What You’ll Learn

  1. Class #1 - Introduction, What is a Ghazal?

  2. Class #2 - Persian - A South Asian Language?

  3. Class #3 - Qawwālī - Origins and Evolution

  4. Class #4 - Amīr Khusraw, Bulbul of Delhi

  5. Class #5 - Mawlā-yi Rūm

  6. Class #6 - Shaykh Saʿdi, the Lost Lover

At a Glance

  • 10 lessons
  • 12.5 hours of video content

What will you accomplish?

  • Learn the history of the Persian language in South Asia: from its rise as a language of Muslim and Hindu high culture to the decline of the colonial era.a

  • Learn about the unique features of the ghazal and qawwali poems.

  • Learn about the unique features of South Asian Sufism.

  • Listen to the best qawwalis and learn their Persian lyrics.

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Meet your instructor

Muhammad Ali Mojaradi

Founder, Instructor, Translator

From Detroit, Michigan with roots in Tehran, Iran, Muhammad Ali (@sharghzadeh) founded Persian Poetics in 2018. He has been teaching classical Persian literature for four years. His first book, “The Flame of Love” (Simon & Schuster) is forthcoming.

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