HISTORY OF PERSIAN LANGUAGE & LITERATURE
Total Marks: 100
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:
- Firdousi
- Jalal-ud-Din Rumi
- Saadi Shirazi
- Hafiz Shirazi
- Parveen Ietesami
b. Prose Writers:
- Attar Nishaburi (Tazkart-ul-Aoulia)
- Saadi Shirazi (Gulistan)
- 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:
- Masood Saad Salman
- Amir Khursrou
- Asad Ullah Khan Ghalib
- Allama Iqbal
b. Prose Writers:
- Muhammad Aoufi (Jawam-e-ul-Hikayat)
- Hassan Sajzi (Faiwaid-ul-Fawad)
G. Short question and answers from all the course of the “A” paper - 20 Marks