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'Abd al-Rahman Jami: Naqshbandi Sufi, Persian Poet
| Title: | 'Abd al-Rahman Jami: Naqshbandi Sufi, Persian Poet |
| Author: | Shadchehr, Farah Fatima Golparvaran |
| Description: | The era of the Timurids, the dynasty that ruled Transoxiana, Iran, and Afghanistan from 1370 to 1506 had a profound cultural and artistic impact on the history of Central Asia, the Ottoman Empire, and Mughal India in the early modern era. While Timurid fine art has been extensively studied, the literary production of the era has not been fully explored. �€�Abd al-Rahman Jami (817/1414-898/1492), the most renowned poet of the Timurids, is among those Timurid poets who have not been methodically studied in Iran and the West. Although, Jami was recognized by his contemporaries as a major authority in several disciplines, such as science, philosophy, astronomy, music, art, and most important of all poetry, he has yet not been entirely acknowledged in the post Timurid era. This dissertation highlights the significant contribution of Jami, the great poet and Sufi of the fifteenth century, known as the last great classical poet of Persian literature. It discusses his influence on Persian literature, his central role in the Naqshbandi Order, and his input in clarifying Ibn Arabi's thought. Jami spent most of his life in Herat, the main center for artistic ability and aptitude in the fifteenth century; the city where Jami grew up, studied, flourished and produced a variety of prose and poetry. Religion during the Timurid era obviously left a profound mark on Jami, especially through the Naqshbandis who formed the most influential Sufi order of the realm in the fifteenth century. Living in a vortex of political, cultural, and social settings, Jami became the poet laureate of the era. In his historical work, Habib al-Siyar, Khwandamir, the celebrated historian of the Timurids, writes the name of 211 poets and men of learning of the era, one of whom was Jami. The sheer number of poets and writers was the result of the patronage of Timur's offspring, who were semi-independent rulers of different parts of the vast territory that Timur conquered. The competition among these minor courts created an appropriate condition for artisans and learned ones to produce quality works. It was in this ambiance that Jami lived and flourished. |
| Permanent Link: |
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1217869380
http://hdl.handle.net/2374.OX/107173 |
| Date: | 2008 |
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