“Tazkirah” is the term used in Persian and Turkish literature for a collection of lives, most frequently those of poets, but also of saints, sheikhs or calligraphers. A Tazkirah of poets gives a brief biography and examples of each author's work. Tazkirahs are one of the most important and widely expanded biographical works of literature. Tazkirahs as a considerable and inseparable part of manu...

This paper examines the intersection and synergy between Alter/Native criticism New Historicism in context of second-generation Nigerian poets. Alter/ Native focuses on indigenous literary traditions, cultural contexts, oral histories, while explores interplay literature historical conditions. By applying these critical approaches to works poets novelists, such as Niyi Osundare, Chinua Achebe, ...

A status report on the revitalization of the NSLS VUV ring will be presented, concentrating on three areas: 1) the four infrared ports (U2A/B, U4IR, U10A/B, and U12IR), 2) conversion of out-of-date toroidal grating monochromators to spherical grating type (U4A, U7A, and U12A), and 3) new insertion device beamlines (U5UA and U13UB). All of these beamlines were designed (new ones) or upgraded (ol...

the celebrated poem of ahmad hatif of isfahn, known in persian as the hatef’s tarjiband is studied in the present paper from a historical point of view to reveal the status of this poet in persian poetry, as well as its mystical content. first a short history of tarjiband as a poetic form is revised, then the sixteen poets who have written a mystical tarjiband are presented. all of these tarj...

in the earliest centuries of islamic period, arabic language was spread in iran by accelerated rate and over time it has been converted into iranian political, scientific, and literary language in the field of islamic civilization. amidst, many of iranian intellectual and literate people created some literary works in arabic so that an all-out arabic verse market was highly boosting in iran, pa...