In Politics, Poetry, and Sufism in Medieval Iran Chad Lingwood offers new insights into the political significance of poetry and Sufism at the court of Sultan Ya‘qub (d. 896/1490), leader of the Aq Qoyunlu. The basis of the study is Salaman va Absal, a Persian allegorical romance ‘Abd al-Rahman Jami (d. 898/1492), the great Timurid belletrist and Naqshbandi Sufi, dedicated to Ya‘qub. Lingwood demonstrates that Salaman va Absal, which modern critics have dismissed as ‘crude’ and ‘grotesque,’ is a sophisticated work of political and mystical advice for a Muslim ruler. In the process, he challenges received wisdom concerning Jami, the Aq Qoyunlu, and Perso-Islamic advice literature. Significantly, the study illustrates the extent to which Jami’s compositions integrated the Timurid and Aq Qoyunlu realms.
Produkteigenschaften
- Artikelnummer: 9789004254046
- Medium: Buch
- ISBN: 978-90-04-25404-6
- Verlag: Brill
- Erscheinungstermin: 11.12.2013
- Sprache(n): Englisch
- Auflage: Erscheinungsjahr 2013
- Serie: Studies in Persian Cultural History
- Produktform: Gebunden
- Gewicht: 584 g
- Seiten: 280
- Format (B x H x T): 159 x 241 x 22 mm
- Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt