Persian literature

collection of Middle Eastern folk stories

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oral compositions and written texts in the Persian language

thumb|Calligraphic rendition of a ''ruba'i'' attributed to Omar Khayyam from Bodleian MS. Ouseley 140 (one of the sources of FitzGerald's [[Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam).]]

story of Arab origin, about the 7th-century Arabic poet Qays ibn al-Mulawwah and his lover Layla bint Mahdi

2000–2003 French-language graphic novel series by Marjane Satrapi

collection of fables

parable from the ancient Indian subcontinent, in which several blind men feel and try to conceptualize an elephant

regulatory institution of the Persian language

Nasihat Nama (), also known as Qabus Nama (), is a book in the Persian language from the 11th century. It was authored by Amir Keikavus. The book was completed in the year 475 AH. Qabus Nama is an advice book, and its contents are presented in the form of counsel and advice.

Islamic theological work written by Al-Ghazali between 1095 and 1105 in four parts of ten chapters each

'''''Shu'ubiyya''' () was a social, cultural, literary, and political movement within the Muslim world that sought to oppose the privileged status of Arabs and the Arabization of non-Arab civilizations amidst the early Muslim conquests, particularly under the Umayyad Caliphate. The vast majority of the Shu'ubis were Persian. It was first seriously studied by Hungarian scholar Ignaz Goldziher in the first volume of his work Muslim Studies''.

book by Al-Ghazali

A marsiya (; ) is an elegiac poem written to commemorate the martyrdom and valour of Hussain ibn Ali, his family, and his companions at the tragedy of Karbala. Marsiyas are essentially religious lamentations.

Rūdāba or Rudâbe ( ) is a Persian mythological female figure in Ferdowsi's epic Shahnameh. She is the princess of Kabul, daughter of Mehrab Kaboli and Sindukht, and later she becomes married to Zal, as they become lovers. They had two children, including Rostam, the main hero of the Shahnameh.

poetry by Persian poet Nizami Ganjavi

Persian-language book about the history of Sindh

Persian biographical book

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important work of cosmography by Zakariya al-Qazwini

Tezkire (), from Arabic tadhkirah meaning "something that causes one to remember" or "memorandum", is a form of bibliographical dictionary or bibliographical compendium which flourished in the 16th-century Ottoman Empire. The most widely known are the tezkires of poets, but the books also focused on the works of government officials and artists in general. First seen in early Arab literature before the 10th century, they then made their way into Persian literature and later Ottoman literature.

thumb|right|220px|The Divan of Hafez, a master of the art of īhām. [[National Museum of Iran, Tehran, Persia.]]

Persian-Armenian writer and translator in Italian language.

regulatory institution of Tajiki Persian

book by Ḥājjī Khalīfah

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The Daneshnameh-ye Alai ( is an 11th-century Early New Persian work by Avicenna.

graphic novel by Marjane Satrapi

form of poetry

sacred tree in Zoroastrian legend

by the Persian epic poet Hamdollah Mostowfi

thumb|right|upright|Adam and Eve being cast out from the Garden of Eden in the Dispersed Falnama thumb|right|upright|Coffin of Ali|Imam 'Ali from the Dispersed Falnama|alt=Refer to caption The Persian word Falnama () covers two forms of bibliomancy (fortune-telling using a book) used historically in Iran, Turkey, and India. Quranic Falnamas were sections at the end of Quran manuscripts used for fortune-telling based on a grid. In the 16th century, Falnama manuscripts were introduced that used a different system; individuals performed purification rituals, opened a random page in the book and i

thumb|Suleiman marching with his army in Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic|Nakhichevan, summer 1554, during the Ottoman-Safavid War of 1532–1555. One of the scenes of the Süleymannâme.

12th century chronicle of Persian Kings

movement in Persian poetry

mythical character

1685 Persian travel account

medical encyclopedia in Persian language

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12th century Persian work about the Sufi mystic Abū-Sa'īd Abul-Khay

hagiography of the Sufi shaykh Safi ad-din Ardabili

The Darab-nama () (Book of Daaraab) is a Persian prose romance, written by the 12th-century writer Abu Tahir Tarsusi, in which the adventures of the Kayanid Iranian King Darab are recounted.

Legendary Persian sword

Iran Shenasi also spelled as "Iranshinasi" () is an academic journal of Iranian studies. The founding editor-in-chief is Jalal Matini. The journal is published in Persian (with English abstracts) and covers Iranian history, Persian culture, and Persian literature. The majority of research libraries in the world that have a Middle Eastern or Iranian studies program are subscribers and it is considered one of the most authoritative journals on the culture of Iran and Persian literature.

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18th-century Persian literary style

mythical Iranian character

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General history book dedicated to Nasser Al-Din Shah by Mohammad Hasan Khan E'temad os-Saltaneh

medical encyclopedia

thumb|A Persian miniature from a 15th-century manuscript of the [[Shahnameh depicting Ardashir killing Hafvād's worm.]]