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Title: Persian Literature, Volume 2, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The
Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan
Author: Anonymous
Release Date: July 30, 2004 [eBook #13060]
Language: English
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PERSIAN LITERATURE
comprising
THE SHAH NAMEH, THE RUBAIYAT
THE DIVAN, AND THE GULISTAN
Revised Edition, Volume 2
1900
With a special introduction by
RICHARD J. H. GOTTHEIL, Ph.D.
Professor of Rabbinical Literature and the Semitic Languages
at Columbia University
CONTENTS
THE GULISTAN
Introduction
CHAPTER
I. Of the Customs of Kings
II. Of the Morals of Dervishes
III. On the Preciousness of Contentment
IV. On the Benefit of Being Silent
V. On Love and Youth
VI. Of Imbecility and Old Age
VII. Of the Impressions of Education
VIII. Of the Duties of Society
THE GULISTAN
BY
SA'DI
[Translation by James Ross]
INTRODUCTION
The Persian poet Sa'di
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