Nizami Aruzi Samarqandi. Chahar Maqaleh [Four Discourses], ed. Qazvini, revised with editorial notes by Mohammad Moin. Tehran: University of Tehran, 1334 [21 March 1955 - 20 March 1956]. $125 *
Size: 7" x 9.5" 228 pages
Cost: $125
Condition: Excellent, paperback
Includes indexes. These essays were written about 1155 as a guide
for young men hoping to find court employment; they include descriptions of
occupations such as medicine and inscription. Mention is made of Nizami's
contemporaries Ferdowsi and Khayyam and the work is often cited in those
contexts.
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