Politics, poetry, and sufism in medieval Iran : new perspectives on Jami's Salaman va Absal /

Politics, poetry, and sufism in medieval Iran : new perspectives on Jami's Salaman va Absal /

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 Sulṭān Ya'qūb (d. 896/1490), leader of the Āq Qoyūnlū. The basis of the study is Salāmān va Absāl , a Persian allegorical romance 'Abd al-...

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Main Author: Lingwood, Chad G.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.

Series: Studies in Persian Cultural History 5.
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2014, ISBN: 9789004262485.

Subjects:

Jami, > 1414-1492. > Salaman va Absal.
Sufism > Iran > History.
Politics and literature > Iran.
Iran > History > 1256-1500.

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Call Number: PK6490.S33 L56 2013

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material /
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  • Introduction /
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  • 1. Approaching Jāmī's Salāmān va Absāl as a Perso-Islamic Book of Advice for Rulers /
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  • 2. Political Advice for Rulers and Mystical Guidance for Sufis in Salāmān Va Absāl /
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  • 3. The Religious and Political Influences of Sufis at the Āq Qoyūnlū Courts of Ūzūn Ḥasan and Yaʿqūb /
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  • 4. Poetry at the Court of Yaʿqūb and its Background in Establishing an Historical Context for Salāmān va Absāl /
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  • 5. A Theosopical Interpretation of Salāmān va Absāl and Its Relevance to its Historical Setting /
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  • Conclusion /
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  • Appendix One. Jāmī's Epistolary Reply to Yaʿqūb /
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  • Appendix Two. Salāmān va Absāl /
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  • Bibliography /
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  • Index /
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