Precious stones in Saeb Tabrizi's poetry

Abstract

Since ancient times, the people have tended to pay attention to precious stones, they have worked to collecting and retaining them because these stones have a beautiful and natural properties , for this reasons, the artists and craftsmen have made  different and beautiful geometric shapes including the rings, bracelets, necklaces and the most important gemstones are the diamond, sapphire, pearl, emerald, turquoise, coral, agate and there are many more. These precious stones have been mentioned in Saeb Tabriz`s Diwan where his Diwan contains many names of these gemstones. Its mentioned in this research a brief description of the Saeb`s life with the important meaning of the gemstones also it mentioned examples of his own poems about these stones.

Key words: Biography of Saeb - Characteristics of Saeb Poetry - Precious and valuable stones in Saeb's poetry.