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‘ … Soon the high-flown style of post-classical Persian was being imitated by Ottoman authors, rhetoric often being more important to them than poetical content. The work of Baki (Baqi; died 1600)* is representative of the entire range of these Baroque products. Yet his breathtaking command of language is undeniable; it is brilliantly displayed in his elegy on Suleyman the Magnificent. In his time, according to a popular saying, one could find “a poet under every stone of Istanbul’s pavement”. Istanbul was the unique cultural centre of the Near East, praised throughout the ages by all who lived in the Imperial City.’

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*2048G~1536CE***

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(cf [[Redbook9:112][19910414:1104aa]{[Islamic Art –] The Word (2) [continued (18)]}[14th April 1991],] 112)

**– ibid [Encyclopaedia Britannica 22:] 60

***[Underlined in red (ie later)]

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