Persian

• History of Persian Language 10 Marks

a. Avesta

b. Old Persian

c. Pahalwi

d. Dari

e. Modern Persian

• 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

• History of Persian Literature in Iran 20 Marks

a. Samanids

b. Ghaznavids

c. Saljuques

d. Mangols

e. Taimurids

f. Qajars

g. Safvids

• History of Persian Literature in the Sub-continent 10 Marks

a. Ghaznvids

b. Sultanates

c. Mughuls

• Special Study of Iranian Poets and Prose Writers 15 Marks

a. Poets: i. Firdousi ii. Jalal-ud-Din Rumi iii. Saadi Shirazi iv. Hafiz Shirazi v. Parveen Ietesami

b. Prose Writers: i. Attar Nishaburi (Tazkart-ul-Aoulia) ii. Saadi Shirazi (Gulistan) iii. Sadiq Hidayat (As a modern short story writer)

• Special Study of the sub-continent's Persian poets and Prose writers 15 Marks

a. Poets: i. Masood Saad Salman ii. Amir Khursrou iii. Asad Ullah Khan Ghalib iv. Allama Iqbal

b. Prose Writers: i. Muhammad Aoufi (Jawam-e-ul-Hikayat) ii. Hassan Sajzi (Faiwaid-ul-Fawad)

• Short question and answers from all the course of the "A" paper 20 Marks Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)