Imitation and Innovation in Timurid Poetics
Kashifi's Badāyic al-afkār and its predecessors, al-Mucjam and Ḥadāɔiq al-siḥr
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9979596 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marta Simidchieva (0000-0002-7368-3231, York University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 509-530 |
| Publication date | 2003-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Iranian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-0862 • E-ISSN: 1475-4819 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1080/021086032000139203 |
| OpenAlex | W1501085991 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 5 |
Husayn Vaciz-i Kashifi, The Persian Prose-Writer Par Excellence of the ninth/fifteenth century, did not compose his treatise Badāyic al-afkār fī ṣanāyic al-ashcār [Wondrous Thoughts on Poetical Tropes] to compensate for the lapses of his predecessors, or to make a groundbreaking contribution to the Persian literary sciences. His stated purpose, at least, was rather prosaic. Badāyic al-afkār was Kashifi's calling card to the new Timurid ruler Sultan-Husayn Bayqara (r. 873/1469–911/1506), which—so he hoped—would secure his place among the literary experts at the Timurid court. That much we know from the author's introduction to the treatise. At the time of Sultan-Husayn Bayqara's ascension to the throne, Herat was at the peak of its glory
Art · Glory · Literature · Persian · Poetics · Poetry · Ruler · Theology · Throne · History · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Philosophy · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · Turkey's Politics and Society
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,36 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2026 (12) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |