Meulana Shahin Shirazi

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Meulana Shahin Shirazi (born in Shiraz, Iran) was a Persian Jewish poet of the 14th century.

He put the Pentateuch into Persian verse (with a Hebrew script) under the title Musa Nameh, an imitation of the famous Shah nameh in style.

His work took 30 years to finish, and was completed in 1359.

[edit] Further reading

  • See: Amnon Netzer: "Literature of the Jews of Iran, A short survey." Padyavand Vol1. Los Angeles 1996, p5-17.
  • E.G. Browne. Literary History of Persia. (Four volumes, 2,256 pages, and twenty-five years in the writing). 1998. ISBN 0-7007-0406-X
  • Jan Rypka, History of Iranian Literature. Reidel Publishing Company. ASIN B-000-6BXVT-K

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