Politics, poetry, and Sufism in medieval Iran : : new perspectives on Jāmī's Salāmān va Absāl / / Chad G. Lingwood.

• Superior document: Studies in Persian Cultural History, Volume 5
• Author: Lingwood, Chad G.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden : : Brill,, 2014.; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in Persian cultural history ; 5.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (294 pages).
• Notes: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Introduction /; 1. Approaching Jāmī’s Salāmān va Absāl as a Perso-Islamic Book of Advice for Rulers /; 2. Political Advice for Rulers and Mystical Guidance for Sufis in Salāmān Va Absāl /; 3. The Religious and Political Influences of Sufis at the Āq Qoyūnlū Courts of Ūzūn Ḥasan and Yaʿqūb /; 4. Poetry at the Court of Yaʿqūb and its Background in Establishing an Historical Context for Salāmān va Absāl /; 5. A Theosopical Interpretation of Salāmān va Absāl and Its Relevance to its Historical Setting /; Conclusion /; Appendix One. Jāmī’s Epistolary Reply to Yaʿqūb /; Appendix Two. Salāmān va Absāl /; Bibliography /; Index /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9004255893
• ISSN: 2210-3554
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Chad G. Lingwood.

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.