Episode 3: Sana'i

Professors Nicholas Boylston and Parisa Zahiremami discuss the poetry and legacy of Hakim Sana’i, the seminal Persian Sufi and court poet of the 11th-12th century. His magnum opus, Hadiqat al-Haqiqa (The Garden of Reality), had a tremendous influence on Persian poets and literature after him. Further Reading: Parisa Zahiremami, “Sanāʾi’s Hadiqat al-haqiqeh: Between Narrative and Non-narrative.” Iranian Studies 54, no. 3-4 (2021): 485-519. . ——, “Cosmopolitanism, Poetry, and Kingship: The Ideal Ruler in Sanāʾī’s (d. 1131 or 1135 CE) Poetry.” PhD diss., University of Toronto, 2022.\ . Boylston, Nicholas, “Writing the Kaleidoscope of Reality: The Significance of Diversity in the […]