Make A Shield From Wisdom - Schimmel - Bog

First published in 1993. This is a collection of Selected Verses from Nasir-i Khusraw''s Dzvan. The work of the Persian author in both its philosophical and poetical aspects has been known in the West for more than a century. The outward political and religious events of the first half of the eleventh century were the canvas on which Nasir-i Khusraw''s poetry and prose developed.