All papers by Brookshaw


There are 2 papers by Brookshaw

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Women's poetry in early Qajar Iran: Some context to Táhirih's poetry   e Dominic Parviz Brookshaw English 109 In this paper I seek to answer the following questions: What contribution did women make circa 1800-1830 to the production of poetry in Iran? To what extent did women act as patrons for female and male poets in this period? What training did women receive in the poetic arts? How was their poetry disseminated? To what extent was nineteenth-...  
`Abdu'l-Baha and the Daughters of Ibn-i-Asdaq   e Dominic Parviz Brookshaw English 48 Lights5 This paper is a study of 'Abdu'l-Baha's tablets to the daughters of Hand of the Causen of God, Ibn-i Asdaq: Laqa'iyya, Huviyya, Rúha and Tali`a. A number of these tablets will be discussed in detail and translations of them provided in English. In this paper I will aim to answer two important questions: What is the substance of the advi... read online