Make A Shield From Wisdom

Nasir-i Khusraw was a major poet and philosopher of the early Ismailiyya. His poetry and prose developed from the political and religious events of the first half of the 11th century. Khusraw's "Divan" is an edifice of religio-philosophical thought, emphasizing true faith, and reason and its role.

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First published in 1993. This is a collection of Selected Verses from Nasir-i Khusraw's Dzvan. The work of the Persian author in both its philosophical and poetical aspects has been known in the West for more than a century. The outward political and religious events of the first half of the eleventh century were the canvas on which Nasir-i Khusraw's poetry and prose developed.