Paul Smith
SELECTED POEMS OF MAS'UD SA'D SALMAN : Poet Prisoner Paperback Book
SELECTED POEMS OF MASUD SAD SALMAN Poet Prisoner Translation Introduction Paul Smith. MasudiSadiSalman (10481122) was born in Lahore to wealthy parents who originally came from Hamadan. In the beginning he was at the court of the prince of Ghazneh and governor of India Sayfudaula Mahmud and quickly progressed in wealth and honour. When he was forty he was thrown into prison after being wrongfully accused along with his patron of treachery by Sultan Ibrahim. He was in the fortress of Dahak for seven years despite his protests in the form of qasidas and then was imprisoned for another three years in the fortress of Nay. He wasnt released until 1096. On release he returned to Lahore and became the governor of Chalander. Soon he was imprisoned again in the fortress of Maranj, this time for eight years in the most appalling conditions. The last years of his life he spent as the royal librarian and favoured by the rulers of that time. He became a Servant of God or a Sufi and a bit of a hermit. He was a brilliant poet and scholar and learnt astronomy (in prison) calligraphy and military affairs (that often got him into trouble). His famous Habsiyyat, (prisonsongs) are among the most interesting poems in the Persian language. He was always an optimist, despite his long prison terms. Sanai praised him and collected his poems into a Divan and he was admired by Muizzi, Anvari, Khaqani and Navai who called him "the agile horseman on the racecourse of the qasida and the incomparable...
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SELECTED POEMS OF MASUD SAD SALMAN Poet Prisoner Translation Introduction Paul Smith. MasudiSadiSalman (10481122) was born in Lahore to wealthy parents who originally came from Hamadan. In the beginning he was at the court of the prince of Ghazneh and governor of India Sayfudaula Mahmud and quickly progressed in wealth and honour. When he was forty he was thrown into prison after being wrongfully accused along with his patron of treachery by Sultan Ibrahim. He was in the fortress of Dahak for seven years despite his protests in the form of qasidas and then was imprisoned for another three years in the fortress of Nay. He wasnt released until 1096. On release he returned to Lahore and became the governor of Chalander. Soon he was imprisoned again in the fortress of Maranj, this time for eight years in the most appalling conditions. The last years of his life he spent as the royal librarian and favoured by the rulers of that time. He became a Servant of God or a Sufi and a bit of a hermit. He was a brilliant poet and scholar and learnt astronomy (in prison) calligraphy and military affairs (that often got him into trouble). His famous Habsiyyat, (prisonsongs) are among the most interesting poems in the Persian language. He was always an optimist, despite his long prison terms. Sanai praised him and collected his poems into a Divan and he was admired by Muizzi, Anvari, Khaqani and Navai who called him "the agile horseman on the racecourse of the qasida and the incomparable...
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