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Reading Nast`liq:
Persian and Urdu Hands From 1500 To The Present
William L. Hanaway and Brian Spooner
Most writing in Persian and Urdu since the fifteenth century from Iran, Central Asia,
and South Asia has been in a style known as nasta`liq and its derivative, shekasta. In
rapidly written, informal hands these types of writing present serious obstacles to
scholars who need to use primary sources in their research. Although calligraphy forms of
writing have been fully reviewed and explained, no aids are available to help scholars
learn to read these hands. This volume is designed to fill this gap and as an aid to
historians, literary scholars, and others who need to read manuscript documents in these
two styles of script. It presents seventy six examples, representing literary,
bureaucratic, and personal texts. The examples are arranged in a graded sequence according
to difficulty. Each is accompanied by a printed transcription and a commentary on
difficult or unusual features. An index of ligatures and logographic forms is included,
along with a brief annotated bibliography of relevant literature.
Specifications:
1995: x-278pp.,76 plates, bibliography with annotation.
Bibliotheca Iranica: Literature Series No. 3
ISBN:1-56859-033-4(hardcover):$24.95
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Iranian Short Story Authors
Language and Culture in Persian
Once A Dewdrop
Patient Stone
Persian Literary Influence on English Literature
Reading Nast`liq
Sands of Oxus
Suppressed Persian
Tarikh-e Engelab
Welcoming Fighani
Yeghishe Charents
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