AMSTERDAM, Jan 17 — A stolen 15th-century book by the famed Persian poet Hafez has been recovered by a Dutch art detective after an international “race against time” that drew the alleged interest of Iran’s secret service. The gold-leafed volume worth around €1 million (RM4.5 million) was...
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The gold-leafed volume worth around €1 million was found to be missing from the collection of an Iranian antiques dealer after his death in Germany in 2007.— the collected works of the poet who remains extremely popular in Iran and has inspired artists worldwide. Along with Rumi, Hafez — full name Shams al-Din Muhammad Hafiz Shirazi — is one of the best known mystical bards. American essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson called him the “Prince of Persian poets”.can still be found in most Iranian homes where it is traditionally read out during family celebrations for the Persian New Year.The theft of the manuscript, which dates from 1462 to 1463, was discovered by the family of book dealer Djafar Ghazy after he died in an old people’s home in Munich in 2007.
Brand then received a phone call from an Iranian dealer, asking the Dutchman to “urgently” meet him in Germany. “After my informant was contacted, I knew that the Iran was also looking for the missing Divan and I started a race against time to see if I could find it first, as the book belonged to Ghazy’s family,” Brand said.The Dutchman then flew to London to meet an unnamed man “who became extremely nervous” when shown the flyer of the missing book, and confessed he had seen it as a friend of his had sold it to a major buyer.“The buyer was shocked and furious.
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