Shiraz in the Age of Hafez: The Glory of a Medieval Persian City by John Limbert

Shiraz in the Age of Hafez: The Glory of a Medieval Persian City

John Limbert

192 pages first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction history informative reflective slow-paced
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In the fourteenth-century Persian city of Shiraz, poets composed, scholars studied, mystics sought hidden truths, ascetics prayed and fasted, drunkards brawled, and princes and their courtiers played deadly games of power. This was the world of Sh...

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