Politics, poetry, and sufism in medieval Iran : new perspectives on Jami's Salaman va Absal /
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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-Raḥmān Jāmī (d. 898/1492), the great Timurid belletrist and Naqshbandi Sufi, dedicated to Ya'qūb. Lingwood demonstrates that Salāmān va Absāl , 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 Jāmī, the Āq Qoyūnlū, and Perso-Islamic advice literature. Significantly, the study illustrates the extent to which Jāmī's compositions integrated the Timurid and Āq Qoyūnlū realms.
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Nūr al-Dīn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān al-Jāmī : fihris bi-muʼallafātihi al-makhṭūṭah wa-al-maṭbūʻah allatī taqtanīhā al-Dār /
: At head of title : al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah al-Muttaḥidah. Wizārat al-Thaqāfah wa-al-Irshād al-Qawmī. Dār al-Kutub. : 10, 78 pages ; 24 cm. : Bibliography : pages [75]-78.