Alan Williams
British Academy Wolfson Research Professor at the University of Manchester
2 episodes
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Rumi's Poetry
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the poetry of Rumi, the Persian scholar and Sufi mystic of the 13th century, whose great poetic works are the Masnavi and the Divan.
11 February 2016
Also featuring: Carole Hillenbrand, Lloyd Ridgeon
Zoroastrianism
Melvyn Bragg discusses Zoroastrianism, often claimed to be the world's first monotheistic religion, and known to have passed on ideas of the afterlife to Judaism.
11 November 2004
Also featuring: Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis, Farrokh Vajifdar