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."