the celebrated poem of ahmad hatif of isfahn, known in persian as the hatef’s tarjiband is studied in the present paper from a historical point of view to reveal the status of this poet in persian poetry, as well as its mystical content. first a short history of tarjiband as a poetic form is revised, then the sixteen poets who have written a mystical tarjiband are presented. all of these tarj...

praise background in arabic poetry reaches the age of ignorance; but praise poetry in persian, has started from the third century hijri to imitation of arabic prosody. in motenabbi and hafez’s period of life, eulogy has become abundantly widespread, and a lot of poets have been writing a lot of panegyric. the place and position of praise in motenabbi and hafez’s divan has significant difference...

matter. Director-General Taylor's figures do not indicate that within the last ten years any noteworthy evidence of physical decadence has taken place in recruits except as regards their teeth. This may mean a sign of physical degeneracy or an outcome of more care and strictness in examining and appraising the condition of the teeth. It is argued that sanitary laws and reforms have caused the s...