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Author Limbert, John W.

Title Shiraz in the age of Hafez : the glory of a medieval Persian city / John Limbert.

Publication Info. Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2004]
©2004

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 182 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Publications on the Near East
Publications on the Near East, University of Washington.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-172) and index.
Summary Provides not only a rich context for Hafez's poetry but also a comprehensive perspective on a fascinating place in a dynamic time. This portrait of an elegant, witty poet and his marvelous city will be as valuable to medievalists, students of the Middle East, and specialists in urban studies as it will be to connoisseurs of world literature.
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Contents History of Shiraz from its founding to the conquest of Timur -- History of Shiraz to the Mongol Conquest -- Things fall apart: Shiraz under the Mongols and their Successors -- Shiraz as city-state: Abu Eshaq Inju and the Mozaffarids -- City of roses and nightingales -- Peoples and places -- City administration -- Shirazi society: patricians, poets, and scholars -- A very special place -- First families of Shiraz.
Language Includes quotations in Persian.
Subject Shīrāz (Iran) -- History.
Shīrāz (Iran) -- Intellectual life.
Shīrāz (Iran) -- Social life and customs.
Shīrāz (Iran) -- Description and travel.
Chronological Term Geschichte 1300-1400.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Limbert, John W. Shiraz in the age of Hafez. Seattle : University of Washington Press, 2004 0295983914 (DLC) 2003064510 (OCoLC)53285167
ISBN 9780295802886 (electronic book)
029580288X (electronic book)
0295983914
9780295983912