Haft Awrang

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Haft Awrang is a celebrated collection of seven long narrative poems by the 15th-century Persian poet Jami, renowned for its rich Sufi allegory and refined classical style.

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Haft Awrang canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf masnavi collection
poetic work
associatedWith Timurid cultural renaissance
linked to: Timurid Renaissance
author Jami
circulatedIn Central Asia
Mughal India
linked to: Mughal period

Persianate courts
countryOfOrigin Timurid Empire
linked to: Timurid dynasty
dateWritten 15th century
genre Sufi poetry
narrative poetry
hasManuscript Freer Gallery Haft Awrang manuscript
hasPart Khirad-nama-yi Iskandari
linked to: Iskandarnama

Layli u Majnun
linked to: Leyli and Majnun

Salaman u Absal
linked to: Salāmān u Absāl

Silsilat adh-Dhahab
Subhat al-Abrar
linked to: Subhat al-Abrār

Tuhfat al-Ahrar
Yusuf u Zulaykha
linked to: Yūsuf u Zulaykhā
influenced Mughal court literature
later Persian poets
influencedBy earlier Persian masnavi tradition
language Persian
literaryForm masnavi
literaryStyle refined classical style
mainTheme Sufi allegory
ethical instruction
mystical love
spiritual journey
meter rhymed couplets
movement Sufism
notableCharacter Absal
Iskandar
linked to: Eskandar

Layli
Majnun
Salaman
Yusuf
Zulaykha
numberOfParts 7
period late Timurid period
religiousContext Islam
Sufism
subjectOf Persian literary scholarship
titleMeaning Seven Thrones
tradition Persian classical literature
usedIn Sufi teaching

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