Administrative History | Jami [Nur al-Din Abd al-Rahman] (1414 - 1492), Persian poet and prose writer, author of 'Haft Awrang' ('The Seven Thrones'). |
Description | Jami: 'Yusuf u Zulaikha' = 'Joseph and Zulaikha', a metrical romance on the loves of Joseph the Patriarch and Zulaikha, Potiphar's wife, according to the Mohamedan version of the story, composed c1482. A very recent manuscipt. Published in English verse as 'Yusuf and Zulaikha' by R.T.H. Griffith (London, 1882). Inscribed: Fred. Forbes, Bombay, 1832. |