Persian Marks 200
PERSIAN PAPER – I – HISTORY OF PERSIAN LANGUAGE & LITERATURE Total Marks: 100
Table of Contents
A. History of Persian Language 10 Marks
a. Avesta
b. Old Persian
c. Pahalwi
d. Dari
e. Modern Persian
B. Persian and Pakistan 10 Marks
a. Persian‟s Influence on Urdu
b. Persian‟s Importance for Pakistan
c. Persian‟s Impact on Culture and Civilization of the sub-continent
C. History of Persian Literature in Iran 20 Marks
a. Samanids
b. Ghaznavids
c. Saljuques
d. Mangols
e. Taimurids
f. Qajars
g. Safvids
D. History of Persian Literature in the Sub-continent 10 Marks
a. Ghaznvids
b. Sultanates
c. Mughuls
E. Special Study of Iranian Poets and Prose Writers 15 Marks
a. Poets:
i. Firdousi
ii. Jalal-ud-Din Rumi
iii. Saadi Shirazi
iv. Hafiz Shirazi
v. Parveen Ietesami
b. Prose Writers:
i. Attar Nishaburi (Tazkart-ul-Aoulia)
ii. Saadi Shirazi (Gulistan)
iii. Sadiq Hidayat (As a modern short story writer)
F. Special Study of the sub-continent’s Persian poets and Prose writers 15 Marks
a. Poets:
i. Masood Saad Salman
ii. Amir Khursrou
iii. Asad Ullah Khan Ghalib
iv. Allama Iqbal
b. Prose Writers:
i. Muhammad Aoufi (Jawam-e-ul-Hikayat)
ii. Hassan Sajzi (Faiwaid-ul-Fawad)