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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherOMEGA Publications, Incorporated
ISBN-100930872525
ISBN-139780930872526
eBay Product ID (ePID)102963172
Product Key Features
Edition2
Book TitleStory of Layla and Majnun
Number of Pages177 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1998
TopicGeneral
FeaturesReprint
IllustratorYes
GenreFiction
AuthorNizami
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight9.8 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width5.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2011-925355
TitleLeadingThe
Edition DescriptionReprint
SynopsisClassic Persian legend, a favorite of the Sufis, as told by twelfth-century poet Nizami. An English translation of Nizami's twelfth-century poetic masterpiece, in which he reshapes the legends of Majnun, the quintessential romantic fool, into a tale of the ideal lover, an allegory of the soul's search for God. Includes a final chapter translated especially for this edition by Omid Safi and Pir Zia Inayat Khan., An excellent translation of Nizami's 12th century poetic masterpiece of the legend of the romantic fool. Tale of the ideal lover, and allegory of the soul's search for God.Among the legendary love stories of the Islamic Orient, that of Layla and Majnun is probably the best known. The two lovers live up to this day in poems, songs and epics of many tribes and nations fromthe Caucasus to the interior of Africa, from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean., An excellent translation of Nizami's 12th century poetic masterpiece of the legend of the romantic fool. Tale of the ideal lover, and allegory of the soul's search for God.