The Poems of Nizami (1928) (1st edition)

S$124.00

The Poems of Nizami (1928) (1st edition)

S$124.00

Title: The Poems of Nizami
Author: Nizami Ganjavi, Laurence Binyon (description, notes, translation)
Publisher: The Studio Limited, 1928. First edition.
Condition: Hardcover, with dust jacket. With 16 gorgeous plates reproduced from one of the finest Persian manuscripts in existence, now in the British Museum. In very good condition. Giant book, folio sized (about 15″ tall), shipping overseas will cost extra.

Nizami Ganjavi (1141 to 1209), or Nezāmi, whose formal name was Jamal ad-Dīn Abū Muḥammad Ilyās ibn-Yūsuf ibn-Zakkī, was a 12th-century Persian poet. Nezāmi is considered the greatest romantic epic poet in Persian literature, who brought a colloquial and realistic style to the Persian epic. His heritage is widely appreciated and shared by Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Kurdistan region and Tajikistan.