Narguess Farzad
Senior Lecturer in Persian Studies at SOAS, University of London
2 episodes
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Nizami Ganjavi
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 12th-century Persian writer of epic romantic poetry whose fame spread from his hometown of Ganja across the Persian-speaking world and beyond.
05 December 2024
Also featuring: Christine van Ruymbeke, Dominic Parviz Brookshaw
Shahnameh of Ferdowsi
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the epic poem the Shahnameh of Ferdowsi, the 'Book of Kings', which has been at the heart of Persian culture for the past thousand years.
13 December 2012
Also featuring: Charles Melville, Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis