The Hazaraspid Dynasty’s Legendary Kayanid Ancestry

The Flowering of Persian Literature under the Patronage of Local Rulers in the Late Il-khanid Period

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ID12957504
AuthorsOsamu Otsuka (The University of Tokyo, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume12
Issue2
Pages181-205
Publication date2020-01-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Persianate Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1874-7094 • E-ISSN: 1874-7167
PublisherBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/18747167-12341334
OpenAlexW3000618820
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited3

This article discusses the flowering of Persian literature under the patronage of the Hazaraspid Nosrat al-Din, the local ruler of Lorestan in the late Il-khanid period. It is generally accepted that Persian literature evolved dramatically under the patronage of Mongol Il-khanid rulers. However, little research deals with the contribution of local rulers to this evolution. Persian literary works offered to Nosrat al-Din present him as a descendant of the legendary Kayanid kings and celebrate him as an ideal ruler who combined the characteristics of a Persian and an Islamic ruler. While accepting the suzerainty of the Il-khanids, Nosrat al-Din justified his power by emphasizing his identity as a Persian ruler by patronizing such cultural activities. This study presents a case where the growing awareness of a local ruler as a legitimate Persian ruler under Mongol domination contributed to the evolution of Persian literature at the time

Aesthetics · Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Descendant · Ideal (ethics · Identity (music · Islam · Period (music · Persian · Political science · Power (physics · Ruler · Theology · Byzantine Studies and History · Eurasian Exchange Networks · History · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Philosophy

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