A Flame in the Ashes: An Essay on the Tenth Century Persian Poetess, Rabia Balkhi [Persian Language]

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In A Flame in the Ashes: An Essay on the Tenth Century Persian Poetess, Rabia Balkhi, Jaleh Mottahedin examines the work, life, and love of tenth-century Persian language poetess, Rabia Balkhi. A contemporary of Rudaki, she is known through the works of other writers, most notably Attar. In love with an outsider, she was murdered by her brothers to preserve the family s honor.