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

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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.

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.

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