ARABIAN

AND
PERSIAN
LITERATU
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ARABIAN PENINSULA
Is also the homeland of Islam.
 It is found in the Middle East
between the Persian Gulf and the
Red Sea.
 It boarders Jordan, Iraq, and
Kuwait to the north, Yemen to the
south, and Oman, the United Arab
Emirates (UAE) and Qatar to the
east.
ARABIAN LITERATURE
Fiction literature Non-fiction literature
 Epic literature  Biography, history, and
 Romantic literature geography
 Murder mystery  Diaries
 Satire and comedy  Literary theory and criticism
 Theatre
 Philosophical novels
 Science fiction
 Qasidahs
 Maqama
ARABIAN LITERATURE
rich and varied, mostly made
 thewriting, both prose
of Poems, anecdotes, tales or
 and poetryproduced by
romances, historical accounts
writers in the 
and philosophies.
Arabic language Arabs possessed a highly
 "Adab“ the Arabic word develop poetry transmitted
used for literature which orally from generation to
means etiquette. generation.
ARABIC ALPHABET
Common abjadī sequence

‫غ‬ ‫ذ ض ظ‬ ‫ر ش ت ث خ‬ ‫ن س ع ف ص ق‬ ‫م‬ ‫ل‬ ‫ك‬ ‫ي‬ ‫ح‬ ‫ز‬ ‫و‬ ‫ه‬ ‫د‬ ‫ب ج‬ ‫ا‬
‫ـ‬
‫ط‬

gh ẓ ḍ dh kh th t sh r q ṣ f ‘ s n m l k y ṭ ḥ z w h d j b ā

28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 02 01

used for lettering, derives from the order of the Phoenician alphabet, and is therefore similar to the order of
other Phoenician-derived alphabets, such as the Hebrew alphabet. In this order, letters are also used as
numbers, Abjad numerals, and possess the same alphanumeric code/cipher as Hebrew gematria and Greek 
isopsephy.
ARABIAN LITERATUREMemory Inflamed by --Muhalhil
Qasidahs
or elaborated odes. It reflects
and praise the customs and
values of the desert environment
which they arose.
MAQAMA
 a form of rhymed prose, it is also part way between fiction and non- fiction. Over a series of short
narratives, which are fictionalized versions of real life situations, different ideas are contemplated.
 was an incredibly popular form of Arabic literature, being one of the few forms which continued to be written
during the decline of Arabic in the 17th and 18th centuries.
LITERARY
WORKS
The Quran (Koran) was a major contribution
to Islamic literature and is the standard for all
Arabic literature and poetry.
QURAN VERSES
Fictional adventure stories also
played an important part in
Islamic literature. The most
famous is A Thousand and One
Nights (also called The Arabian
Nights). It’s tales include
Aladdin and his magic lamp.
PERSIAN LITERATUREofThetheword Iran means the ‘Land
Aryan’s.
 the jewel in the crown of
The for­mer name of Iran was
Persian culture.
Per­sia, which was in use till 1935
 It has profoundly
influenced the literatures of The largest eth­nic group of Iran
Ottoman Turkey, Muslim is Per­sian, con­sti­tut­ing about 51
India and Turkic Central per­cent of the population and the
Asia. major­ity of the pop­u­la­tion of
Iran is Shi­ite Muslim.
PERSIAN THEN PERSIAN NOW
Famous west­ern poets influ­enced by Per­sian poets:
Ralph Waldo Emer­son, Wolf­gang Von Goethe.

Iran’s con­sti­tu­tion and Par­lia­ment were cre­ated on

Aug 5th, 1906.

Iran is one of the world’s old­est con­tin­u­ous major

civ­i­liza­tions, with his­tor­i­cal and urban set­tle­ments
dat­ing back to 4000 BC.
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