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This is a Ph.D. dissertation. This dissertation attempt to understand and map the development of Persian writings on music; focusing on their various approaches and variations of topics from the beginning of the 11th century to the end of the 15th century which can be called the classical period of Persian writing on music. The rise of Persian music literature as a part of Persian learned literature was a result of the political and cultural decentralization of the Abbasid Caliphate.
Like most other genres of learned literature in Persian, translation and abridgements of and commentaries on Arabic works played a crucial role in the rise and establishment of Persian musical literature. The most important conclusions to be drawn from the present study are that we can distinguish between two main approaches in Persian writing
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