Persian literature

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Persian literature is the body of poetic and prose works written primarily in the Persian language, renowned for its rich mystical, romantic, and epic traditions that have deeply influenced the broader Islamic and world literary heritage.

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instanceOf cultural heritage ⓘ
literary tradition ⓘ
national literature ⓘ
hasCanonicalStatus major canon of world literature ⓘ
hasCulturalCenter Afghanistan ⓘ
Greater Iran ⓘ
Iran ⓘ
Tajikistan ⓘ
hasGoldenAge 10th century ⓘ
11th century ⓘ
12th century ⓘ
13th century ⓘ
14th century ⓘ
hasHistoricalPeriod Classical Persian literature ⓘ
Modern Persian literature ⓘ
hasInfluenced Caucasian literatures ⓘ
Chagatai literature ⓘ
Islamic literature ⓘ
Mughal court literature ⓘ
Ottoman Turkish literature ⓘ
South Asian literature ⓘ
Urdu literature ⓘ
world literature ⓘ
hasLanguageStage Classical Persian ⓘ
linked to: Persian language

Middle Persian ⓘ
New Persian ⓘ
linked to: Western Persian
hasMajorForm poetry ⓘ
prose ⓘ
hasModernDevelopment modernist poetry ⓘ
novel ⓘ
realist fiction ⓘ
short story ⓘ
hasNotableAuthor Ahmad Shamlu ⓘ
Attar of Nishapur ⓘ
Bidel Dehlavi ⓘ
Ferdowsi ⓘ
Forough Farrokhzad ⓘ
Hafez ⓘ
Jami ⓘ
Nezami Aruzi ⓘ
Nima Yooshij ⓘ
Nizami Ganjavi ⓘ
Omar Khayyam ⓘ
Rumi ⓘ
Saadi ⓘ
Sadegh Hedayat ⓘ
Sana'i ⓘ
hasNotableGenre Sufi treatise ⓘ
court poetry ⓘ
didactic poetry ⓘ
epic poetry ⓘ
ghazal ⓘ
historical chronicle ⓘ
lyric poetry ⓘ
masnavi ⓘ
mystical poetry ⓘ
philosophical treatise ⓘ
prose romance ⓘ
qasida ⓘ
romantic epic ⓘ
rubaiyat ⓘ
hasNotableWork Bustan ⓘ
Conference of the Birds ⓘ
Divan of Hafez ⓘ
Gulistan ⓘ
Khosrow and Shirin ⓘ
Layla and Majnun ⓘ
linked to: Leyli and Majnun

Masnavi-ye Ma'navi ⓘ
linked to: Masnavi

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam ⓘ
Shahnameh ⓘ
Vis and Ramin ⓘ
hasPredecessor Middle Persian literature ⓘ
Sassanian literature ⓘ
hasReligionContext Islam ⓘ
Sufism ⓘ
Zoroastrianism ⓘ
hasScript Arabic script ⓘ
linked to: Arabic alphabet

Persian alphabet ⓘ
linked to: Perso-Arabic script
hasTheme Sufism ⓘ
divine love ⓘ
ethics ⓘ
fate and destiny ⓘ
heroism ⓘ
human love ⓘ
kingship ⓘ
mysticism ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
wine symbolism ⓘ
hasTradition epic literature ⓘ
mystical literature ⓘ
romantic literature ⓘ
hasTranslationImpact translated widely into European languages ⓘ
usedAs administrative language literature ⓘ
court literature ⓘ
literary lingua franca in the Islamic world ⓘ
writtenInLanguage Persian language ⓘ

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Islamic world → hasCulturalContribution → Persian literature ⓘ
Turkish literature → influencedBy → Persian literature ⓘ
Shahnameh → literaryTradition → Persian literature ⓘ
Ferdowsi → movement → Persian literature ⓘ
Ferdowsi → influenced → Persian literature ⓘ
Persians → culturalHeritage → Persian literature ⓘ
Nedim → literaryTradition → Divan poetry ⓘ
linked to: Persian literature
Fuzuli → influenced → Persian literature ⓘ
Masnavi → influenced → Persian literature ⓘ
motaqareb metre → adaptedIn → Persian prosody ⓘ
linked to: Persian literature
motaqareb metre → hasCulturalSignificanceIn → Persian literature ⓘ
Rostam → influenced → Persian literature ⓘ
Persian culture → hasPart → Persian poetry ⓘ
linked to: Persian literature
Molana → culturalSignificanceIn → Persian literature ⓘ
Nizami Ganjavi → influenced → Persian literature ⓘ
Abjad numerals → usedIn → Persian literature ⓘ
Iranian mythology → influenced → Persian literature ⓘ
Persianate world → influencedBy → Persian literature ⓘ
Khudi → influences → Persian literature ⓘ
Ottoman Divan literature → relatedTo → Persian Divan poetry ⓘ
linked to: Persian literature
Shah → hasCulturalSignificanceIn → Persian literature ⓘ
Dakhni poets → influencedBy → Persian literature ⓘ
Nima Yooshij → region → Persian literature ⓘ
Iranian literature → hasPart → Persian literature ⓘ
Bahāristān → literaryTradition → Persian literature ⓘ
Persian theater → influencedBy → Persian literature ⓘ
Seljuk Rum period → hasCulturalInfluence → Persian literature ⓘ
Bishutan → literaryTradition → Persian literature ⓘ
Sindhi literature → influencedBy → Persian literature ⓘ
Malay literature → influencedBy → Persian literature ⓘ
Encyclopaedia Iranica → coversTopic → Persian literature ⓘ
Rakhshandeh E’tesami → literaryTradition → Persian literature ⓘ
subject linked to: Rakhshandeh
Shireen → associatedWith → Persian literature ⓘ
Eastern Iranian cultures → influenced → Persian literature ⓘ
A. J. Arberry → notableWork → Classical Persian Literature ⓘ
linked to: Persian literature
Iran → culturalHeritage → Persian literature ⓘ
subject linked to: present-day Iran