Kashefi's Anvar-E Sohayli - Rewriting Kalila Wa-Dimna in Timurid Herat

Christine van Ruymbeke offers a first in-depth analysis of the contents and style of Kashefi's Anvar-e Sohayli (15th c. AD). This analysis also addresses the Kalila wa-Dimna field, across its full rewriting history.

About the author

Christine van Ruymbeke (Ph.D. 1997, ULB Belgium) is the Soudavar Senior Lecturer in Persian Studies at the FAMES in Cambridge (UK).
Her research focuses on the masnavis of Nezami of Ganja and on the Persian versions of the Kalila wa-Dimna. Her monograph Science and Poetry in Medieval Persia. The Botany of Nizami's Khamsa received the 2009 World-prize for the Book of the Year of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Product details

• Authors: Christine Ruymbeke, Christine van Ruymbeke
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.11.2016
• EAN: 9789004310285
• ISBN: 978-90-04-31028-5
• No. of pages: 428
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 235 mm x 29 mm
• Weight: 770 g
• Series: Studies in Persian Cultural Hi
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous