Mathnawi-yi Shirin u Farhad

In the history of Persian literature, one finds quite a number of works by famous authors which later served as a model for similar works by other writers. By way of example one could mention Firdawsi's (d. 411/1020) Shah-nama and Nizami's (d. 608/1209) Iskandar-nama, Sa?di's (d. 691/1291-92) Gulistan and Jami's (d. 898/1492) Baharistan, or Farid al-Din ?Attar's (d. 618/1221) Mantiq al-tayr and M...