Kamāl al-Dīn Banāʾī’s Bahrām va Bihrūz
A Persian romance qua mirror for princes in light of Aq Qoyunlu history
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21726501 |
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| Authors | Chad G Lingwood (Grand Valley State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 209-227 |
| Publication date | 2021-09-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Middle Eastern Literatures (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1475-262X • E-ISSN: 1475-2638 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1475262x.2022.2150072 |
| OpenAlex | W4315785354 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 9 |
This article proposes that Bāgh-i iram, a Persian masnavī by Kamāl al-Dīn Shīr-ʿAlī Banāʾī, the narrative of which presents a love triangle involving brother-dynasts—hence its alternative title, Bahrām va Bihrūz—is a work of moral and ethical advice. The study posits that Banāʾī composed Bahrām va Bihrūz, which survives only in manuscript form, to honor his deceased patron, Yaʿqūb b. Ūzūn Ḥasan, leader of the Aq Qoyunlu, whose reputation as a debauchee-turned-penitent ruler Banā’ī employs to impart advice on avoiding sin and comporting oneself with rectitude. The article sheds light on Banāʾī, but also the statesmen-advisers, Qāżī Ṣafī al-Dīn ʿĪsāʾ and Shaikh Najm al-Dīn Masʿūd, and their involvement in Sulṭān Yaʿqūb's abandonment of venality. The study concludes that Bahrām va Bihrūz is unique within the literary tradition, in that its character-types, twin-brothers, and its focus on the faults of the poet's former patron are subjects not typically encountered in Persian masnavīs
Ancient history · Art · Literature · Persian · Physics · Romance · Theology · History · Islamic Studies and History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Philosophy · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
| Highly cited | No |
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