Juvaini &

The Picture Gallery (Nigāristān)

A Persian Moral Miscellany
Herausgeber: Bruce, Gregory Maxwell / Übersetzer: Rehatsek, Edward

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The first English translation of Nigāristān: a major work of Persian literature.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Seitenzahl: 624
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 1043g
• ISBN-13: 9781474492553
• ISBN-10: 147449255X
• Artikelnr.: 72184089

Autorenporträt

Not much is known of the life of Muʿīnī, and the few items that have come down to us are almost all traceable to anecdotes in Nigāristān itself. Although we do not know when he was born, it is clear from Nigāristān that he lived in the first half of the fourteenth century and spent most of his life in or near Juvain in Khurasan, which was then in the eastern part of the Mongol Empire. Concerning his family, Muʿīnī describes his father, Ibn Muʿīn, as a man of literary achievement, wisdom and a Sufi teacher surrounded by a circle of disciples. From Nigāristān, we learn that Muʿīnī's grandfather, Muʿīnī, was likewise a Sufi teacher and preacher.