The Lantern of Spirits

Miṣbāḥ ul-arvāḥ

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Misbâh ul-arvâh, or The Lantern of Spirits, is a comparatively little known Sufi didactic Persian poem written in the 12th century by the next to unknown Shaikh Shams ud-dîn Muhammad b. Îl-Tughân Bardasîrî Kirmânî. It is not a very long …

Manuscript, Text and Literature

Collected Essays on Middle and New Persian Texts

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This book is a selected collection of the scholarly production on Middle and New Persian literature by professor emeritus Bo Utas, Uppsala University, presented to him on his 70th birthday. Out of 19 articles, 15 are in English and four …

Writers and Rulers

Perspectives on Their Relationship from Abbasid to Safavid Times

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Neun Essays über individuelle arabische und persische Autoren innerhalb des 9. bis 17. Jahrhunderts (Abbasidische bis Safavidische Dynastie) an Herrscher oder führende Persönlichkeiten gerichtet untersuchen, wie eben diese Autoren Literaturtradition instrumentalisierten oder rekreierten um sich selbst Autorität zu verschaffen, eigene …