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Encyclopedia > Deewan

Deewan, sometimes spelt Divan, is the word for either a collection of the works, or the whole body of work of an Urdu, Persian or Ottoman Turkish poet. Thus Deewaan-e-Mir, and so on. It is also worth mentioning that the most famous work with this word as its title is actually the fictional collection of poetry called Diwan-e Shams-e Tabriz-i by Rumi, ostensibly by Shams Tabraiz. Deewan Deewan-e-Sarai दिवान-ए-सराय is a hindi language publication by Sarai (new media initiative) Urdu (اردو) is an Indo-European language of the Indo-Aryan family which developed under Persian, Turkish, and Arabic influence in the South Asia during the time of the Delhi Sultanate and Mughal Empire (1200-1800). ... Persian (فارسی = Fârsi . ... The Ottoman Turks were the ethnic subdivision of the Turkish people who dominated the ruling class of the Ottoman Empire. ... Mir Taqi Mir was the leading Urdu poet of the eighteenth century, and one of the pioneers who gave shape to the Urdu language itself. ... Diwan-e Shams-e Tabriz-i or Diwan i Shams is Moulana Rumis masterpiece in the Persian language, a collection of poems that contains more than 40,000 verses. ... Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi or Jalal al-Din Muhammad Balkhi Rumi (also known as Mowlavi or Moulana, meaning my guide in Iran, Central and South Asia or Mevlana meaning our guide in Turkey) (September 30, 1207 - December 17, 1273 CE) was a Persian poet and Sufi mystic, who was... Shams ud-Din Tabraiz in a copy circa 1503 of his disciple Rumi´s poem, the Diwan-e Shams-e Tabriz-i Shams Tabraiz (or Shams Tabriz or Shams Tabrez or Shamas Tabraiz). ... Sarais logo Sarai is a new media initiative of Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS). ...


External Links

www.osmanlimedeniyeti.com/Edebiyat/ Many Examples of Ottoman Divan Poetry


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