Although a large body of the great poetry of the Islamic world has been translated into English, except for a few fragments, the poetry of the Isma'ilis is still only accessible in the original. This anthology should enable lovers of devotional and mystical poetry to sample the great range and depth of Isma'ili poetry. The selection spans 1000 years of Isma'ili history, from the time of the Fatimid caliphate to the present day. It includes both sophisticated and popular verses from the Isma'ili poets of Arabia, Africa, ...
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Although a large body of the great poetry of the Islamic world has been translated into English, except for a few fragments, the poetry of the Isma'ilis is still only accessible in the original. This anthology should enable lovers of devotional and mystical poetry to sample the great range and depth of Isma'ili poetry. The selection spans 1000 years of Isma'ili history, from the time of the Fatimid caliphate to the present day. It includes both sophisticated and popular verses from the Isma'ili poets of Arabia, Africa, Iran, Afghanistan, Central Asia, China, India and Pakistan composed in Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Burushaski and Urdu. In addition to the theme of divine love and the virtues of the prophet and the Immans, the poems present some of the central ideas of the Isma'ilis and their esoteric interpretation of Islam.
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Near Fine in Very Good+ (in mylar) jacket. Hard Cover. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Light purple endpapers, immaculately clean and tight textblock. Minimally edge-rubbed binding. Unclipped dust jacket with rippling to head and foot of spine and top edge as well, lightly bumped corners. 162pp., including bibliography and index.
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Good. The back cover is a bit creased/bent to the bottom left corner. The content is clean and readable throughout, a decent copy. Text in English, Arabic, Persian. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 176 p.
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Very Good. Unused. A few light scratches and slight shelf wear on jacket otherwise fine. Text in English, Multiple languages. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 176 p.
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Very Good. Mild wear to dust jacket and grubbiness to text-block edges. Content like new. Text in English, Multiple languages. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 176 p.
