$104.86
- Hardcover
704 pages
- Release Date
7 January 2018
Summary
Shah Abdul Latif’s Risalo is acknowledged across Pakistan and the wider diaspora as the greatest classic of Sindhi literature. In this collection of short Sufi verses, originally composed for musical performance, the poet creates a vast imaginative world of interlocking references to traditional Islamic themes of mystical and divine love and the scenery, society, and legends of the Sindh region.Latif (1689–1752), a contemporary of the Panjabi poet Bullhe Shah, belonged to the class of Sufi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780674975040 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0674975049 |
| Author: | Shah Abdul Latif, Christopher Shackle |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 704 |
| Release Date: | 7 January 2018 |
| Weight: | 834g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 133mm |
| Series: | Murty Classical Library of India |
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About The Author
Shah Abdul Latif
Christopher Shackle is Emeritus Professor of the Modern Languages of South Asia, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.
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