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

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.

Table of Contents

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