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It takes the average reader 8 hours and 38 minutes to read The Library of Great Sufi Poets -Book Nine by Rahim

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THE LIBRARY OF GREAT SUFI POETS Book NineRahim, Urfi, Faizi, Dard & ZafarTranslation & Introduction Paul SmithRAHIM (1556-1627) was a Sufi/Bhakti poet and scholar and linguist and great patron of the arts under Emperor Akbar He was famous for his poetry and generosity. Here is a selection of ruba'is, a ghazal, but mainly of his dohas, a rhymed couplet that is a wise, complete thought in itself. URFI (1555-1591) lived in Shiraz until he was twenty-six when he decided to go to India and arrived in the Deccan in 1582 and from there went to Agra where he met the Rahim and became one of his group. His Divan was popular during his lifetime and consisted of ghazals, qasidas and about ruba'is and qit'as. Most of his poems are Sufi in content. FAIZI (1547-1595) held the honorary title Malek ol-shoara (king of poets). This Sufi poet-laureate of Akbar assisted him in his efforts at reform, which were aimed at reconciling Indians of different faiths. His ghazals show the influence of Hafiz and Jami and Fighani and are early examples of the 'Indian Style'. DARD (1720-1784) is considered one of the three great poets of the Delhi school of classical Urdu poetry. He is firstly a Sufi poet who saw the physical world as a veil of the Divine Reality and this world a pathway. ZAFAR (1775-1862) was the last of the Mughal emperors in India, as well as the last ruler of the Timurid Dynasty. Zafar was a much loved Urdu poet and Sufi who often held poetry readings at his court that the poets Zauq, Ghalib, Momin, Shefta and Dagh attended. He wrote a large number of Urdu ghazals, ruba'is and other forms of Sufi poetry, most here represented. Correct rhymes are kept in all poems. Biographies & Selected Bibliographies. Introduction on Sufi Poetry and its various Forms. 6" x 9" 506 pages.Paul Smith (b. 1945) is a poet, author and translator of many books of Sufi poets of the Persian, Arabic, Urdu, Turkish and other languages... including Hafiz, Sadi, Nizami, Rumi, 'Attar, Rab'ia, Mahsati, Sana'i, Obeyd Zakani, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Ansari, Jami, Khayyam, Rudaki, Yunus Emre, Baba Farid, Mu'in, Lalla Ded, Mahsati, Iqbal, Rahman Baba and many others and his own poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children's books, 12 screenplays. www.newhumanitybooks.com

How long is The Library of Great Sufi Poets -Book Nine?

The Library of Great Sufi Poets -Book Nine by Rahim is 506 pages long, and a total of 129,536 words.

This makes it 171% the length of the average book. It also has 158% more words than the average book.

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The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 11 hours and 47 minutes to read The Library of Great Sufi Poets -Book Nine aloud.

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