Hüsrev ü Şirin

work by Şeyhi

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In Sinan Şeyhi
…love story in Islāmic literature, Hüsrev ü Şirin (“Khosrow and Shirin”). Inspired by the work of the same name by the great Persian poet Neẓāmī (d. 1209), Şeyhi’s poem is written in māsnavī (“rhymed couplets”), and, although incomplete because of his sudden death, it is considered a masterpiece of eloquent…
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