Title Page : * "The Diwan of Zeb-un-Nissa", by Magan Lal and Jessie Duncan Westbrook, [1913], p. 1 p. 2 p. 3 p. 4 THE WISDOM OF THE EAST SERIES Edited By L. CRANMER BYNG S. A. KAPADIA THE DIWAN OF ZEB-UN-NISSA THE FIRST FIFTY GHAZALS RENDERED FROM THE PERSIAN BY MAGAN LAL AND JESSIE DUNCAN WESTBROOK WITH...
Dedication : * "The Diwan of Zeb-un-Nissa", by Magan Lal and Jessie Duncan Westbrook, [1913], p. 6 Thy pleasaunce, Princess, now is desolate; Where once the gleaming water-courses traced Their paths among the cypresses, a waste Stretches beyond thy ruined garden-gate; The rose is dead, the bulbul flown away...
Notes : * "The Diwan of Zeb-un-Nissa", by Magan Lal and Jessie Duncan Westbrook, [1913], p. 109 NOTES "Alexander:" in Persian poetry the type of the most fortunate one, as is Darius of the most unfortunate. "Ayub:" Job. "Diwan:" a Diwan consists of a series of groups of ghazals "(q.v.)," the first...
Advertisements : * "The Diwan of Zeb-un-Nissa", by Magan Lal and Jessie Duncan Westbrook, [1913], p. 113 "The following advertisements appeared at the end of the original book. They are included for completeness." THE WISDOM OF THE EAST SERIES EDITED BY L. CRANMER-BYNG AND DR. S. A. KAPADIA THE SERIES AND ITS...
Diwan I Makhfi The Ghazals : * "The Diwan of Zeb-un-Nissa", by Magan Lal and Jessie Duncan Westbrook, [1913], p. 25 THE DIWAN OF ZEB-UN-NISSA I To Thee, first, From the clouds of Whose mercy is born The rose of my garden, I look! Let the praise of Thy love the beginning adorn Of the verse of my book. Athirst For Thy love are...
Untitled : * Zeb-un-Nissa (b. 1637, d. 1702) was the oldest daughter of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb Alamgir. Her name means 'most beautiful of all women.' A Sufi, she was well educated in both the Quran and the sciences, and was fluent in Arabic, Persian and Urdu. She started to write Persian poetry secretly...
Introduction : * "The Diwan of Zeb-un-Nissa", by Magan Lal and Jessie Duncan Westbrook, [1913], p. 7 INTRODUCTION The Princess Zeb-un-Nissa was the eldest daughter of the Mogul Emperor Aurungzebe of India, and was born in 1639. She came of a distinguished line, in direct descent from Genghiz Khan and Tamerlane...
