Asadī
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Asadī was a Persian poet who lived in Azerbaijan in the 11th century. He is known for his heroic epic, the Garshāsp-nāmeh, written in masnawi form. This work tells the adventures of Garshāsp, an ancestor of the legendary hero Rostam, in India and Sri Lanka. Asadī also authored Lughat-i furs (Vocabulary of the Persians), a glossary intended to promote Persian poetry in western Iran. His work is considered a successor to Ferdowsi's epic tradition.1
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Persian literatureThe proliferation of court patronage…(today in northwestern Iran) by Asadī, who had migrated to Azerbaijan from his native town of Ṭūs (now Mashhad) in Khorāsān. As a poet, he had become the most important successor to Ferdowsī through his Garshāsp-nāmeh, a heroic epic in masnawi form telling about the adventures in India and Sri…
Read More…(today in northwestern Iran) by Asadī, who had migrated to Azerbaijan from his native town of Ṭūs (now Mashhad) in Khorāsān. As a poet, he had become the most important successor to Ferdowsī through his Garshāsp-nāmeh, a heroic epic in masnawi form telling about the adventures in India and Sri…
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Islamic artsEpic and romanceThe first example is Asadī’s (died c. 1072) didactic Garshāsp-nāmeh (“Book of Garshāsp”), whose hero is very similar to Rostam. The tales of Alexander and his journeys through foreign lands were another favourite topic.
Read MoreThe first example is Asadī’s (died c. 1072) didactic Garshāsp-nāmeh (“Book of Garshāsp”), whose hero is very similar to Rostam. The tales of Alexander and his journeys through foreign lands were another favourite topic.
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