Shaahin Pishbin
Biographic Data
| ID | 4441658 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Shaahin Pishbin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Shaahin |
| FAMILY NAME | Pishbin |
| SIGNATURE | PISHBIN S |
| AFFILIATIONS | The Queen's College, University of Oxford |
| ORCID | 0009-0007-8184-3286 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Inimitable Complexity
This article demonstrates the influence of the Arabic “poetics of wonder” on the rhetorical thought and creative psychology of the medieval Persian poet Amir Khosrow (1258–1325), which I reconstruct through close-readings of his neglected prose writings. I argue that Khosrow’s articulation of this poetics to a Persian literary audience should be considered a major component of his legacy, which was not restricted to Persianate South Asia, despite…
Fresh lyric pieties
The Persian ghazal underwent remarkable experimentation during the Safavid-Mughal period. This article examines a little-studied microtrend of this era: ghazals that explicitly figure the Prophet Muḥammad as the beloved object of lyric address. Focusing on an imitative sequence beginning with the early-Safavid poet Bābā Fighānī (d. 1519), I trace how Fayzī (d. 1595), court poet to Mughal emperor Akbar, and Jalāl Asīr (d. 1648), a prominent Safavi…
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Fresh lyric pieties
The Persian ghazal underwent remarkable experimentation during the Safavid-Mughal period. This article examines a little-studied microtrend of this era: ghazals that explicitly figure the Prophet Muḥammad as the beloved object of lyric address. Focusing on an imitative sequence beginning with the early-Safavid poet Bābā Fighānī (d. 1519), I trace how Fayzī (d. 1595), court poet to Mughal emperor Akbar, and Jalāl Asīr (d. 1648), a prominent Safavi…
Inimitable Complexity
This article demonstrates the influence of the Arabic “poetics of wonder” on the rhetorical thought and creative psychology of the medieval Persian poet Amir Khosrow (1258–1325), which I reconstruct through close-readings of his neglected prose writings. I argue that Khosrow’s articulation of this poetics to a Persian literary audience should be considered a major component of his legacy, which was not restricted to Persianate South Asia, despite…
Islamic Studies and History (2 works) · Architecture and Cultural Influences (1 work) · Figuring (1 work) · Five Dynasties (1 work) · Historical and Architectural Studies (1 work) · Indian History and Philosophy (1 work) · Persian (1 work) · Poetry (1 work)