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Politics, poetry, and sufism in medieval Iran : new perspectives on Jāmī's Salāmān va Absāl /
In Politics, Poetry, and Sufism in Medieval Iran Chad Lingwood offers new insights into the political significance of poetry and Sufism at the Aq Qoyunlu court of Sul?an Ya'qub.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden, Netherlands :
Brill,
2014.
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| Colección: | Studies in Persian cultural history ;
v. 5. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgements; Note on Transliteration and Style; Introduction; Chapter One Approaching Jāmī's Salāmān va Absāl as a Perso-Islamic Bookof Advice for Rulers; The Narrative Context of Salāmān va Absāl; The Provenance of the Salāmān and Absāl Allegory; Ibn Sīnā's Version of the Allegory; Salāmān and Absāl in Hạyy ibn Yaqzạ̄n; Coded Speech: The Overall Power of Allegory; Salāmān va Absāl, an Esoteric Mirror for Princes; Salāmān va Absāl and the Masnavī of Rūmī; The Historical Significance of Salāmān va Absāl; Overview of the Primary Sources; Salāmān va Absāl by Jāmī
- Other Persian Poetry Addressed to YaʻqūbOfficial Court Chronicles and General Histories; Hagiographies and Biographical Works; Literary Anthologies; Letters of Personal Correspondence; Statement of Purpose; Chapter Two Political Advice for Rulers and Mystical Guidance for Sufis inSalāmān Va Absāl; The Perso-Islamic Tradition of Advice and Advice Literature; Political Advice for Muslim Rulers in Salāmān va Absāl; Being the Shadow of God on Earth; On Heeding the Prayers of the Sufis; Implicit Spiritual Advice for Rulers and Sufi Mystics; Advice on Illuminating the Intellect.
- The Role of Repentance in Attaining Mystical EnlightenmentAdvice on Subduing the Carnal Soul; Chapter Three The Religious and Political Influences of Sufis at theĀq Qoyūnlū Courts of Ūzūn Hạsan and Yaʻqūb; Dervishes, Sufi Mystics, and the Political Legitimacy of Ūzūn Hạsan; The Role of the Akhlāq-i Jalālī; Khalvatī Influence on Āq Qoyūnlū Affairs; Shaikh Ibrāhīm Gulshanī at the Court of Yaʻqūb; Naqshbandīs at the Āq Qoyūnlū Court, Tabriz, and Its Environs; The Murder of Darvīsh Qāsim; The Spiritual Relationship between Jāmī and Yaʻqūb.
- Chapter Four Poetry at the Court of Yaʻqūb and its Background in Establishingan Historical Context for Salāmān va AbsālLiterary Activities in Āq Qoyūnlū Tabriz; Jāmī, the "Āq Qoyūnlū Poet"; The Hasht Bihisht and Its Roster of "Lesser-known" Āq Qoyūnlū Poets; Qāżī ʻĪsā Sāvajī: Reform-Minded Vazīr, Poet, and Ill-fated Lover; Qāżī ʻĪsā's Banishment from Court and His Tell-tale Poetry; Glimpses of Yaʻqūb and His Troubles; Brotherly Discord in the Āq Qoyūnlū Household; Salāmān va Absāl as Art Imitating Life.
- Chapter Five A Theosopical Interpretation of Salāmān va Absāl andIts Relevance to its Historical SettingSalāmān va Absāl and the Masnavī of Rūmī; Love and the Imprint of the Theosophy of Ibn al-ʻArabī; Aspects of the Visionary Experience in Salāmān va Absāl; Salāmān va Absāl as an Historical Allegory; Symbols of Yaʻqūb and His Court in Salāmān va Absāl; Allusions to Naqshbandī Spiritual Techniques in Salāmān va Absāl; The Date of Completion of Salāmān va Absāl; Conclusion; Conclusion; Appendix One Jāmī's Epistolary Reply to Yaʻqūb; Translation; Appendix Two Salāmān va Absāl; Translation.