Dr Jalal Badakhchani and Professor Hermann Landolt were special guests at a book launch programme held in Tehran towards the end of 2011, dedicated to the 13th century Diwan-i Qa’imiyyat (Poems of the Resurrection) by Hasan Mahmud Katib. The launch was held at the Centre for Research of the Written Heritage (Markaz Nashr-i Miras-i Maktoob).
Dr Badakhchani, editor of the volume, discussed how the publication of Qa’imiyyat has to be considered an ‘event’ in the history of Persian poetry. Compiled in Alamut during the reign of the Nizari Ismaili Imam, Hasan ‘ala-dhikrihis-salam (1162-66 CE), it is rich in the vocabulary of the Nizari Ismaili literature and tradition.
via The Institute of Ismaili Studies – IIS Scholars Attend Launch of Diwan-i Qa’imiyyat.
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