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P E RSIA AND B E YOND : T W O R E C E NT A C Q U ISITIONS B Y TH E STAT E LI B RARY OF V I C TORIA – TAASA Review March 2012

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This article was originally found in the March 2012 edition of TAASA Review (Volume 21, Issue 1, Page 22).

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Clare Williamson I n the past two years the State Library of Victoria (SLV) has acquired two Persian manuscripts that complement and counterpoint each other in a number of ways.

Between them they say much about the twoway dialogue between Iran and India during the mediaeval and early-modern periods.

One manuscript was produced in Iran and presents a major work of India’s pre-eminent Persian-language poet...