سیاست، شعر و تصوف در قرون وسطی ایران

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 Sul n Ya q b (d. 896/1490), leader of the q Qoy nl . The basis of the study is "Sal m n va Abs l," a Persian allegorical romance Abd al-Ra m n J m (d. 898/1492), the great Timurid belletrist and Naqshbandi Sufi, dedicated to Ya q b. Lingwood demonstrates that "Sal m n va Abs l," 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 J m, the q Qoy nl, and Perso-Islamic advice literature. Significantly, the study illustrates the extent to which J m s compositions integrated the Timurid and q Qoy nl realms."