{"product_id":"9780674660298-remembrances","title":"Remembrances","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003eRemembrances, \u003c\/i\u003eby acclaimed poet Mir Muhammad Taqi Mir, is a remarkable example of Indo-Persian autobiography, offering a vivid picture of political events and intrigues from 1760 to 1789. The Persian text in the Naskh script, including a series of jokes and anecdotes printed here for the first time, accompanies a newly revised English translation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA rare and remarkable example of Indo-Persian autobiography by the poet Mir Taqi Mir.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMir Muhammad Taqi Mir (1723–1810) is the author of six collections of Urdu poetry and widely regarded as the finest \u003ci\u003eghazal\u003c\/i\u003e poet in that language. However, he also wrote one volume of verse and three prose works in Persian, including \u003ci\u003eZikr-e Mir\u003c\/i\u003e, or \u003ci\u003eRemembrances\u003c\/i\u003e, a rare and remarkable example of Indo-Persian autobiography.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRemembrances\u003c\/i\u003e recounts Mir’s ancestry, his father’s spiritual quest, and his own struggles to find education and patronage both in his native Agra and in Delhi. While the work may offer few glimpses into the author’s private life or professional literary activity, it presents a vivid picture of political events and intrigues between 1760 and 1789, when north India witnessed extensive warfare.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Persian text, presented here in the Naskh script, includes all the author’s additions and alterations properly identified and chronologically arranged, along with a newly revised English translation. Mir concludes his autobiography with a series of jokes and witty anecdotes, some of them quite risqué, that are printed here for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56449769931126,"sku":"9780674660298","price":26.46,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27881059.jpg?v=1760446675","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780674660298-remembrances","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}