This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER I MY PARENTAGE AND BIRTH From the Desert of Nothingness to the Bazaar of Being: A naked mortal has arrived in search of a shroud. In the year of the separation 1276,1 a poet and a historian, if not the first poet of modern Iran, in the form of the narrator of the following events, or, in other words, ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER I MY PARENTAGE AND BIRTH From the Desert of Nothingness to the Bazaar of Being: A naked mortal has arrived in search of a shroud. In the year of the separation 1276,1 a poet and a historian, if not the first poet of modern Iran, in the form of the narrator of the following events, or, in other words, I, Nurullah Khan, emerged from the plain of Nothingness into the atmosphere of Being. But before introducing myself to the Possessors of Wisdom of the inhabited quarter of the world I will, in the first place, narrate from what family I am sprung. The poet says Supposing your father was a learned man; What amount of his learning has descended to you? Whether this verse applies to me or not I will leave to the decision of the reader who 1 The Mohamedan era commences from the day on which the Prophet fled from hostile Mecca to friendly Medina, A.h. 1276 = 1859 A.i). reads this narrative to the end; but my present object is simply to show that my father was somebody, and that I am not of those who have not seen their fathers' tablecloth spread.1 My paternal grandfather was Haji Abul Hasan Khan2 who first discovered London3 to us Persians. He it was, who was instructed by Fath Ali Shah, may Allah forgive Him! to appear at the Court of the English monarch, where he lost no opportunity of increasing the fame of Persia. In short, thanks to my glorious ancestor, the English believe that Persia is covered with rose gardens where, as worldrenowned Hafiz wrote, The bulbul at dawn laments to the East wind: Of the havoc that the rose and its scent made. Indeed, such honours were paid to my ancestor of auspicious fortune, that I have been informed that he was offered the Order of the Jarretiere,4 but declined it--at least he never appears to have brought...
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