Fakhr od-Dīn GorgānīPersian author

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  • contribution to Islamic literature ( in Islamic arts: Epic and romance )

    ...Poetical romances were also being written at this time; they include the tale of Varqeh o-Golshāh by ʿEyyūqī (11th century) and Vīs o-Rāmīn by Fakhr od-Dīn Gorgānī (died after 1055), which has parallels with the Tristan story of medieval romance. These were soon superseded, however, by the great romantic epics of...

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