Habsiyat
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Habsiyat (Persian: حبسیات) is a genre in Persian literature that deals with imprisonment. It emerged under the Ghaznavid dynasty (977–1186) and especially thrived under the Shirvanshahs (861–1538).[1] It was created by the poet Masud Sa'd Salman (died 1121) under the Ghaznavids.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Gould 2016, p. 19.
- ^ Gould 2022, p. 59.
Sources
[edit]- Gould, Rebecca Ruth (2016). "Wearing the Belt of Oppression: Khāqāni's Christian Qasida and the Prison Poetry of Medieval Shirvān". Journal of Persianate Studies. 9 (1): 19–44. doi:10.1163/18747167-12341296.
- Gould, Rebecca Ruth (2022). The Persian Prison Poem. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 978-1474484015.