een schatkamer van informatie. De teksten in het compendium toont namelijk de canon voor de wetenschapper in de islamitische wereld van toen.
De 'Safina' omvat tradities, ethiek, mystiek, jurisprudentie, theologie, exegese, ge...
Iranian Studies Series One Word - Yak Kaleme
19th century Persian treatise introducing western codified law
2011 || Paperback || A.A. Seyed-Gohrab e.a. || Leiden University Press
One Word Yak Kaleme was one of the first treatises in the Middle East to demonstrate that Islam is compatible with the introduction of modern western forms of government, and specifically that the principles of the sharia can be incorporated in a codified law comparable to that found in European countries. This was a daring argument in the late 19th century, when it was extremely difficult to convince the rulers and religious class that a civil code of law was needed: would it not diminish...
Agreement Restrictions in Persian / druk 1
|| Paperback || Anousha Sedighi || Leiden University Press
Agreement Restrictions in Persian is the first comprehensive attempt to tackle the issue of verbal agreement in Persian from a cross-linguistic point of view. Persian is a field of research within theoretical linguistics that is yet to be sufficiently explored. This book adopts the Minimalist Program of Chomsky (1995-2004) which is at the forefront of recent theories of formal syntax and applies it to the Persian language.
Although it is commonly believed that in Persian the verb agrees with t...
Van orakelbot tot weblog Deel 1 Lesboek klassiek Chinees
|| Paperback || Paul van Els || Leiden University Press
Deel 1, deel twee is verkrijgbaar onder het ISBN 9789087281380
De uitspraken van Confucius, de strategieën van Sunzi, de wonderverhalen van Gan Bao en de gedichten van Li Bai al deze teksten zijn lang geleden opgetekend in het Klassiek Chinees, een taal die al meer dan tweeduizend jaar wordt gebruikt door denkers, dichters, schrijvers, dokters, priesters en andere geletterden in China. 'Van orakelbot tot weblog' is het eerste Nederlandstalige lesboek voor deze eeuwenoude, maar nog springlev...
The reception of Hafiz / druk 1
the sweet poetic language of Hafiz in nineteenth and twentieth century persia
|| Paperback || Bahman Solati || Leiden University Press
"For us non-Iranian readers of Hafiz's 14th-century ghazal poems, Iranian
attitudes toward the premier lyric poet in the 1,000-year history of Persian
literature, are almost as intriguing as Hafiz's poetry itself. First is the
inclination of Iranian readers to find deep, spiritual meaning in that poetry.
Second is their personal identification with what they perceive as Hafiz's
philosophy. Third is their linking of Iranian cultural identity with Hafiz's life and works to the point where some educa...
Persian in use
an elementary textbook of language and culture
2015 || Paperback || Anousha Sedighi || Leiden University Press
'Persian in Use' is an elementary Persian language and culture textbook designed for first-year Persian language students at college level. It offers a thematically organized and integrative approach to help students achieve proficiency in Persian language and culture.
Features:
*Colorful and lively design
*New vocabulary is summarized thematically/lexically
*Interactive dialogues from everyday life
*Straightforward explanations of the grammatical features
*Includes samples of literary texts, p...