Persian literature
Introduction
Persian literature, literary writings in the Persian language , nearly all of it written in the area traditionally known as Persia, now Iran.
Sections in this article:
- Introduction
- Pre-Islamic and Early Islamic Literature
- Literary Flowering and the Golden Age
- The Silver Age and Later Works
- Bibliography
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