Intellectual Networks in Timurid Iran: Sharaf Al-Dīn 'Alī Yazdī And the Islamicate Republic of Letters

ISBN-13: 9781107689336 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 364 str.

İlker Evrim Binbaş

Opis

Discusses the importance of intellectual networks and the formation of the republic of letters in Islamic history.

Recenzje

'The book is a splendid introduction to one of the key periods in Iranian history. Written with a smooth pen, it studies Yazdī's life with many original and profound analyses. We should be thankful to Binbaş who has painstakingly analyzed the life, the transregional network, and the works of Sharaf al-Dīn 'Alī Yazdī. I warmly recommend the book to everyone who is interested in the Timurid era.' Ali-Asghar Seyed-Gohrab, Renaissance Quarterly

Spis treści

1. Introduction; 2. The making of a Timurid intellectual; 3. Informal intellectual networks in Timurid Iran; 4. The prophet of Cairo and the master of Isfahan; 5. The articulation of a princely political discourse; 6. Writing the past; 7. The king's two lineages: the evolution of a politico-theological idea; 8. Epilogue.