Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies
- Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies / Volume 11 / Issue 04 / February 1946, pp 699-712
- Copyright © School of Oriental and African Studies 1946
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0041977X00089771 (About DOI), Published online: 24 December 2009
Articles
Orient Pearls at Random Strung
A. J. Arberry
It is scarcely an exaggeration to say, that of the various important contributions made by Sir William Jones to the initiation and development of Persian studies in Europe, none was more felicitous, or more far-reaching in its consequences, than his early labours with the lyrics of 
āfi
; and of these labours, none bore sweeter fruit than his making of the immortal “Shīrāzī Turk” into A Persian Song.
