Amir H Zekrgoo
Biographic Data
| ID | 9794800 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Amir H Zekrgoo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Amir H |
| FAMILY NAME | Zekrgoo |
| SIGNATURE | ZEKRGOO A H |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Melbourne |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Mastur
Mastur, a little-known young female poet from 18th century Iran, composed a romantic epic of over 4000 couplets that had long been forgotten until recent discoveries. The manuscript narrates a fantastic love story between a Chinese prince, Jamshid, and an Indian princess, Khorshid. Amazingly, it is art that sparks their love: an artist shows Jamshid his painting of Khorshid, igniting his passion; later, on his return journey to Kashmir, he paints…
Devotional Poetry in Technical Manuscript Terminology
Among the wide variety of Persian manuscript categories, there is a distinctive genre that includes recipes on materials and technics of manuscript production. And within this genre, we come across distinctly interesting works that adopt charming romantic poetry to record subjects that are rather dull, dry, and unattractive to the general audience! One of such historical sources is a sixteenth century manuscript entitled Rose Garden of Purity (Go…
The Confused Whale of the China Sea
Perhaps the most valuable contribution of Hamzah Fansuri to the elevation of intellectual and spiritual traditions of Islam was his tireless efforts to create a harmonious atmosphere between the stern followers of religious law (shari‘ah) and the Sufi ways of self-purification (ṭariqah). The renowned 16th century Malay mystic used simple language to communicate his thoughts to average audience. In order to add clarity to his arguments he often re…
Persian Marriage Contract of an Indian Sufi Emperor
Bahadur Shah Zafar, the last Emperor of Mughal India, was a Sufi poet and calligrapher. He was dethroned by the British and deported to Burma, where he died in sickness and despair. Zafar married Zeenat Mahah Begum, who accompanied her husband to exile. They left behind a marriage contract, which is historically and artistically remarkable. The language, text structure, layout, and decorative elements of the contracts follow the age-old tradition…
Trans-Nationalism and Civilisational Identity
In the twenty-first century, the eight-hundred-year-old teachings of a Muslim mystic-poet from West-Asia continues to inspire masses with the universal messages of liberty, love, and fraternity. Many of us can still read and enjoy Rumi’s appealing poems in the original Persian language without difficulty – a very rare accident in the arena of world literature! The transcendental meaning of ‘civilizational identity’ has an evident presence in Rumi…
An Introduction to Persian Seals
This article provides an overview of formation and transformation of Persian seals in the course of about 6000 years, with a focus on a group of seals, devotional in nature, from an interesting eighteenth-century Persian manuscript preserved at the Syed Muhammad Naquib Al-Attas’ (SMNA) Library, ISTAC-IIUM. The paper is divided in four main sections. First, “Pre-Islamic Persian Seals,” which provides a concise account of the variety of ancient sea…
Devotional Poetry, Exceptional Calligraphy, Charming Manuscript
The Middle Eastern manuscript collection of Baillieu Library, the University of Melbourne, is custodian to a very fine 19th century manuscript of Haft-Band (Seven Strophes) by the 14th century devotional poet Mullā Ḥassan Kāshī. This illuminated manuscript is most probably of Indian origin. It is penned in superb Nasta’liq script by Muḥammad Amir Raẓavi/Riẓvi in the age of 95. The volume begins with an attractive sarlowḥ, and concludes with a bea…
'Treasures of Sciences in the Lovely Realm of Sights'
The Library of the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC), which in 2012 was named SMNA Library after its founder Seyd Muhammad Naquib al-Attas, is custodian to a wide range of manuscripts from all over the Islamic world that includes some 350 titles in Persian. One of such titles is a manuscript of Nafāis al-Funῡn fī 'Arā'is al-'Uyῡn (Treasures of Sciences in the Lovely Realm of Sights), a remarkable work on the clas…
Who is the Bearded Man and the Young Boy Standing Next to Him
The SMNA Library is custodian to an interesting manuscript that contains two interesting poetry books bound in a single leather binding. The manuscript is both exciting and – in almost every instance – misleading! Its peculiar features are riddle-like, confusing and alerting at the same time. The volume is incomplete from both ends; the beginning of the first part (Leylī va Majnῡn) is missing, and so is the end of the second part (Khosrow va Shīr…
Niṣāb-i Mawlawī
The Seven Avatars of Love
An ‘avatar’ is a technical Sanskrit term used in Indian mythology, referring to a divine manifestation on earth. The ultimate goal of an avatar is to save the earth and guide its occupants to salvation. Similarly, Rūmī equates true love with God and introduces seven different personifications of love on earth as divine agents who are there to lead mankind to the ultimate joy of liberation – liberation from their own egos and from their surroundin…
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'Treasures of Sciences in the Lovely Realm of Sights'
The Library of the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC), which in 2012 was named SMNA Library after its founder Seyd Muhammad Naquib al-Attas, is custodian to a wide range of manuscripts from all over the Islamic world that includes some 350 titles in Persian. One of such titles is a manuscript of Nafāis al-Funῡn fī 'Arā'is al-'Uyῡn (Treasures of Sciences in the Lovely Realm of Sights), a remarkable work on the clas…
Who is the Bearded Man and the Young Boy Standing Next to Him
The SMNA Library is custodian to an interesting manuscript that contains two interesting poetry books bound in a single leather binding. The manuscript is both exciting and – in almost every instance – misleading! Its peculiar features are riddle-like, confusing and alerting at the same time. The volume is incomplete from both ends; the beginning of the first part (Leylī va Majnῡn) is missing, and so is the end of the second part (Khosrow va Shīr…
Niṣāb-i Mawlawī
The Seven Avatars of Love
An ‘avatar’ is a technical Sanskrit term used in Indian mythology, referring to a divine manifestation on earth. The ultimate goal of an avatar is to save the earth and guide its occupants to salvation. Similarly, Rūmī equates true love with God and introduces seven different personifications of love on earth as divine agents who are there to lead mankind to the ultimate joy of liberation – liberation from their own egos and from their surroundin…
An Introduction to Persian Seals
This article provides an overview of formation and transformation of Persian seals in the course of about 6000 years, with a focus on a group of seals, devotional in nature, from an interesting eighteenth-century Persian manuscript preserved at the Syed Muhammad Naquib Al-Attas’ (SMNA) Library, ISTAC-IIUM. The paper is divided in four main sections. First, “Pre-Islamic Persian Seals,” which provides a concise account of the variety of ancient sea…
Devotional Poetry, Exceptional Calligraphy, Charming Manuscript
The Middle Eastern manuscript collection of Baillieu Library, the University of Melbourne, is custodian to a very fine 19th century manuscript of Haft-Band (Seven Strophes) by the 14th century devotional poet Mullā Ḥassan Kāshī. This illuminated manuscript is most probably of Indian origin. It is penned in superb Nasta’liq script by Muḥammad Amir Raẓavi/Riẓvi in the age of 95. The volume begins with an attractive sarlowḥ, and concludes with a bea…
Trans-Nationalism and Civilisational Identity
In the twenty-first century, the eight-hundred-year-old teachings of a Muslim mystic-poet from West-Asia continues to inspire masses with the universal messages of liberty, love, and fraternity. Many of us can still read and enjoy Rumi’s appealing poems in the original Persian language without difficulty – a very rare accident in the arena of world literature! The transcendental meaning of ‘civilizational identity’ has an evident presence in Rumi…
Devotional Poetry in Technical Manuscript Terminology
Among the wide variety of Persian manuscript categories, there is a distinctive genre that includes recipes on materials and technics of manuscript production. And within this genre, we come across distinctly interesting works that adopt charming romantic poetry to record subjects that are rather dull, dry, and unattractive to the general audience! One of such historical sources is a sixteenth century manuscript entitled Rose Garden of Purity (Go…
The Confused Whale of the China Sea
Perhaps the most valuable contribution of Hamzah Fansuri to the elevation of intellectual and spiritual traditions of Islam was his tireless efforts to create a harmonious atmosphere between the stern followers of religious law (shari‘ah) and the Sufi ways of self-purification (ṭariqah). The renowned 16th century Malay mystic used simple language to communicate his thoughts to average audience. In order to add clarity to his arguments he often re…
Persian Marriage Contract of an Indian Sufi Emperor
Bahadur Shah Zafar, the last Emperor of Mughal India, was a Sufi poet and calligrapher. He was dethroned by the British and deported to Burma, where he died in sickness and despair. Zafar married Zeenat Mahah Begum, who accompanied her husband to exile. They left behind a marriage contract, which is historically and artistically remarkable. The language, text structure, layout, and decorative elements of the contracts follow the age-old tradition…
Mastur
Mastur, a little-known young female poet from 18th century Iran, composed a romantic epic of over 4000 couplets that had long been forgotten until recent discoveries. The manuscript narrates a fantastic love story between a Chinese prince, Jamshid, and an Indian princess, Khorshid. Amazingly, it is art that sparks their love: an artist shows Jamshid his painting of Khorshid, igniting his passion; later, on his return journey to Kashmir, he paints…
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