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Title

Minstrel poetry from the Pamir Mountains : a study on the songs and poems of the Ismāʻīlīs of Tajik Badakhshan / Gabrielle Rachel van den Berg.

Author

Van den Berg, Gabrielle Rachel, 1967-

Publication

Wiesbaden : Reichert, 2004.

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Description

786 p. : ill.; 25 cm +

Summary

This study is an exploration of the sung poetry of Tajik Badakhshan, also known as Autonomous Region of Gorno-Badakhshan or simply Pamir, populated by Nizari Ismaili Muslims. It presents an analysis of the different poetical genres and performance-genres of the minstrel tradition of Badakhshan. The great bulk of the poetry presented in this study was recorded in the houses of the musicians.

Series Statement

Iran - Turan ; Bd. 6

Uniform Title

Iran-Turan; Bd. 6.

Subject

• Islamic poetry, Persian > Gorno-Badakhshanskai︠a︡ avtonomnai︠a︡ oblastʹ
• Folk poetry, Persian > Gorno-Badakhshanskai︠a︡ avtonomnai︠a︡ oblastʹ
• Folk songs > Gorno-Badakhshanskai︠a︡ avtonomnai︠a︡ oblastʹ
• Ismailites > Gorno-Badakhshanskai︠a︡ avtonomnai︠a︡ oblastʹ > Social life and customs
• Islamic poetry, Persian > Kūḣistonī Badakhshon
• Folk poetry, Persian > Kūḣistonī Badakhshon
• Folk songs > Kūḣistonī Badakhshon
• Ismailites > Kūḣistonī Badakhshon > Social life and customs

Genre/Form

Compact discs.

Note

• Originally presented as the author's hesis (doctoral)--University of Leiden, 1997.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [737]-751) and index.

Language (note)

• English, with poems in transliterated Tajik Persian.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

ISBN

3895003395 (hd.bd.)

OCLC

• 56878930
• SCSB-10631301

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library