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The keys to the garden: Capital, class, and the repurposing of Persian mystical poetry in Los Angeles

open access: yesJournal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 3, December 2026.
Abstract This article traces the social life of medieval Persian poetry as it is repurposed within Los Angeles's Iranian diaspora. Based on 5 years of immersive ethnography in private erfān classes and mystical assemblies, I argue these gatherings function as contemporary diasporic courts, mobilizing core texts within a spiritual marketplace structured
Zia Khoshsirat
wiley   +1 more source

Haunting the Historiography of Slaves in South Asia from the nineteenth century to the present

open access: yesGender &History, Volume 38, Issue 2, Page 541-553, July 2026.
ABSTRACT Using both English and Urdu‐language records, this article traces the career of a few African and Afro‐Asian women slaves in the household‐state of Awadh during the first half of the nineteenth century. Focusing on the same records, this article compares a master‐poet's recognition of the motherhood of the African and Afro‐Asian slaves to the ...
Indrani Chatterjee
wiley   +1 more source

Introduction and Analysis of the Linguistic Features of the Manuscript Version of Masnavi Zinat-ol-Anjoman by Mirza Hasan Kafash Isfahani [PDF]

open access: yesLiterary Arts
Zinat-ol-Anjoman is a Masnavi comprising two thousand verses that praise the Prophet and the Imams, along with elegies dedicated to Imam Hussain.
Hamid Assarzadegan   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Integrating Urban Expansion and Flood Risk: A Spatial Assessment of Impervious Surface Growth and Floodplain Exposure in Mecklenburg County (2011–2021)

open access: yesWorld Water Policy, Volume 12, Issue 1, February 2026.
ABSTRACT Urban expansion significantly impacts flood risk, particularly in rapidly growing areas where impervious surfaces exacerbate surface runoff. This study examines spatial patterns of urban growth and their effects on flood exposure in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, from 2011 to 2021.
Pegah Madadi, Azad Sadeghi
wiley   +1 more source

HALILI AND HIS MASNAVI NAMED TUHFATU'L-USHAQ

open access: yes, 2016
Many poets in Eastern literature have used masnavis and many works have been written in this genre. Because of being the most extensively read book of this genre, the Masnavi of Jalal ad-Din Rumi became famous by the genre of masnavi.
Temiz, Mehmet Enes
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COSMOPOLITAN PHILOLOGY AND SACRED GRAMMAR

open access: yesHistory and Theory, Volume 64, Issue 4, Page 109-126, December 2025.
ABSTRACT Persian developed a formal grammatical tradition comparatively late in its thousand‐year history as a lingua franca. This article takes up the emergence of Persian grammar within the larger trajectory of Persian philology. It explores questions about why and when such a tradition developed in Persian by closely analyzing the earliest formal ...
ALEXANDER JABBARI
wiley   +1 more source

The Study and Analysis of Verbal Thoughts of Attar Neishabouri (Looking at his Masnavi) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2023
The influence of theology and verbal thoughts in Persian literature is an undeniable issue, so we can observe the majority of verbal subjects in mystical works.
Reza Fahimi   +2 more
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A Review of Quranic Impact On Masnavi Moulana Roum

open access: yesThe Islamic Culture, 2019
Turkistan and Khurasan always remain enriched in producing Mufassir, Muhaddis,Historians and Military Generals who were born to refine and shine this world. Thisis the system of Allah when there is imperialism getting hold of the world, Allahalways sends
Dr. Ubaid Ahmed Khan   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Urban oases and spatial injustices: Community gardens in the Cape Flats through a Lefebvrian lens

open access: yesGeo: Geography and Environment, Volume 12, Issue 2, July‐December 2025.
Short Abstract This article applies Lefebvre's spatial triad to 34 community gardens in Cape Town's Cape Flats, using semi‐structured interviews and policy analysis to show how gardeners transform neglected land, negotiate planning logics and cultivate cultural identity as everyday acts of spatial justice.
Tinashe P. Kanosvamhira
wiley   +1 more source

Fuzzy Logic and Molana: Exploring the Possibility of Explaining Rumi’s Epistemological Foundations through Fuzzy Logic in the Masnavi-ye Ma‘navi [PDF]

open access: yesادبیات عرفانی
This study examines the epistemological structure of Rumi in the Masnavi-ye Ma‘navi and clarifies its relationship with fuzzy logic-a system of reasoning that, in contrast to the rigid dualism of Aristotelian logic, is founded upon the domains of ...
Ebrahim Hasanaklou, Ahmad Razi
doaj   +1 more source

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