TEHRAN – A Turkish translation of a selection from the Rubaiyat of Baba Afzal Kashani, a book by the Persian poet who lived during the 12th and 13th centuries, has recently been published in Turkey.

The book has been rendered into Turkish by Behruz Dijurian and has been released by Okumuslar Publishing House in Istanbul last week.

Baba Afzal is the author of many Persian works on philosophical and metaphysical subjects and has translated the Arabic version of Aristotle’s “The Book of the Soul” into Persian. He was a Sufi and the author of about 500 mystical Rubaiyat, some of which have been mistakenly identified as Khayyam’s.

According to Dijurian, the book also bears the Persian version of the poems with a description of the correct pronunciation of the poems in Turkish.

Photo: A copy of the Turkish version the Rubaiyat of Baba Afzal Kashani.

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