Neoplatonic Kingship in the Islamic World

Akbar’s Millennial History

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ID23591998
AutoresJos Gommans (0000-0001-9620-403X), Said Reza Huseini (0000-0002-9974-1583)
Ano2022
Páginas192-222
Data de publicação2022-12-31
Open AccessNão
TipoCHAPTER
PeriódicoSacred Kingship in World History (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditoraColumbia University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.7312/moin20416-010
OpenAlexW4281687951
ISBN9780231555401
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas6

On the basis of the neglected Mughal world history, the Tarikh-i Alfi , this study investigates the making of immanentist cosmic kingship under the aegis of emperor Akbar. This remarkable chronicle was part of a post-Islamic project to demarcate the end of the Islamic millennium and to announce the coming of Akbar as saviour with a new covenant of universal peace. During a global Neoplatonic Renaissance, it turned Akbar into a messianic philosopher-king. Different from his royal colleagues in the West, though, Akbar could build on an existing Neoplatonic legacy of Chinggisid rule and post-nomadic state-formation along the arid frontiers of the Islamic world.

Ancient history · Art · History of Islam · Islam · Literature · Monarchy · Political science · Theology · Eurasian Exchange Networks · History · Indian and Buddhist Studies · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Philosophy

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