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Title: Iqd-I-Manzűm. A Selection from the Bustán of Shaykh Saadi of Shiráz. Textbook for the Higher Standard Examination in Persian held by the Board of Examiners Fort Willam, and for the entrance course Calcutta University. Edited by Major H.S. Jarrett and Mawlawi Kabir Uddin Ahmad. Calcutta, the Urdoo Guide Press, 1880.
Description: . Lvs 77 with text in Persian + one page with English title. Contemporary half calf, flat spine ruled in gilt with title in gilt. This examination book comprises an extract of the famous poetry book Bustan by Sa'di, the renowned Persian poet of the 13th century. Bustan (The Orchard) is entirely in verse and consists of a vast collection of anecdotes which illustrate the standard virtues recommended to Muslims. Not in Diba nor in Wilson.

Keywords: Near East, persia, persian, perse, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, india, inde, indian, language, literature, poems,

Price: EUR 1600.00 = appr. US$ 1738.96 Seller: Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books
- Book number: 120158

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