Welcome to Persian Classic Literature WWW Page. This is a collection of world famous Persian literature in the original form and/or English translation.

If you want to know more about Iran, please visit Iran: Country of The Nobles page. This is a collection of articles related Iran. I've arranged and compiled this material in order to answer to many questions I've been asked, related to Iranian culture and customs, together with introducing a few interesting sites to visit. It may give you a better idea of Iran and its cultural inherits. Please visit Picture Gallery and The Persian Art of Visual Poetry (Miniature) for a collection of pictures of various places in Iran and an exhibition of Persian paintings.		If you are interested in Persian classic literature, please visit Robaiyyat (Quatrains) of Omar Khayyam (in Persian). Also come and enjoy Ghazal (Sonnets) of Hafez (in Persian) and Couplets of Parvin Etesami (in Persian). English translation of Gulistan of Saadi, Bustan of Saadi, Masnavi-e-Ma'navi (spritual couplets of Rumi), Robaiyyat (Quatrains) of Omar Khayyam and Shahnameh of Ferdowsi, famous Persian poems are also available. There is also a collection of Robaiyyat of Hafez New! which is presented in Persian with English translation. Original and translations of some of the most famous Persian classics, such as Robaiyyat (Quatrains) of Omar Khayyam, Gulistan of Sa'di, Bustan of Sa'di, Masnavi-e-Ma'navi and Ghazal (Sonnets) of Hafez are now available on-line. You can download and distribute them freely. Please see the Important Note below.
If you have got a Java enabled browser (i.e., Netscape 3.x+ or IE 3.x+, all platforms) You may want to use my FREE Java applet JavAneh which is designed to display Persian on the Web. These are some example documents using JavAneh:		Robaiyyat (Quatrains) of Khayyam Part 1 Robaiyyat (Quatrains) of Khayyam Part 2 Ghazal (Sonnets) of Hafez Part 1 Ghazal (Sonnets) of Hafez Part 2 Ghazal (Sonnets) of Hafez Part 3 Ghazal (Sonnets) of Hafez Part 4 Ghazal (Sonnets) of Hafez Part 5 Ghazal (Sonnets) of Hafez Part 6 Ghazal (Sonnets) of Hafez Part 7 Ghazal (Sonnets) of Hafez Part 8 Other examples will be available soon. Give them a try!!

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