The Persian Mystics: Jámí
by Jami
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About This Book
Jami (1414-1492), a scholar and mystic, is considered by many to be one of the greatest Persian poets of the 15th century. This volume, edited by F. Hadland Davis and first published in 1908, contains selections from some of Jami's best-known works. "Salaman and Absal" examines the earthly love ("the love that binds and fetters and is corruptible") of the eponymous star-crossed lovers and contrasts it with "incorruptible" celestial love. The "Lawa'ih" is a treatise on Sufism. "Yusuf and Zulaikha" tells of Zulaikha's unrequited love for Yusuf, and the "Baharistan" is a book of verse and prose w...
Chapters (17)
- JÁMÍ
- F. HADLAND DAVIS
- AUTHOR OF "JALÁLU'D-DÍN RÚMÍ," ETC. WISDOM OF THE EAST THE PERSIAN MYSTICS
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- EDITORIAL NOTE
- INTRODUCTION
- I. THE LIFE OF JÁMÍ
- II. THE STORY OF "SALÁMÁN AND ABSÁL."
- III. THE TEACHING OF THE "LAWÁ'IH."
- IV. THE STORY OF YÚSUF AND ZULAIKHA.
- V. THE "BAHÁRISTÁN," OR "ABODE OF SPRING"
- SELECTIONS FROM "SALÁMÁN AND ABSÁL"
- SELECTIONS FROM THE LÁWA'IH
- SELECTIONS FROM "YÚSUF AND ZULAIKHA"
- SELECTIONS FROM THE "BAHÁRISTÁN"
- ("ABODE OF SPRING")
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